As you know we don't have the bargains that you lucky lot get in the u.k. but I managed to pick up these healthy looking perennials at B&Q yesterday, 4 for £10.00. I was thinking of planting them in a Belfast sink.One Armenia, 2 Saxifrage and 1 House leek.
Just wondering if any one has ordered any plants from J.Parkers as I know that some on here have had very mixed results on the plants delivered.
Well I had some Verbena Blue Spires plug plants and Daylilly Bertie Ferris bare roots delivered today all in very good, healthy, condition. So credit where credits due, I can't complain at present
I'm new to this forum (relatively), but loving the photos and postings.
Was supposed to have a greenhouse put up today, but high winds were forecast (didn't materialise), so my installer didn't come. Holding out for new date on Monday, can't wait to get started sewing seeds. Have bought far too many, but like aym says ~ resistance is futile!!
In my case bargains and tempting labels leads to "stoopid impulse buys"
Ended up choosing a Montana clematis "Warwickshire Rose" based on the pic of the foliage. No idea where I'm going to plant it in my tiny garden now? . Should have chosen "Niobe" group 3. Both were £3 in wilkos.
I do feel for Guernsey Donkey though when the bargain threads start. Maybe we could have a GD seed thread where she can ask for desired seeds without having to pay extortionate p&p charges from suppliers? Would a standard packet get to her 2nd class UK postage (55p?). I've picked up seed at 10p a packet at the end of the season over here, I'd be happy to post some off
Hi Sandra, welcome to the forum . Hope your greenhouse installation goes well?
not plant bargain but very large pots in b&m bargains for £3.50! They're just plastic, but I'm going to place mine behind bench, they're about £20 in local gc
meant to add, lidl is next door, got 3 packets of flower seed (sweet pea 'bijou' sweet williams and annual phlox (didn't know it existed, may do better than my perennial) 29p each!
Aldi leaflet for next Thursday has some great gardening stuff. Cute little wooden greenhouse for £59.99, plastic 4 shelf greenhouse, push mower, hand tools, cute little potting bench, 2 litre potted fruit bushes, seed compost, vermiculite, BFB, chicken manure pellets, seed potatoes, seed multipacks and plug plants of tender bedding to grow on.
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As you know we don't have the bargains that you lucky lot get in the u.k. but I managed to pick up these healthy looking perennials at B&Q yesterday, 4 for £10.00. I was thinking of planting them in a Belfast sink.
One Armenia, 2 Saxifrage and 1 House leek.
Just wondering if any one has ordered any plants from J.Parkers as I know that some on here have had very mixed results on the plants delivered.
Well I had some Verbena Blue Spires plug plants and Daylilly Bertie Ferris bare roots delivered today all in very good, healthy, condition. So credit where credits due, I can't complain at present
I'm new to this forum (relatively), but loving the photos and postings.
Was supposed to have a greenhouse put up today, but high winds were forecast (didn't materialise), so my installer didn't come. Holding out for new date on Monday, can't wait to get started sewing seeds. Have bought far too many, but like aym says ~ resistance is futile!!
In my case bargains and tempting labels leads to "stoopid impulse buys"
Ended up choosing a Montana clematis "Warwickshire Rose" based on the pic of the foliage. No idea where I'm going to plant it in my tiny garden now?
. Should have chosen "Niobe" group 3. Both were £3 in wilkos.
I do feel for Guernsey Donkey though when the bargain threads start. Maybe we could have a GD seed thread where she can ask for desired seeds without having to pay extortionate p&p charges from suppliers? Would a standard packet get to her 2nd class UK postage (55p?). I've picked up seed at 10p a packet at the end of the season over here, I'd be happy to post some off
Hi Sandra, welcome to the forum
. Hope your greenhouse installation goes well?
I dont know about intelligence Aym , some days I should bang my head against the wall to knock some sense into me.
I think we all do it Kitty, I have a stockpile of plants that I've bought / grown and not planted
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I sent GD some corms before just the same price as the rest of the UK. Cant understand where the additional charges come from.
Weather suppose to be calmer next week but colder , better weather for putting up a GH
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Thanks Perki, that's good to know about the postage prices being same as UK.
Carefully packaged, I've posted small plants for 99p before.
I don't get the extra charges either if we could send a birthday card for the same price as UK postage
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not plant bargain but very large pots in b&m bargains for £3.50! They're just plastic, but I'm going to place mine behind bench, they're about £20 in local gc
meant to add, lidl is next door, got 3 packets of flower seed (sweet pea 'bijou' sweet williams and annual phlox (didn't know it existed, may do better than my perennial) 29p each!
Aldi leaflet for next Thursday has some great gardening stuff. Cute little wooden greenhouse for £59.99, plastic 4 shelf greenhouse, push mower, hand tools, cute little potting bench, 2 litre potted fruit bushes, seed compost, vermiculite, BFB, chicken manure pellets, seed potatoes, seed multipacks and plug plants of tender bedding to grow on.
Homebase £1.99 9cm perennials, foxgloves, smaller delphiniums, oriental poppies, dwarf lupins, rudbeckia
Last edited: 26 February 2017 14:13:45