What new plants have you got on your list for next year?

A very merry Boxing Day to y'all

Think about planting already for next year, what have you got on your list or what have you got planned?

Me, myself and I am thinking of with the cash I received yesterday (ta mam!) I'd like another trachycarpus for the back garden, and maybe another small tree fern to put in a nice planter for the front.
I'm also planning for a few more lilies, cordys and phormiums, along with some tree dahlias and tree lillies. I think some more hardy gerberas and some different forms of crocosmia (other than lucifer) would be nice!


So, over to you, what are you thinking of putting in the garden next year?

 

Hi Al that place got another 50% off . I`ll see what i find tmw

if you are looking for a nice nursery where to buy rare bulbs let me know , but you will hate me after

 

Hehe, thanks sal.

There's a place near me (the garden house) run by a guy called Ade. Not a brilliant array, but definately half decent. The wife bought me a 6ft trachycarpus for chrimmy and he did have another at £75 which I think is a good price. I'll go tomo or fri and see if its still there, if it is, then it'll be on its way to me.

How long is the sale on for sal? I havn't had my tax bill in yet, ( hopefully between now and next week!) so I don't know how much free cash I have, so until then, no spending!

 

Al , I thing the sale will be there till the end of january , but of corse the nice plants will go first ........i really hope to find a nice dicksonia .

6ft trachycarpus for that price , just go for ........

also Amulree go an half price sale and he charge £18 per delivery , last time I`ve noticed some big butia

 

I'm dreaming of growing a 4ft Impatiens Nianiamensies in a pot that I can move around. I 'm dreaming of balmy,sultry nights when I can just watch is getting taller,and taller and taller....

 

I am going to (cheat ) plant a bed up a la Jo Swift, so my plant list includes a type of bamboo, already got the fatsia and angelica, just need the "lucifer" (montbretia?).

I'm going to wait though until our local County Show, because the bargains are well worth the wait!

I'm having a little bit of success with my "experiments": I bought some hebes, labelled "dying", from Wilko's back in September (I did post about them at the time) and they are coming on a treat! Plus, some "stick-it-in-and-see-what-happens" experiments are looking quite fertile and I'm very optimistic that they will be 2013 star turns - well, for me (insert "beginner") - at least.

Not very good (yet!) at plant names and some of those sound very exotic, al-n; can't wait to see them ... then ... aspire!

 

I have some Xmas funds too
Looking to get a trachycarpus, iresine herbstii 'brilliantissima' , canna Australia, strobilanthes dyeriana (Persian shield), colocasia black beauty or black magic,

 

I've got a whole list of 'wants' but will buy very few next year. I like to grow from cuttings and seeds as much as possible and have seeds for perrenials to get under way in late February/March. Far too many, it's going to be a bit of a challenge getting them all under way.

 

amulree got a sale at the moment , they have them all.

 

Pretty sure the Amulree sale (Boxing Day until 31-December I think) is free delivery

 

Just checked out amurlee and only have 3 out of the 6 plans in stock though!
Probably wait till later in the year to get them but will keep my out for sales though.

 

I have plans for my front garden ( again, I hear you all sigh) I want to change the shape of the L shaped borders to wavy lines as the edges are really chronic.
I bought some fuchsias last year and have ordered some more, http://www.otherfellow.co.uk/index.php ,,,http://www.gower-fuchsias.co.uk/ .Then with all the plants I am hoping to grow from seed, re the seed swap, should find it quite a busy spring.

 

None! My garden is already full to bursting with what seems like zillions of containers everywhere, so I really should downsize rather than buy any more. In reality I probably won't and will end up buying several more

One thing I do want to do is grow some roses from cuttings, because the ones I took a few months ago have mostly died, undoubtedly due to my cackhandedness

 

I'm dreaming of a five foot one in the garden!!!

Me too - thirty quid for Hill House Nursery

I going big on seeds too next year.
These arrived the other day;

Thysanotus multiflorus...............


Aristolachia clematatis................


An interesting climber - Kennedia nigricans...............


Lachenalia carnosa..................



To be honest, most things that I'm drawn to take a couple of years minimum, so from this years efforts the Iochroma australis, Kennedia rubicunda, yellow form of Gloriosa etc should bloom for the first time in 2013.

Lot's of Tricyrtis lasiocarpa coming along from seed. And thanks to Jenny and Simbad there should be lots of Salvia too!

 

Well, just got back from a nursery that had a big sale on, and bought these:-

2 houttiynia cordata chameleon
1 achillea mollis
Tree peony
2 crocosmia carmine brilliant
1 doronicum little Leo
2 achillea cloth of gold
1 ligularia Britt Marie Crawford
2 cynaro cardunculus
1 miscanthus strictus
1 miscanthus varigata
1 panicum varigatum heavy metal



All for the price of 50 quid!