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I've checked already and can't find anyone selling it! It is 36c here already.

 

Pity I couldn't send you a cutting @Victoria .

 

@Michael Hewett I read that hibiscus Mahogany splendor is hardy to zone 8-9, so where you are, it may cope outside.

 

2 bee lavender from Lidl and 2 half price (£7.99) pots from local garden centre.
Could kick myselffor not buying more.

 

Thanks @CarolineL It's in a pot for now, I don't think there's room in the ground for it.

 

Thank you for the thought Michael.[/I]

 

My new Adenium obessum arrived today and it was too hot to pot up so hopefully tomorrow ... but as sneak preview ...

 

I'm positively surprised so far, everything arrived quickly, well labelled (once I learnt to decipher the code), free plant labels (my reputation must have reached them ) and some freebies too.

If the germination is good, Premierseedsdirect has a serious competitor.

 

Toddled off to Hill House and picked up two salvias that I have lost in past few years, picked up Buddleja salvifolia (mine died the last year), also S guaranitica"Purple Majesty", an unlabelled fern, an unlabelled agapanthus, a cactus and a small dierama all hopped into my trolley as I wandered round.

 

I wanted to buy some more oxygenating plants for my small container pond, when I noticed an interesting floating plant. No name was mentioned, just that it cost £2.99 and I decided to get it. It's the one at the front:



I looked it up after getting home, and apparently it is a water lettuce. It's super tender, so I probably wouldn't have gotten it had I known. Or had I read this information below from RHS...



I do like it though and we have never had issues with mosquitos.

 

The flowers are supposed to be impressive! And you can stick it in a bucket of water in the garage or somewhere over winter

 

Thanks @CarolineL! I was thinking of something similar (to put it in a food container and place it by the kitchen window).

 

I like it a lot ... but I can see why the GC thought it was more likely to sell without supplying the info you found, @CostasK.

 

I like it too, and despite planning to put it in a food container, I'm sure you're not going to eat it @CostasK, it will be fine .

 

I bought this yesterday, Geranium Kelly Anne, a bit like a pink version of Rozanne with similar mottled foliage but a more compact habit. The label claims a very long flowering period from late spring to the first frosts.