In article , JohnOGroats
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NB the cutting arrived as a 1" plug-plant - two months later after
three - repottings, feeding tender care etc... it is in flower! Too
late in the season really - my comments are more out of frustration
really!

You should be able to get a refund. No amount of bad cultivation is
going to turn a blue geranium pink.

I'm considering having a go at Chiltern for some Lychnis coronaria
'alba' which I bought last year and which have just flowered - every
single one of them that dreadful magenta.

I also bought a fringed aztec - beautiful picture I now worry that it
will not live up to the illustration!

It's a lot of hassle, but it's a good idea to look things up in a
gardening book - they don't have the same incentive as a nursery or seed
company to make the thing look good.

I've just been looking through Dobies autumn catalogue and noticed how
they put several of something together for effect - there's one pic of
about half a dozen of the 'papillion' type hippeastrum, but for your 9
quid you get just a single bulb; and a magnificent mixture of at least
half a dozen different coloured hellebores - the standard pack just has
3. Allow for planting distances and there's no way you're going to be
able to match their picture, even if you bought two or 3 times the basic
order.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"