Reduced Wyevale 70% off seed potatoes, onion sets, garlic, dahlias, etc.

There was a good selection in my local Wyevale, bought this pack of 12 'Dinner plate' Dahlias for £5.40 reduced from £18. Works out at 45p per tuber, a proper bargain and just what I need for cut flowers at the allotment:

 

It was a bit of a gamble as dahlias left in packaging at this time of year can have great long sprouts that easily get damaged, these were OK. About half the tubers are just starting to sprout, the others seem plump but time will tell if they get going.

I got some cheap ones last year in late May and they repaid me with loads of cut flowers, I didn't dig them up so it will be interesting to see if they survive over-winter in the ground at my allotment. It's quite clayey there unlike my chalky soil at home where dahlias keep coming back year after year left to their own devices.

Nearly all the cuttings I took in mid-march of my expensive (£5 each) Dahlias have struck so I've now got 10 new plants from the original 6 - they are really easy to do.