Show Us Your Purchases 2023

Trachelospermum 'Star Jasmine' :-



White spotted Hellebore :-



And a cactus but my computer photos are acting nonsense so I couldn't upload it.

 

Galanthus sharlockii, Colossus and Keith's Corker

 

Purchased these today from a local charity shop - £3 each - what a bargain

 

Excellent! I love charity shops and contribute as well as buy.

 

Got dragged kicking and screaming into Wilkos....I spent an absolute fortune on various Begonia corms in their 3 for 2 offer!

 

@flounder I was thinking about getting some trailing Begonias for my hanging baskets on the balcony - now I will have to have a look on Saturday when I go downtown & see if they have any left!

 

The begonias are the biggest corms I've seen for a while, they're this big!(holds hands out) £6 for a packet of eight. They should produce a lot of propagation material early season

 

Just in case some of my Dahlias haven't made it through the Winter....I couldn't resist.
Also re-stocked our diminishing compost supply too.

 

How big?
I get the feeling you've done a bit of fishing.

 

After 2 years in a row of growing Begonias in the pots in rings on the balcony railings I gave all my tubers to my son. He planted them up in much bigger pots the following year & the plants responded magnificently! Much, much better than the 2 years they were growing in small pots on the balcony! I also had a few hanging baskets with Begonias in them. They were in the baskets for 3 or 4 years, in fact after they died down in the late autumn of 2021 I forgot to take them out & put them in a cupboard inside the flat - the following year they sprouted & flowered at the time that suited them & flowered all summer!

Last autumn I thought if they can survive like that through the winter then they can survive another one as well! I may have made a big mistake as they share the baskets with some variegated Geraniums. Well they also survived 3 or 4 winters along with the begonias. But this winter they were killed by the terrible -8C temps we had in December 2022. So I expect the Begonias will have died as well.

 

@Upsydaisy You have got some very nice Dahlias there!

 

This big!(holds hands apart again)

 

But not quite as far apart as the first time?

 

Thanks @Balc.

 

Quickly puts on outside trousers and turns webcam off