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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2007 21:22:06 GMT
13.....I only came out for a bag of sugar....
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 6, 2007 21:31:27 GMT
14. I feel rather silly going to the check out with just one plant in my basket - better fill it up a bit then so I dont look like a poor sad person ;D
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 6, 2007 22:40:24 GMT
15 squirrels ate my last one......  |
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Post by borderbabe on Mar 7, 2007 10:02:14 GMT
15 I've just the right spot for that plant ...
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Post by borderbabe on Mar 7, 2007 10:04:07 GMT
Sorry the numbering should have been 16 and 17. The sun is out here today - its obviously affected me - not seen it for so long!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 14:05:59 GMT
17. If I buy it and plant it before the missus sees it, she'll never know  |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 7, 2007 15:40:51 GMT
I like that one Paul!!!  |
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Post by torontotrini on Mar 7, 2007 15:42:41 GMT
Hello. My name is TT and I'm a plantaholic. It is so nice to know that I am not alone and there are real people who understands my problem. Another GC catalogue arrived at my door all on its own apparently, and now I'm looking at getting:
3 hellebores - black, red and white for a good colour combination
1 fothergilla
1 more rhodo
1 hydrangea (Little Honey)
1 clematis (fascination)
Ummm. GC doesn't start stocking plants for at least another month or so. I wonder if .......
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Post by torontotrini on Mar 7, 2007 15:46:10 GMT
18. Oooh. That is so lovely. I have to get it. It's so difficult to find shade shrubs that give rich foliage colour in the fall .
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Post by isabella on Mar 7, 2007 16:32:18 GMT
That's a lovely list TT ;D
19. What beautiful foliage on that plant - it will look gorgeous next to my whatever ;D
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2007 16:37:14 GMT
21. It's obviously not being properly cared for in the shop, so the least I can do is give it a good home;
22. If I don't buy it I'll be kicking myself, will come back to buy it tomorrow and they'll be sold out, so ...
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 7, 2007 18:54:19 GMT
23. I was just passing on my way to the supermarket but whilst here have to buy a plant otherwise been a waste of parking up 24.......... |
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Post by skarloey on Mar 9, 2007 15:58:02 GMT
24... Oooh they look nice!!! Which is EXACTLY why I came home with 8 ivy leaf Geraniums earlier (plug you grow, you know the ones!) when I don't usually even LIKE geraniums!!! Very pretty lilacy/lavendery colour with contrasting white with lilacy/lavendery throat! Also bought 'Plum Sorbet' Busy Lizzie seeds, vermiculite and advanced slug killer. My window sills are rapidly filling up!!!!! 25...... |
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Post by andy on Mar 9, 2007 16:11:54 GMT
Just went to the GC for some aquatic plants for the fish tank and come out with a passiflora quadrangularis (massive scented flowers the size of an outstreched adult hand) and then i've just been to Tesco and there was a stunning indoor Aralia (dizygotheca elegentissima) I've got nowhere to put them  |
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Post by isabella on Mar 9, 2007 16:17:26 GMT
I am sure you will find somewhere  25. Oh,I can only use this voucher in a Garden Centre 26............ |
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Post by roxann57 on Mar 10, 2007 7:16:46 GMT
1. There will always be room for one more plant - even if it means eventually rearranging the whole garden. Andy - join the club |
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Post by andy on Mar 10, 2007 15:57:02 GMT
Oh dear....went to a GC this morning and picked up 10 pots of sweetpeas (already germinated) and i've just got back from another GC and bought a gorgeous Golden Indian Bean tree (catalpa bignonoides aurea). Only cost £30 but it's about 7 feet tall and multi branched....only just got it in my ickle Rover |
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Post by isabella on Mar 10, 2007 16:26:12 GMT
I want one How is your banana plant doing Andy? |
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Post by andy on Mar 10, 2007 18:36:53 GMT
It's absolutely superb. I potted it on a few months ago and put it on the dining room table in the conservatory. But it's grown so much that i've had to put it on the floor.
Got a small Japanese banana too....these grow to 5m high so i'm hoping for megga things this year in the tropics !!!!!!
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Post by isabella on Mar 10, 2007 19:41:45 GMT
Brilliant! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2007 11:53:00 GMT
I'm off to the GC today....so wish me luck. I'll try to be sensible I promise! ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 11, 2007 18:37:57 GMT
26. I need a bar of chokky - oooooo the garden centre sells chokky and maybe whilst there will have a look round 27................... |
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Post by isabella on Mar 11, 2007 18:40:25 GMT
I hope you weren't sensible Ziggy |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2007 21:47:28 GMT
Hmmm...nope. I did a few garden centres and I came back with two planters, compost (lots) and some polyanthus in pretty colours, iris', shallots, onions and seeds. The one thing i really went for i couldn't find.  Now thinking i may have to go back to get all the things i resisted! ;D
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Post by isabella on Mar 12, 2007 18:29:07 GMT
Sounds good to me ;D
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Post by JennyWrenn on Mar 12, 2007 19:22:41 GMT
Oh you naughty girls ZW and Isabella and bad boy Andy - you have gone off thread and not playing the game anymore You will now have to answer another two Q's each ;D |
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Post by Juliet on Mar 12, 2007 23:35:21 GMT
My name is Juliet & I think I must be a plantaholic too ... just been saying this on the Beeb: Went to Homebase today to get some sealant & a new paint tray - also came out with 1 large Cornus kesselringii, because it was in the sale ... & the one I had last year died 1 white Lavandula stoechas, because I think I'm less allergic to French lavender so I thought I'd give it a go & see if I'm right! 1 Vinca minor gertrude jekyll, & 1 yellow Primula of the common cowslip variety (both because I need things to be in flower while we're selling the house) ... and then on to a garden centre, where I bought 3 tiny plants: 1 yellow Helianthemum to go with the little white Saxifraga I bought the other week & the white Pulsatilla I bought yesterday - thought I'd do a sort of rockery planter (... & they should all be in flower while we're selling) 1 white Lychnis & 1 Geum borisii because I wanted some more pots of the same size (er ... bought 7 tiny perennials last time I went to that GC, & 10 of their pots would fit perfectly in my mini greenhouse!) - & I think my Geum that the vine weevils ate last year has croaked  ... & if it hasn't, it doesn't matter, does it? - you can never have too many Geums!) A tray of orange Pansies to brighten up the bed under the window in the front garden while we're selling - gets shade all day & the only other thing I can get to grow in it is Leucojum aestivum (which have nearly finished, though they're not supposed to flower until April ... but then, it did get up to 18 c in my garden today!) Oh - and 2 packets of seeds because I had a BOGOF voucher - got some poached egg plants & some more horned poppies (R said that having a voucher for seeds didn't mean I had to buy seeds if I didn't actually need them ... what is he talking about  ) OK, I think I've covered several of your numbers & added some more: 27 I needed to buy the plant to test a theory 28 Having plants in flower in the garden will help to sell the house 29 I had to buy the plants because I wanted the pots they were in 30 ... |
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Post by isabella on Mar 13, 2007 4:21:52 GMT
Sorry Jenny  30.This plant says it's good for attracting Butterflies - got to have it ;D 31.Feeling a bit low today so I will buy a plant to cheer myself up - plants last longer than Flowers don't they? ;D 32.......... |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 13, 2007 9:04:26 GMT
32. I only went to the GC coz mum didn't want to go alone, and had to buy something to make her feel less guilty about her purchases ;D 33. I didn't set myself a budget so it doesn't really count  34......... |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 13, 2007 9:05:32 GMT
34. I didn't buy them - mum did! 35........... |
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... & if it hasn't, it doesn't matter, does it? - you can never have too many Geums!)
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