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Not so much a purchase but more of a Freebie
Where I work my ex boss still lives onsite. I look after his garden now and again and saw this growing in a unwanted place.
It's black bamboo and was a pig to dig out, but managed to get a decent root ball out.
Decided to put it in a pot on my patio

 

I saw that at Nyeman's gardens in West Sussex earlier this Spring Mowgley. It's a cracker and flower arrangers love it.
A lovely find,

 

got those at half price couldn`t resist , there is a 50% off at my local nursery and I should stay as far as possible.

 

They absolutely had to be bought Sal!

 

Slugs ate all my dwarf potted sunflowers grown from seed I'd sown, so I couldn't resist this at 15p, especially as there's the equivalent of a few packets of seeds for next year on it. I also see it as a bit of a challenge to get it into good condition:

 

I've got a new David Austin rose - Lady Emma Hamilton - and a Rosa Mutabilis, which isn't looking too healthy but will try and nurse it back to health.

 

Dierama Reynoldsii and Dierama Cosmos. Just bought them in small pots as I've always wanted to grow them and thought I'd give it a go for next year.

Anyone have any experience of growing Dierama?

Cheers
GG

 

They need to be moist at all times in full sun. However, avoid excessive winter wet.
They dislike disturbance, so choose your spot carefully and get it right first time.
I've found them fairly hardy in the past, and have a pot full coming along for next year too.

 

I bought this book in the charity shop:
The Garden Book: Planning, Planting and Design (Rhs), for £3 and think it'll give me some ideas.


Also bought a clematis in Marks reduced to 80p, with a bit of water he already looks happier.

 

Today I went to the garden centre and bought beautiful single flowered four dahlias in co-ordinating hues of orange, cream and lemon. Just the job for brightening up a dull corner. They were bargains.
However while I was there I succumbed to buying a heuchera called "Licorice" because it was shiny and lovely. Full price but worth it.
I was also treated to a cream tea - mmmmmm

 

Local shop was selling Salvia Patens, £2.50 each, so I bought 3

 

Picked this up yesterday.................



It's Tricyrtis "Taipei Silk" and cost just over a fiver.

 

went to a carboot in Ardleigh Colchester ... 120 mile roundtrip .... loads of sellers and one of the biggest carboots that I have ever been to .... definately worth the trip and I used to go there every sunday when I traded on ebay

we got there at 6am, and the field was already half full with sellers ... we left at 08h30 and sellers were still arriving

http://www.bootgroup.com/ardleigh.html

got a black and decker electric hedge trimmer for £8 .... a Nokia N95 for £5 (my old nokia N95 packed up a few weeks ago, and I like the N95) .... a Nikon coolpix 5600 digital camera for £5 .... a hozelock 5 litre pressure sprayer for £2 .... a miracle gro feeder bottle (that you connect to a hose), plus 1 pack of miracle gro soluble fertilizer for 50 pence ... a hozelock super 4 hose attachment sprayer for 20 pence .... and loads of other stuff

wife and daughter bought loads of clothes etc

 

I saw one of these today at carboot (it's called a Terrex spade):



I asked the seller what it was called and he never knew ... asked the price and he said £15 ... I offered £12 and he said no, so I walked away

just googled it, and these sell for over £100

 

Now being marketed as Backsaver Spade - members might be interested in these links:

http://www.backsavergardentools.co.uk/ and http://www.fredshed.co.uk/alternativediggingtools.htm

The Backsaver website has a video showing the spade in use.