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Post by Jasmine on Jul 19, 2012 19:36:53 GMT
Mine were quite wedged in anyway!
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Post by Auricula on Jul 19, 2012 19:46:18 GMT
Yes, so were mine - I think they left it a bit later than they intended ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 20, 2012 7:04:42 GMT
I guess after a stock take they realised they had far too many babies and so set up their offers! I'd rather have them now than buy small ones a few months down the line.
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Post by Auricula on Jul 20, 2012 8:55:51 GMT
Me too - I ordered the ones from GW Magazine - 24 from T & M, they're supposed to be here by the end of the month, I wonder if they'll be tiny......heck, I even wonder if they'll be penstemons ;D ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 20, 2012 9:48:32 GMT
;D
I ordered them too. They will probably be the size of our little finger's last joint if the last T&M plug plant offer is anything to go by!
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Post by Auricula on Jul 20, 2012 9:59:40 GMT
;D ;D your magazine has been wrapped and will be winging it's way up country from the pointy bit, in the afternoon post  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 20, 2012 10:02:08 GMT
Ohh, exciting, something to read while I relax on my sun lounger tomorrow! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jul 21, 2012 11:45:43 GMT
Unwins have got a good offer in AG magazine and online. Go to www.unwins.co.uk/DPAGX2You can get an extra £1 off p and p if you put ADPCAGX2 in the code box at the checkout....  |
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Post by Tig on Jul 28, 2012 15:53:17 GMT
I thought you weren't buying anymore? ;D Here's my new Phoenix Pink  x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 28, 2012 17:20:21 GMT
Very nice Tig! Very bad Auricula  |
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Post by Tig on Jul 28, 2012 22:43:41 GMT
I've been very good this year and deadheaded mine - I usually resist because there are still flowers on the tops of the stems even though they are setting seed lower down, I find it very difficult to remove anything with a flower on it  As so many survived last winter I also tried cutting them back, well some of them, must admit a degree of fear in case I did it too early and they just died on me anyway. Some of the stems I cut back were old growth, but on a whim I stuck them in the soil, no rooting powder or special prep - literally just stuck the stems into the ground. Astonishingly quite a lot have struck and some are even starting to flower! On other occasions I've tried various techniques to root cuttings with some losses and some success, I can't believe how many have taken from no effort whatsoever x Tig |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 29, 2012 9:35:33 GMT
Well done you  Re. Unwins offer.............I didn't say I was buying them, I just thought I'd tell you all so you could buy them  Your new penstemon is a pretty colour, I'm like you, slow to deadhead if they still have flowers, but I've been more ruthless this year and I think it has made a difference |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 29, 2012 15:04:00 GMT
Well done Tig!
I looked at the Unwin's offer - they had some good collections but I have got so many that need a home!
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Post by Tig on Jul 30, 2012 18:08:50 GMT
I've got room to rehome any spares now ;D This is the one I rescued today, it is quite healthy looking for a reduced plant - it is one of those with a slight iridescence which doesn't photograph too well  Carillo Purple  Being short in stature (a bit like myself  ), it is going to go in the front of my 'blue/purple' border x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 30, 2012 18:18:24 GMT
That is very nice Tig, if a little cutting were to fall off when it grows a bit it might like a holiday on the Sunshine Coast!! ;D
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Post by Tig on Jul 30, 2012 21:57:28 GMT
I'll certainly try Jas, though don't hold your breath - my cuttings are very hit and miss The Blue Spring cuttings I took just curled up and died - I should have pruned it and just stuck the bits in the soil x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 6:12:57 GMT
Thanks Tig! I'm not holding out much hope for the T&M penstemon plug plants (Garden Magazine thread). If they are as small as the last lot i.e. like the last joint of your little finger they aren't going to do much before summer is over.
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Post by Geranium on Jul 31, 2012 6:15:39 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 12:56:14 GMT
I haven't got my T and M ones yet, have you Jas?
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 13:16:17 GMT
No  And I've had an email from Hayloft saying my Anemone White Swan that should be arriving now will arive next June - they haven't rooted as well as they like. Next June!!  That's ages away! |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 13:21:32 GMT
Next June!!!!!!that's not good  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 13:25:34 GMT
They did say you could make alternative arrangements without specifying what they are. Anyway, I'd rather they looked after it over winter now. Little plants aren't going to get going enough in what little summer we have left |
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 13:26:42 GMT
True, and it'll be a nice surprise.... in 11 months time ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 13:31:14 GMT
It'll nearly be the summer holidays again! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 13:32:34 GMT
True, and hopefully we'll be having a scorcher |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 13:36:15 GMT
We must be owed one |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 31, 2012 13:41:24 GMT
Off to pot up some rooted penstemon cuttings and take some more for the empty jam jars!
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 15:36:59 GMT
Just heard that my penstemon order from Unwins has been dispatched  |
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Post by Jilly on Jul 31, 2012 15:42:21 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Jul 31, 2012 15:49:32 GMT
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), it is going to go in the front of my 'blue/purple' border
And I've had an email from Hayloft saying my Anemone White Swan that should be arriving now will arive next June - they haven't rooted as well as they like. Next June!! 
That's ages away! 
