It's fair to say T&M are a mixed bag. Their plugs are hit and miss, half of them will die before they are big enough to plant out, but then I only nuy them on special, so theres not much point in complaining at 20 -plugs for a fiver. Have a garden full of (non-perrenial) Foxgolves waiting to bloom. Seeds are fine from them as well, though wouldn't buy full sized plants from them. Always go more expensive and buy from Crocus.
Those perennial ones mentioned in your link are very nice. Digitalis lutea and D. parviflora. But I prefer D. ferruginea to the latter. They are perennial if rather short-lived as quality plants but they make babies very willingly.
I've got whats left of a cold frame full of seedlings waiting for the ground to defrost so I can plant them out. Some old heritage variety with peach coloured flowers.
Time will tell Yvie. I don't think I'd have put them out there yet. But I don't grow them so irrelevant. They aren't hardy, I think that's been acknowledged now
I moved them from the pots into the garden in early Autumn Nut. Basically, I want to know if they will survive, it's the only reason I would keep them, otherwise I may as well grow the more traditional varieties. So we will wait and see.
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It's fair to say T&M are a mixed bag. Their plugs are hit and miss, half of them will die before they are big enough to plant out, but then I only nuy them on special, so theres not much point in complaining at 20 -plugs for a fiver. Have a garden full of (non-perrenial) Foxgolves waiting to bloom. Seeds are fine from them as well, though wouldn't buy full sized plants from them. Always go more expensive and buy from Crocus.
Why not buy a packet of seeds and grow your own.
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I am going to do that but I want some flowering this year.
Those perennial ones mentioned in your link are very nice. Digitalis lutea and D. parviflora. But I prefer D. ferruginea to the latter. They are perennial if rather short-lived as quality plants but they make babies very willingly.
and they are hardy unlike the Illumination series
In the sticks near Peterborough
I've got whats left of a cold frame full of seedlings waiting for the ground to defrost so I can plant them out. Some old heritage variety with peach coloured flowers.
My favourite D. purpureas are the white ones with fairy footprints inside
In the sticks near Peterborough
Here are my illumination pink from last year.
I have now moved them into the garden, don't know if they will survive. I will let you know.
Time will tell Yvie. I don't think I'd have put them out there yet. But I don't grow them so irrelevant. They aren't hardy, I think that's been acknowledged now
In the sticks near Peterborough
I moved them from the pots into the garden in early Autumn Nut. Basically, I want to know if they will survive, it's the only reason I would keep them, otherwise I may as well grow the more traditional varieties. So we will wait and see.