A good way of buying them economically is to get them as the garden centres/nurseries think about taking them off the shelves as they have finished flowering. They may lower the price to get rid, or you could haggle over price since why would they want the bother of looking after them for another 9 months when you would pay to take them home?? Only downside for you is a short wait.
I find I get loads of seedlings off mine...leave them in situ for a couple of tears them dot them round the place. My garden's sort of in two halves, one side gets mostly full sun, the other is much more shady, and there are a couple of areas that are in semi shade. I've noticed that those on the shadier side do much better that I'm thinking of a mass evacuation of the not-doing-so -well ones in the semi shade into a more hospitable area.
If the weather gets above freezing before next November that is!
I bought three today at my local garden centre today and even though they're about to start flowering (in a few weeks it looks like), they only cost me £2.50 each, I couldn't believe my eyes! I payed £17.00 for my first one
I just bough one from b&q 2 litre pot. Variegated leaf and called winter moonbeam. It's a dusky pink/purple. I paid 9.98 but its a beauty! I couldn't resist as everyone is so fired up about these plants!
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A good way of buying them economically is to get them as the garden centres/nurseries think about taking them off the shelves as they have finished flowering. They may lower the price to get rid, or you could haggle over price since why would they want the bother of looking after them for another 9 months when you would pay to take them home?? Only downside for you is a short wait.
I find I get loads of seedlings off mine...leave them in situ for a couple of tears them dot them round the place. My garden's sort of in two halves, one side gets mostly full sun, the other is much more shady, and there are a couple of areas that are in semi shade. I've noticed that those on the shadier side do much better that I'm thinking of a mass evacuation of the not-doing-so -well ones in the semi shade into a more hospitable area.
If the weather gets above freezing before next November that is!
I bought three today at my local garden centre today and even though they're about to start flowering (in a few weeks it looks like), they only cost me £2.50 each, I couldn't believe my eyes! I payed £17.00 for my first one
I try to buy them when they are in flower as I like the speckled ones and find the plain ones very boring in comparison.