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Load em straight from your computer then Penny.

 

Sorry for the sideyways pic.
I just bought these two Celosias from The Range for $2.99 (pounds not dollars! Computer is from Oz). I better have a little read up on the as I don't know anything about them - just thought they were so pretty.

 

Just put these in from Homebase. Ornithagalum from South Africa. Need to lift the bulbs for winter so i put them in front of the Bishop and Moonfire Dahlias which will get lifted too. They really stand out against the dark foliage.


Plus these have put in an appearance. Triteleia, planted last Autumn.

 

bought quite a few today

agapanthus
2 hostas
a bamboo
a fatsia
2 euphorbia
sambucus
lobelia
crocosmia

planted, watered and fed. and the planter with the calla, canna and dahlia is coming on great guns!

 

borders coming along nicely.

 

ibought a few trays of them a few weeks back, they were a good price too from b&q. lovely aren't they? almost neon in colour.

 

bargains galore today ... went to 2 carboot sales early this morning and ended up buying things that I don't need (as usual)

£5 got me a large X-Pro impact drill ... works perfect (had a look on google, could not find the exact same model, but similar costs well over £300)

£2 for a Scholl handheld massager ... not sure of the price, but must be well over £30 new

£2.50 for a large pressure cooker

£4 for a large galvanized watering can (missing the rose)

£5 for an old black forest cuckoo clock (I used to sell these on ebay and some used to fetch well over £100) ....

£3 for a large round make up mirror on a stand for my daughter (has a built in light etc)

lots of other things that I don't really need .... there were loads of plants there, but nothing that took my fancy

 

Crying out "plant pot" to me dim

 

Saturday i was just walking around the town around 3 o`clock , I`ve lifted up a small cycad and the guy told me ...we are about to close woudl you like all of those for a £5!!!! And keep saying ....don`t be shy it only a fiver ...almost singing....do I need those? no ....would you have left them there?

 

Hi Al -n ,
really nice plant , do not mean to be picky but , do you know that hostas really need shade !!! one really hot sunny day can burn all the leaves , plus did you put a root protection around the bamboo? bamboo can be one of the most agressive plant you will ever see , same with the lobelia queen victoria , it`s a bog plant really need water .

 

Brought both today from B&Q
Fatsia japonica and patio rose lady love
Hoping to plant both into pots for the patio what size pots would you suggest?

 

hi sal,

yes, i do realise that the hostas need shade ( more often than not) but these will tolerate full sun for a while as i have the same on the other borders and they're doing great guns (the sun is only on that part of the border for an hour or so anyway) and the bamboo has been planted in its pot. the lobelia will get all the water it needs.

 

Black and Decker 1600W lawn mower. Reduced from £140 to £75.

 

Where from? Any left?