@Fire I already over ordered in the first place under the principle that there is never quite enough. I certainly proved that concept wrong. I will store some in bags but I probably run out of bags and space before I run out of manure.
@latimer I’m in Surrey but my neighbours might beat you to it, I’m very popular right now.
DON'T buy that one plant simply because you have had it rolling around in your mind since you saw it and loved it a few years back, but hadn't been able to find it anywhere, until now. You know deep down your garden doesn't really have a place for it. Especially just one.
DON'T miss the chance to buy that one plant you have had rolling around in your mind since you saw it and loved it a few years back, but weren't able to find anywhere, until now. You know deep down you will get home and regret not picking it up, and then you'll nip back the following weekend, and it will have gone.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I read somewhere that learning by experience was/ is the norm for child rearing in some Native American tribes. A child will only touch a fire once. Not sure how that would work with deadly poisons, though.
Don't impulse buy a plant just because it really pretty and full of bees in the garden centre.
You'll end up with a Deutzia that you then have to buy a massive pot for and fret about its survival and long term prospects because you've got acidic clay soil and didn't check that the Deutzia could live in it!
You need to be very careful buying plants in a garden centre that is far away from where you live. GC s tend to stock mostly plants that will do well locally but might not do so well in your garden if the soil is different. For example, I see very few rhododendrons in our local garden centres
@Songbird-1 I don't have much of a problem with the bluebells etc either. There are a few clumps here and there, mainly under the hedges, but I've always found the bulbs quite close to the surface and easy to pull up. The snowdrops haven't spread much either in the 10 years or so since I planted them. But then I don't have a lawn, so perhaps there's just not many places they can go. I tried to grow forget-me-nots on purpose and only got a single plant!
I will say to avoid Lady's Mantle. My mother in law bought me one when we first moved into this house and the flower beds were empty. She now denies having done this because they pop up everywhere. Last year I spent days digging them out of the neglected front garden. Nice enough plants but they go everywhere.
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DON'T miss the chance to buy that one plant you have had rolling around in your mind since you saw it and loved it a few years back, but weren't able to find anywhere, until now. You know deep down you will get home and regret not picking it up, and then you'll nip back the following weekend, and it will have gone.
You'll end up with a Deutzia that you then have to buy a massive pot for and fret about its survival and long term prospects because you've got acidic clay soil and didn't check that the Deutzia could live in it!
For example, I see very few rhododendrons in our local garden centres