Verdun - it is only the Wild Swan plugs that are giving me a problem.
I was faced with bare borders a while ago, and "special offers" in mags/newspapers on plugs or bareroots were a great way of me getting quite a few of the same plant going so that I could plant the border up with groups of the same plant, without bankrupting us. I was rubbish at cuttings in the past (although getting better now ) and the plugs certainly did the trick, and I had very few fail - hence the concern at my dismal inability to raise Wild Swan this way.
Yes, plugs take a season to get going - but they have enabled me to quickly build up drifts, rather than plant in dots. So I would say they are worthwhile, and generally pretty good value.
I just bought really nice anemonie 'wild swan' plants from Burncoose Nurseries they are in 2ltr pots good size approx 2ft tall and have serveral buds @ £12.50 ea
""" ..................... I have another set of plugs on order that are taking an age to arrive ( like 6 months) which also suggests they are having problems. ........................ """
Presume this is T&M - 12 months plus wait is not unknown here, surely proving there is some sort of problem? Love Hardys, but their AWS aren't infallible.
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Verdun,
As above, none of my WildSwan purchases were plugs and failure/problem still = 5 out of 6.
Equally, never really had any problems with perennial plugs and I've grown on thousands - literally!
Hi all, intested in this topic, i bought a plant at Harrogate early summer, planted it in shade, watered it etc.
now it has completely disappeared!!!
Verdun - it is only the Wild Swan plugs that are giving me a problem.
I was faced with bare borders a while ago, and "special offers" in mags/newspapers on plugs or bareroots were a great way of me getting quite a few of the same plant going so that I could plant the border up with groups of the same plant, without bankrupting us. I was rubbish at cuttings in the past (although getting better now
) and the plugs certainly did the trick, and I had very few fail - hence the concern at my dismal inability to raise Wild Swan this way.
Yes, plugs take a season to get going - but they have enabled me to quickly build up drifts, rather than plant in dots. So I would say they are worthwhile, and generally pretty good value.
One out of 6 in partial shade.
I just bought really nice anemonie 'wild swan' plants from Burncoose Nurseries they are in 2ltr pots good size approx 2ft tall and have serveral buds @ £12.50 ea