Show us your recent purchases 2015

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Last post by Kristen,

 

First buy of 2014, was just mooching around the local nursery and these three looked nice for a fiver. Scabiosa Chile Black, photo overflashed so colour bit washed out, but too cold to re-do!
GG

 

Went to Anglesey Abbey at the weekend to see their Winter Garden (thoroughly recommended) and they had some things in their nursery at 30% off - I bought an Exochorda giraldii var. wilsonii and an Amelanchier lamarckii is 3L pots for £13, and I also bought an Augustus snowdrop to add to my collection. Their "unusual" snowdrops were surprisingly reasonably priced (if you are into that sort of thing), but typically the ones I wanted were £25 a throw :(

 

The title of this thread does have 'show' in it - we want photos!

GG

 

Sorry! Mine are just Sticks I'm afraid ... not very exciting as yet.

 

Just picked up these new ornaments (my wife likes them ), a very good reduced price too

 

The three wise monkeys - my grandma had a set of those but hers were only an inch high. Wonder where they are now?

 

Had a bit of a spree.

1 bag spuds - Stemster
1 bag spuds- Maris Peer
1 bag shallots - Sante
1 bag onion sets -Stuttgarter
Ball dahlia- Peter
Ball dahlia - Safe Shot
Cactus dahlia -City of Alkmaar
Pompon dahlia -Natal
bag of 5 lupins
bag of 2 black hollyhocks
bag of 5 mixed oriental lilies
2 lilium Acapulco
2 lilium Dizzy
3 Giant lily Pretty Woman
3 Giant lily Purple Prince
3 Giant lily Honeymoon
3 Giant lily Altari
3 Giant lily Lavon
3 Giant lily On Stage

Came to £41. Not bad, I thought.

 

Couple more Fancy Snowdrops arrived in the post - forgotten I had ordered them and might already have bought them elsewhere Never mine, twice as many will bulk up twice as fast

I'm sure I have MORE than enough varieties now ... got to stop buying any more ...

 

Kristen
I've got a bit of a pash for snowdrops, Any chance of some piccies please?
Jenny

 

Tuberous begonia "can can"



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"Pink Champagne "

 

Not added the ones I have bought this year, as yet, but the ones I bought last year are on my blog.
http://kgarden.wordpress.com/projects/woodland-walk/snowdrop-collection/
Just looking at that page, just now, reminds me that I have bought far too many and I'M DOOMED!

 

You won't think that Kristen when you see them all in bloom!

I like Sandersii.

 

If only it were that simple ... but ... you know me first up is twin scaling to try to bulk them up. Sterile conditions required, slice the bulbs up into 8 or 16 pieces, put in sterile tubs of (sterile) vermiculite, and cross fingers and pray! Pot up in Autumn and following spring may have a plant, which will then flower in year 2 or 3 - and if it does then slice all of them up again!

Second up will be to create an area for them to be planted in and enjoyed. Beech wood on a decently sloping bank would do nicely. Unfortunately heavy soil here, so no Beech :( and, being East Anglia, flat as a pancake :( Might have to hire some earth-moving Boy's Toys