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  1. noisette47

    noisette47 Total Gardener

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    Site photos because there's nothing much to see in the pots, but received an order from Promesse de Fleurs this morning :) 3 Dictamnus, 6 Japanese anemones, 3 Heuchera, 1
    purple Sedum

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    1 Oriental Poppy
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    1 Acanthus (hopefully not too much of a thug!)
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    Bowles Mauve Erysimum, a pure blue Pulmonaria and a couple of Thalictrums. All I need now is for the ground to dry out enough to plant them!
     
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      Pretty double flower Galanthis hippolyta

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      • Victoria

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        Got four cuttings today from Madeira of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis "Swan Lake / Fantasia" ... Pure White but can change colour to Pink. I am keeping :fingers crossed: as I have never done from cuttings before so probably next year before flowers.
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          Fingers crossed for you - that is beautiful!
           
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            Thank you FC. Quite an eye catcher. Have you found homes for all your new purchases?
             
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              They've not been delivered yet, but the planning is well underway - I have a spreadsheet to remind me where stuff will go, and have ordered the wood etc to make the fence around the veg patch at the back. All I need now is a vast amount of compost.
               
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                Sempervivum 'Gold Nugget'

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                  Very nice Michael ... you've been spending again ... :nonofinger: :whistle: :heehee:
                   
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                    I bought a Myrtle this week, very much an impulse buy at the GC but I think it will work well in my garden. Also some very pretty saxifrages bought along with a couple of Silene Shafta from B&Q. And some clematis from the supermarkets.

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                      Nice purchases. I love my Myrtus. I have the 'Tarentina' variety, tiny leafed.
                       
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                        Today I got my wife a Jasmine plant on a hoop from Sainsburys! It was half price & in a ceramic pot. Surprisingly the other plants they had looked to be in very good condition even after more than a week in the shop! Yet outside they had dozens of Hyacinths drooping all over the place as well as dead Camellias & a few other dead plants! It made me want to cry! ::841:: (I haven't got a photo yet but I'll get one & post it tomorrow.)

                        7 years I also got her an identical plant, also half price, from Tesco. But that was only one day after Mother's Day. This plant had been in the shop for at least 7-8 days.
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                            I bought this Iresine, the leaves look different to the one I've got, they are more pointy and a darker colour with no lighter colouring on them at all.

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                            • pete

                              pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                              That does look different to the plant I use to grow under the same name.

                              Spotted these had just been delivered at a local Garden centre, so ended up getting one,:redface:, like I need more plants.:biggrin: Nerium Oleander.
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                                What colour flowers will it have, @pete?
                                 
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