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Post by isabella on Mar 3, 2007 13:56:09 GMT
Hello , My name is Pamela and I am a Plantholic - there- I have admitted it  Is there a cure? No,thought not Just been to the Garden Centre and bought the following Another Willow 'Green Curls' Verbena bonariesis Echinops ritro Ipomoea 'Marguerita' 2 Silver Plectranthus 4 Coachman Fuchsias 1 whip of 'Dancing Flame to make into a standard Those little Plants just keep telling me to buy them I can never imagine not being a Plantholic I still have lots of Vouchers to spend so will be going to the Garden Centre again on Tuesday hopefully |
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Post by skarloey on Mar 3, 2007 15:23:42 GMT
Hello , My name is Pamela and I am a Plantholic - there- I have admitted it Is there a cure? No,thought not Just been to the Garden Centre and bought the following Another Willow 'Green Curls' Verbena bonariesis Echinops ritro Ipomoea 'Marguerita' 2 Silver Plectranthus 4 Coachman Fuchsias 1 whip of 'Dancing Flame to make into a standard Those little Plants just keep telling me to buy them I can never imagine not being a Plantholic I still have lots of Vouchers to spend so will be going to the Garden Centre again on Tuesday hopefully Hello Pamela and welcome! You are amongst friends, we ALL have the same addiction. It's nothing to be ashamed of. We are all here to help. Just make sure you keep us up to date on all the latest buys. If we're not spending, the next best thing is listening to what others have bought!!! ;D |
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Post by isabella on Mar 3, 2007 15:57:30 GMT
Thankyou for the Welcome,Skarloey ;D Just ordered a collection of Begonias and Gloxinias for my Summer greenhouse ;D
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Post by roxann57 on Mar 3, 2007 17:33:53 GMT
I think there is a 12 step programme to help people like us Isabella, not that I'm interested in it at all ;D I wonder if thats why the OH volunteered to fetch my compost this afternoon, so saving a trip with me to the GC tomorrow  |
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Post by isabella on Mar 3, 2007 18:25:54 GMT
Could be, roxann  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2007 12:47:48 GMT
Hello, my name is Rupert and I am a plantaholic  Yesterday I went to Bridgemere and spent a small fortune on these: Rhododendron 'Percy Wiseman' Euphorbia polychroma x 5 Clematis montana Marjorie Clematis Harlow Carr Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily' Skimmia rubella x 3 Should I seek professional help? Or could I plant all these by myself?  |
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Post by Barbara on Mar 4, 2007 14:07:02 GMT
Hello, my name is Rupert and I am a plantaholic Yesterday I went to Bridgemere and spent a small fortune on these: Rhododendron 'Percy Wiseman' Euphorbia polychroma x 5 Clematis montana Marjorie Clematis Harlow Carr Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily' Skimmia rubella x 3 Should I seek professional help? Or could I plant all these by myself? go on you know you can just watch your back  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2007 15:21:26 GMT
There is no cure - the less room you have for plants the more the compulsion to get some. The more you know you shouldn't the more you want to. When there is absolutely no room left for any more plants and you still end up coming home with armfuls of plants and your children start questioning why you are buying so many plants like you are some species nothing to do with them and you still just cannot stop and have no intention of stopping it is then you can call yourself well and truly addicted. It gets worse after that - then you start hiding the new ones hoping noone notices, adrenalin rushing through your whole being...... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2007 15:35:12 GMT
....thinking everyone knows it's a plant that you are concealing in that bag/in your boot....
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Post by Jonah on Mar 4, 2007 15:38:43 GMT
Hello, my name is Jonah and I am so pleased to have found some fellow sufferers. ;D We bought the paint for our porch and hall today, but somehow two pots of fritillaries and a lime green trug tub managed to appear in our trolley. Very restarained though, don't you think, the rehab must be working to some degree. |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 4, 2007 19:13:44 GMT
Hello! I'm Plocket, and I'm a plantaholic AND a clemaholic ;D It's so good to meet fellow "sufferers" but I have been advised that there is no cure - not even after concreting over your garden!
TC I think Bridgemere is especially tempting - when I go I spend a fortune, on plants AND in Hobbycraft!
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 5, 2007 17:12:25 GMT
I had a relapse today...went to a GC and bought ANOTHER fern....have to feed the need.....oo it's a slippery slope ;D
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Post by isabella on Mar 5, 2007 18:04:22 GMT
Sure is ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2007 18:33:45 GMT
Hello! I'm Plocket, and I'm a plantaholic AND a clemaholic ;D It's so good to meet fellow "sufferers" but I have been advised that there is no cure - not even after concreting over your garden! TC I think Bridgemere is especially tempting - when I go I spend a fortune, on plants AND in Hobbycraft! That is so weird, when we go I spend a fortune on plants and Mrs TC spend less money but more time in Hobbycraft  |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 5, 2007 18:52:46 GMT
I went today actually TC and was so restrained - I bought an orchid for dad (they've recently had a huge delivery and have so many to choose from) but NOTHING for me!!! OH checked my forehead for a temperature when I told him ;D Mind you, we did buy a couple of roses at the weekend |
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Post by Jonah on Mar 5, 2007 21:18:54 GMT
Plocket, I have heard of that affliction, the one where you don't buy yourself anything. If I remember correctly it is called Dontwantanythingitis. It is only a temporary affliction you will be pleased to know. There are two known causes that I know of [I'm sure there are more] - the sufferer has a temporary memory shift and thinks that they have no more room in the garden to plant anything, or there mind is infiltrated with other things ie shoes for small children etc.
I have not heard of anyone having the symptons for long, pretty soon they realise that a] of course there is always room for one more plant and b] the childrens feet [and legs, and arms etc.] grow all the time, so wasting money on providing these items is a false economy. So the brain returns to it's correct state and the compulsive plant buying can continue - as it should! ;D
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Post by roxann57 on Mar 5, 2007 21:47:36 GMT
I definitely need help, just been looking at Mr G's thread on Heleniums and Chuckles very kindly provided a link Well I only ordered three - who needs GC's |
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Post by roxann57 on Mar 5, 2007 21:53:26 GMT
I think we need to sort out this 12 (could be lots more) step strategy to understand a plantaholic, please help to warn others of what they are in for.
1. There will always be room for one more plant - even if it means eventually rearranging the whole garden.
2. ......
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2007 22:02:40 GMT
2 When you see plants you have got to give them a home....
3.....
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 6, 2007 7:26:43 GMT
3. There is nothing here I want today but I will come back 2moro ;D
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Post by isabella on Mar 6, 2007 7:39:04 GMT
4. What a bargain - I think I will buy 2 ;D
5....................
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Post by Plocket on Mar 6, 2007 8:29:04 GMT
Oh you guys sure make me laugh! Actually it wasn't a case of dontwantanythingitis - it was a case of it peeing with rain and me not being in the mood for various reasons!!! Normality will return very soon ;D
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Post by Plocket on Mar 6, 2007 8:30:24 GMT
5. Oh that's SOOOOOO beautiful I simply have to have it! 6. How on earth did that get into my basket  |
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Post by borderbabe on Mar 6, 2007 15:28:46 GMT
Hello my name is borderbabe and I'm a plantaholic. Yesterday I bought a tuber of Cosmos Sanguillia (?), some petunia seedlind and some basket plants - I passed the GC 'cos I used the motorway to get home and get around the roadworks.
I even feed my addition abroad and will shortly be in France buying balconly geraniums and whatever else Baobab has available.
Please help - its ruining my life (not!)
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Post by borderbabe on Mar 6, 2007 15:32:06 GMT
7. The one I had last year died
8. I need one in a different colour (I'm sounding like me in M&S!)
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Post by Barbara on Mar 6, 2007 15:53:32 GMT
9 ineed one opposite the one i've got to even up the display |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 6, 2007 17:27:19 GMT
10. If I don't buy it someone else will and they won't care for it so well!
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Post by roxann57 on Mar 6, 2007 19:28:29 GMT
We are all as bad as each other  |
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Post by isabella on Mar 6, 2007 19:43:21 GMT
11. That's unusual.......... I have got to buy it ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 6, 2007 20:23:08 GMT
12. I cant buy One it will be lonely - have to get a companion for it ;D 13............ |
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