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Bought a Karcher pressure washer today from Homebase..got 20% of my purchase..Original price £119 then got Reduced to £99 then got 20% of at the till..Paid £79 'Bargain'

 

I got 5 new perennials today from an amazing local nursery. I will post a separate thread about it as it really deserves a visit.
Astrantia jumble hole

Kniphofia alcazar

Geranium eureka blue

Centaurea jordy

And chosen by the other half..trillium erectum

All of these in 2-3 litre pots came to £20, they had loads of really rare perennials I've never seen for sale anywhere else.

 

I stopped at Jaques Amand on my way home from work on Friday......
My purchases were:

Galanthas - pot of the standard form
Cyclamen coum - dark leaves dark pink flowers
Tropolaeum ciliatum
Tropolaeum tuberosum
Ariseama grifithii
Ariseama speciosum
Hosta - White Feather
Cardiocrinum giganteum

All potted up, and will plant out in the garden once rooted and established.

 

All top end plants there Sirius,
looking forward to seeing them later in the season,
Jenny

 

That time of the year..........

I got home from work yesterday and there was my fern order from Shady Plants waiting for me:

Adiantum hispidulum Bronze Venus
Hemionitis arifolia
Pteris cretica
Athyrium otophorum Okanum

 

My greenhouse has arrived! I am absolutely ridiculously excited about this! I have never had a greenhouse before and I have images of me spending hours in there pottering around and growing tomatoes and chillis and planting lots of beautiful flowers! Hoping we can get it put up this weekend and I can get cracking!

 

I'm so excited I love my Greenhouse! I have pebbles on the floor in mine & I love the sound when I walk in there...I know it's sad but I literally love it! The excitement of seeing the first tomato is great! You will have hours of fun in there, I can't wait to hear more about it. I hope you get it up at the weekend of course you will need to go to the garden centre for necessary bits & bobs! I have a thermometer, stageing, trays, dustpan & brush, clips, shading, plant pots, canes, string & many more useful bits! Do let us know when it's up

 

My OH will probably have a fit when he finds out I need necessary bits and bobs! He already thinks I spend a fortune on useless things!

I'll keep you all posted about when it's up and what I've planted. Assuming I can remembers the names of everything of course!

 

Crocosmia, Giant Trailing Begonia, 6 Red Fuscias (99p, Aldi!!) and a new chair from John Lewis.

I only went out for some milk and butter!

 

Loving that chair @simon n It looks perfectly at home in your wonderful courtyard garden

Best you don't go out for a weekly shop any time soon if that's what happens when you pop out for butter and milk

 

For the first couple of years at this house I grew a Passiflora alata in the greenhouse but overwintering it was a pain so I gave it away. I regretted it so when I saw this one in Lidl for £1.99 it was a no brainer...............

 

A recent order from a specialist woodland plant supplier arrived on the weekend

Beesia calthifolia
Bomarea edulis
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Centaurea atropurpurea
Coptis omniensis
Deinanthe difida
Diphylleia cymosa
Mellitis melisophyllum
Polygonatum Tonkinense
Symplocarpus foetidus
Tofeldia cocinea
Veratum formosanum

 

Wish that you'd said - I have an abundance of seed for this!

Wow

 

longk,

Thanks for the offer. The Bomarea wasn't too expensive

Yes, I was quite pleased with the Symplocarpus.
I have a small one already, but this is a decent size.
It is coming into leaf, so no flowers this season. Hopefully next winter.

 

My advice on growing this on is to grow it in a deep tomato pot for at least another year. You need a really strong and large clump of tubers to guarantee survival outdoors.