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Horticultural auctions
Anyone have experience with buying plants from horticultural auctions and whether or not it's worth it? Looking for a bargain, maybe out of season nursery stock. Am I likely to get too many of the same plant?
Been watching Real Gardens (1998-2000) with Monty Don and it was mentioned in one of the episodes.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can go in advance and have a good mooch, so no excuse for buying any mistakes. They have a good range of bulbs, individual trees and shrubs, and some perennials.
I've been a few times, and it's good fun.
I did really well once when the weather was awful, so very few people there, and easy to get stuff at a really good price.
I've only ever bought things I was after anyway. We have a large garden (over 3 acres), which we developed from scratch, so the plant auctions have been great for saving money.
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http://spaldingauction.co.uk/