Yesterday at B&Q...

We had to nip to B&Q yesterday for some bits and pieces and naturally I gravitated towards the gardening area. Mostly disappointing, but...they are currently selling perennials in boxes. These seem to be dried roots of all our favourite perennials - lupins, echinaea, verbena, delphiniums to name a few. Best of all you get between 2 and 5 "plants" per box for £2.48, or 5 for a tenner. Bargain I think....so I bought 5 of them and now have 14 MORE plants to find spaces for! Not sure of they'll all come up, but at that price, its worth a try:gnthb:

 

At that price Aaron, you can`t go wrong.:thumb:

 

Bargain Aaron, and if you plant them the right way up you will get 14 new plants...

 

Absolutely. I haven't checked inside the packs yet, but according to the instructions, plant between nowish and Spring, which sounds about right for dividing perennials which is really what they've done, I think.
If all goes to plan, I'll end up with 3 Aquilegia, 6 Delphiniums (the 2 metre variety), 2 Phlox and 3 Echinaea.

 

Aaron, assuming they are in the usual plastic packaging, I would take them out of it ASAP.:gnthb:

 

Well done Aaron ... I miss B&Q but I haven't got room for anything anyway .... and still have a couple of things looking for 'homes' .... :dh:

 

I have more than a couple of things looking for homes!

David, once out of the packaging, do I need to plant them up or will they be fine bare rooted until I plant them (in a couple of weeks time)?

 

Hi david .Thanks for asking if i had a picture of my sickly container rose which I had`nt got.but Istill would like to know what makes the buds go mouldy before they come out . Iam still learning the computer and wondered how long the answers are on before being cleared.Ican never find my question or answer when Icome on another time.Carolla

 

posts are instant carolla, sometime you might to have a look for your comment to work out where in the chat you are, you might also need to look throught the threads to find your posts, if it helps note down the number of your post in the chat to help you find it, you'll get there

 

Hi Carolla, if you go into usercp (top of page) go into your profile and then statistics, you can track your posts from there...