I bought three at a local shop in Denmark for £5.66 each which I thought was a bargain (Denmark is super expensive so not a word I use very often!) I don't think they know what they had.
Two in the garden one in a pot. They looked a bit sorry for themselves for a couple of days, the one in the pot is in a warm spot and started to keel over slightly so I blocked the light in front of it and it has perked up. The two put in the garden seem to be happy enough for the moment.
Was doing stewarding at our Garden show on Sat, so had lots of time to chat to the exhibitors "AND" pick their brains.
It was actually the worst supported show ever produce wise according to those who have been there for a long time, terrible growing season for the exhibitors!
I mentioned Wild Swan and one of them said he had bought from T&M last year, terrible plug plants was sent, they died almost immediately, T&M said they would replace them this year,they then informed him it would be the end of Sept before they would be sent out, he was still waiting on Sat!
Another one said he had bought 5 giant plugs from Hayloft, when they arrived, three were only stems with no roots pushed into sodden compost, the other 2 were more dead than alive with brown dead roots!
He informed Hayloft and they immediately replaced them, but the second lot were no better, no living roots on any of the plugs!
He has potted them up but at the moment none appears to be trying to grow according to him, he has taken some from their plugs to check, no roots etc, just mush!
The first one said he thought there must be some thing wrong with them as his pal had the same problem!
If this is serious growers and exhibitors thoughts, what chance have other less experienced gardeners got if they cannot get them to grow first time?
T&M and now Hayloft, it must cost them a fortune in replacing plants that should never have been sent out in the first place!
For someone who doesn't like annuals, Verdun, you seem to treat a lot of these new perennials as annuals, moving them about, chucking them out, space for new ones. You seem to be more fidgetty than me.
Can you list all the new perennials that you would not bother with again.
I'll start with Hardy gerberas, which in my garden were a total waste of money.
I had some coreopsis in big modules last year, flowered magnificently all last year, then totally disappeared.
I've spent quite a bit this year on the new ecinaceas, I suspect these will be slug food when/if they reappear in the spring.
Lol fidget I feel the same about my newly created ecinacea bed this year.... I'm happy to report though its intermingled with some monarda and following advice on this site (verdun) I have chopped the flowers off after a period and all have produced a lot of new growth and leaves ... In fact so much so I'm wondering if thre are too many plants in the beds.... Although I hate using them come spring this bed will be peppered with blue pellets.....
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I bought three at a local shop in Denmark for £5.66 each which I thought was a bargain (Denmark is super expensive so not a word I use very often!) I don't think they know what they had.
Two in the garden one in a pot. They looked a bit sorry for themselves for a couple of days, the one in the pot is in a warm spot and started to keel over slightly so I blocked the light in front of it and it has perked up. The two put in the garden seem to be happy enough for the moment.
Was doing stewarding at our Garden show on Sat, so had lots of time to chat to the exhibitors "AND" pick their brains.
It was actually the worst supported show ever produce wise according to those who have been there for a long time, terrible growing season for the exhibitors!
I mentioned Wild Swan and one of them said he had bought from T&M last year, terrible plug plants was sent, they died almost immediately, T&M said they would replace them this year,they then informed him it would be the end of Sept before they would be sent out, he was still waiting on Sat!
Another one said he had bought 5 giant plugs from Hayloft, when they arrived, three were only stems with no roots pushed into sodden compost, the other 2 were more dead than alive with brown dead roots!
He informed Hayloft and they immediately replaced them, but the second lot were no better, no living roots on any of the plugs!
He has potted them up but at the moment none appears to be trying to grow according to him, he has taken some from their plugs to check, no roots etc, just mush!
The first one said he thought there must be some thing wrong with them as his pal had the same problem!
If this is serious growers and exhibitors thoughts, what chance have other less experienced gardeners got if they cannot get them to grow first time?
T&M and now Hayloft, it must cost them a fortune in replacing plants that should never have been sent out in the first place!
Went to burncoose in the end - expecting them to arrive any day
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Wow chicky they aren't cheap from their either......
For someone who doesn't like annuals, Verdun, you seem to treat a lot of these new perennials as annuals, moving them about, chucking them out, space for new ones. You seem to be more fidgetty than me.
Can you list all the new perennials that you would not bother with again.
I'll start with Hardy gerberas, which in my garden were a total waste of money.
I had some coreopsis in big modules last year, flowered magnificently all last year, then totally disappeared.
I've spent quite a bit this year on the new ecinaceas, I suspect these will be slug food when/if they reappear in the spring.
Lol fidget I feel the same about my newly created ecinacea bed this year.... I'm happy to report though its intermingled with some monarda and following advice on this site (verdun) I have chopped the flowers off after a period and all have produced a lot of new growth and leaves ... In fact so much so I'm wondering if thre are too many plants in the beds.... Although I hate using them come spring this bed will be peppered with blue pellets.....