On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:47:19 +0100, Kay Easton wrote:

...go to the garden centre once a month
throughout the year (except maybe not may or June), and take your choice
from what's looking good. That way you should end up with a garden which
looks good for a much greater part of the year!

My own experience suggests that weekly visits are worthwhile. And
look for garden centres that carry something more than "the same
old stuff" that most of them do. Some have stock from small
growers, and will get small quantities of quite unusual items.
These sometimes sell out *very* quickly.


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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada