Thanks for your kind offer, JNKY. Wish I were close enough to take you up on it.
Still think the buddleia offer is of some worth, though. I have had various buddleias and always prune them back virtually to the ground, but they grow back to full height in one season. If I pruned them again, I would not get flowers. (I have one buddleia at present, which I grew from seed.) Nonsensical as the price claim is, these would be good in pots, I think, and I could get my money back by rooting cuttings.
Verdun, I would love to buy only the plants I really want, but that is a luxury when you have a whole garden to stock. I have filled my garden with plants I acquired cheaply or grew from seed, with a few 'stars' that I did pay quite a lot for. I buy plants in open gardens and from garden centres when I go on holiday, so each trophy plant is full of memories and associations. When I have a better plant for a space, I pull out and discard the inferior one. This year, I want to dig up some of the lawn and enlarge the borders. I've bought some good bare roots from Hayloft but there will be plenty of spaces to fill.
All gardeners are plantaholics at heart and can't resist a bargain. I have so much seedlings that i need to find space for, plugs, dahlia and begonias yet to go in; yet i cant resist the impulse bargain plant at the garden center that needs a bit of TLC. Yesterday, i went to get Jeyes already mix and came home with a fern. I am spending more money on the garden than i spend on myself, not to mention the money spent on the birds.
I do agree with EvergreenQueen, somewhat, I preffer going to a GC but as I don't have a car its not that easy as most of them are out in the sticks. The nearest walking distance on is over a 45 min walk each way so sometimes its a necessity. GG, When I cut back my buddleija earlier in the year it had new growth on it so I have tried to put a bit of rooting hormone onto these buds and poped them into a pot in the coldframe. That was in middle of feb and they are still green and perky so they may have rooted but wont check them for a while. Worth a try.
Thanks, Discodave, and others who have commented. Discodave, I think you have turned out to be a discodavina, haven't you? (Sorry if I've got that wrong). Hope you succeed with your Buddleia, which do root quite easily. I visit my local garden centre much too often! As Franco says, I spend more on my garden than I do on myself. That isn't an awful lot, however, since I don't spend much on myself, being a fan of recycling.
I've just bought quite a few bare root plants fromn Hayloft, all of which are supposed to be special offers. They were advertised in various magazines but I got them from a list on their website. The roots that have come so far are large and healthy-looking, as far as one can tell with dormant roots.
My hanging baskets needs lots of plants to fill them up so I thought the begonia offer was good if they arrive like my trailing geraniums did from spalding I will be pleased
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Thanks for your kind offer, JNKY. Wish I were close enough to take you up on it.
Still think the buddleia offer is of some worth, though. I have had various buddleias and always prune them back virtually to the ground, but they grow back to full height in one season. If I pruned them again, I would not get flowers. (I have one buddleia at present, which I grew from seed.) Nonsensical as the price claim is, these would be good in pots, I think, and I could get my money back by rooting cuttings.
Verdun, I would love to buy only the plants I really want, but that is a luxury when you have a whole garden to stock. I have filled my garden with plants I acquired cheaply or grew from seed, with a few 'stars' that I did pay quite a lot for. I buy plants in open gardens and from garden centres when I go on holiday, so each trophy plant is full of memories and associations. When I have a better plant for a space, I pull out and discard the inferior one. This year, I want to dig up some of the lawn and enlarge the borders. I've bought some good bare roots from Hayloft but there will be plenty of spaces to fill.
All gardeners are plantaholics at heart and can't resist a bargain. I have so much seedlings that i need to find space for, plugs, dahlia and begonias yet to go in; yet i cant resist the impulse bargain plant at the garden center that needs a bit of TLC. Yesterday, i went to get Jeyes already mix and came home with a fern.
I am spending more money on the garden than i spend on myself, not to mention the money spent on the birds.
I do agree with EvergreenQueen, somewhat, I preffer going to a GC but as I don't have a car its not that easy as most of them are out in the sticks. The nearest walking distance on is over a 45 min walk each way so sometimes its a necessity. GG, When I cut back my buddleija earlier in the year it had new growth on it so I have tried to put a bit of rooting hormone onto these buds and poped them into a pot in the coldframe. That was in middle of feb and they are still green and perky so they may have rooted but wont check them for a while. Worth a try.
Thanks, Discodave, and others who have commented. Discodave, I think you have turned out to be a discodavina, haven't you? (Sorry if I've got that wrong). Hope you succeed with your Buddleia, which do root quite easily. I visit my local garden centre much too often! As Franco says, I spend more on my garden than I do on myself. That isn't an awful lot, however, since I don't spend much on myself, being a fan of recycling.
I've just bought quite a few bare root plants fromn Hayloft, all of which are supposed to be special offers. They were advertised in various magazines but I got them from a list on their website. The roots that have come so far are large and healthy-looking, as far as one can tell with dormant roots.
P.S. I haven't tried the seed swap thread. Perhaps I'd better have a look.
My hanging baskets needs lots of plants to fill them up so I thought the begonia offer was good if they arrive like my trailing geraniums did from spalding I will be pleased