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Ouch!!!! I paid 4.99 for them last week

I got a couple of Delphiniums 'Guardian Blue' as well though and are opening up nicely now.

 

Bought a few lately.

First to bloom is Penstemon smallii.............

 

bought a ricinus (castor oil plant) today from a farmers market ... he only had 1 left and was £3 ... label says Carmetica Bright red

large leaves and stands over 2 1/2 feet tall with a thick stem ... pot is a bit small though as the roots are protruding from the bottom

I will plant it out in a garden in a few weeks time after I have sorted the weeds and beds

only problem is that it is already starting to flower

do I clip off the flower bud, or just leave it?

 

Got all these pots for free a few sundays ago. Outside a nearby house was a huge amount of terracotta pots and a sign saying help yourself. Grabbed my wheelbarrow and returned with around 10 pots, some of them look quite old. Also 2 jugs too.

 

Wow that was lucky

Well done

Jack McH

 

I bought this Calla last week, not really a big fan of them but I do like the ones with the rich dark colouration....






Also got this rather lovely Azalea; I didn't buy it though it was a birthday present off my sister

 

that calla is gorgeous!

 

so gorgeous in fact, i just went out and bought one, along with a canna, and 2 Dahlia:-

 

I planted two pots of Calla 'Picasso' in April,overwintered in the greenhouse, they have leafed up nicely but no flower yet.

 

my local homebase has a good selection and good quality plants at the mo.

i'll be going back tomorrow to buy a few more callas and maybe a washy. (1/2 price at the mo too!!)

 

What's a washy

 

Washingtonia robusta

 

Ah....nice

 

Arriving next week "Brass lantern" Heuchera
as small plugs but a good price and I dont mind growing on, cheap way to get 6 diffrent ones especialy with the new thread on here
http://www.heucheras.co.uk/epages/e...s107032_shop/Products/"HL Brass Lantern (YP)"
Spruce

 

al n - my local Homebase had Washingtonia robusta at half price too - though they weren't as big as the ones in your picture. Actually it was reduced from £30 to £12 - so I had to have one. I have never grown it before.