Free plants for anybody who might want them.

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  1. silu

    silu gardening easy...hmmm

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    I have a huge garden which is bulging with plants. I have got to the point where I really need to reduce the amount I have. After about 30 years of collecting it has got beyond a joke:rolleyespink:.
    Some of my plants will be going to a large plant sale held for charity but there will be plenty left.
    I will be splitting many large clumps of all sorts of herbaceous plants this Autumn and plan to get some done the week of 20th September (weather depending).
    I live between Perth and Cupar in Fife, about 3/4 hour north of the Forth Bridge,so if anybody would like to have some plants then please PM me so I can give you more details.
    I won't list everything I will be wanting to rehome as there are A LOT of different plants. If you are looking for something specific then let me know.
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with these plants I've just got too many and rather than compost them I'd rather pass them on to people who can enjoy them as I have and save themselves a fortune in the process!
    All I would ask is to bring your own bags and if you take a load a small contribution to the charity I support (Hedgehog sanctuary) would be a kind gesture but not obligatory.
    If of interest I also have plenty of horse manure which is going a begging, and may well have some Daffodil bulbs looking for homes too.
     
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      Thats a nice thing to do Silu.

      Ive now stopped buying plants as theres no more room for them.
      I was giving my plants a rough valuation the other day with shop prices and they came to a small fortune. Eg. one clump of hosta split into garden centre sizes would be worth c.£40 x say 30 plants = £1200 in hostas alone :hate-shocked: :snork:
       
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          silu gardening easy...hmmm

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          You are quite right, I know someone who helps out at a wholesale nursery and the last time they visited they told me, not counting the trees, it would cost in the region of £500,000 to replace all the plant and quantities of, that I have:wow:
          Hopefully I will get plenty of takers and not waste lots of lovely plants. If the postage and packing wasn't such an issue I'd be happy to send stuff to people further afield but having done various swaps with people over the years it is quite a lot of work to clean and pack the plants plus postage is quite expensive.
           
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