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  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Sorry for late reply everyone, having problems posting as per the iPad freeze thread image

    love reading and looking up all your choices image

    i was pleased with my Dorset perrenials order as pots look good and was well packed.  Can't really tell as most are dormant stage but feel weighty and what I can see looks healthy and good ?

  • IamweedyIamweedy Posts: 1,364

    Is it not a bit early to be ordering perennials? 

    What do others think about this and what are the best nursery's for herbaceous perennials?  Advice please, I  can certainly get some planning done.




    'You must have some bread with it me duck!'

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    I think you can order them but they aren't sent until spring. At least that's what happens here in France. We are back from Norfolk and there was a seed catalogue and a plug plant catalogue waiting.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Good morning Aym image

    Iamweedy good question and think the girls have already given good answers image

    I would normally wait till frosts are over but i had got a bit excited as liked the look of a paticular plant and only place i could find it was at Dorset perrinials and beforei knew it i had made up order to the amount you could get free delivery and two days later they were with me image

    i have tucked them up to the back of the house so quite protected but confident they should be fine.  I hope so as i have rather a large collection of others that i brought end of October and haven't planted out yet! image

  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Oh I'm dreaming too Aym image happy sowing image

    Here are images of my Dorset Perrenials Order:

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    ProductQuantityPriceGeranium phaeum 'Lavender Pinwheel'
    Pot Size: 1L2£10.00Astrantia major 'Lola'
    Pot Size: 1L1£5.00Echinacea pallida 'Hula Dancer'
    Pot Size: 1L2£10.00Phlox 'White Eye Flame ('Barsixty')
    Pot Size: 1L1£5.00Aquilegia 'Petticoat Pink'
    Pot Size: 9cm1£3.00Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Ruby Port'
    Pot Size: 9cm1

  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    BM - Ruby Port is a real beauty!

    I'm  relieved to know I'm not the only one with plants still to go into the ground. . . . 

    SW Scotland
  • Beaus MumBeaus Mum Posts: 3,554

    Thank you Joyce image

    Here are my two stash pilesimage, you are not alone! image

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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    i have a small plastic greenhouse full plus a few at the back door. They are all hardy and look fine.image

    SW Scotland
  • Jenny30Jenny30 Posts: 37

    It's ok Joyce my greenhouse is fit to burst with young plants waiting to get out. I am completely changing both the front and back garden to take into account that I'll be needing a wheelchair. Getting everything sorted now and I'll have some raised areas so that I can still pitch in. I'm trying to keep the cost down by growing a lot from seeds and cuttings but I can't resist a good browse online.

    Beaus, I have to agree that ruby port is a corker and I grew E.pallida from seed a few years back, they are beautiful. The geranium though might put a name to one I was given when a friend of mums moved house and let me raid her garden before leaving.

    Aym I've been at the Dahlias in Wilko too. ?

  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489

    Jenny, sorry to hear that you will be requiring a wheelchair ((hugs))

    Good idea to get raised beds planned now so that will still be able to enjoy your garden.

    A friend's sister has been gardening from a wheelchair for some years now and has won prizes for her veg at a local show.

    SW Scotland
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