On 2009-11-12 17:53:38 +0000, Jess N said:


Phil Gurr;869258 Wrote:
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
T...-
In article ,
says...
With container grown plants I think it makes little difference for a
hardy plant.
It certainly used to be the case that plants were moved/planted while
dormant when they were being lifted rootballed and sold but that was
before I started gardening!-

When I did my training in the mid 1950's on a large nursery
specialising in
herbaceous plants, the practise was to rootball the plants when lifted

around early April. Delphiniums, sidalceas, asters etc. were packed 12
to a
kipper box. Polyanthus (in flower) were packed 15 to a box, and there
were
never any complaints about plants dying. The winter job was always to
mend
the returnable kipper boxes!

Phil

I seem to have morphed the thread into something other than
Argyranthemum!
Oops.

Looks like I might as well let my partner buy plants in flower then if
he wants to after all!

Now I feel like having Kippers!

Thanks

Jess

Oh yes, if he's buying things in containers, it shouldn't be any
problem. But bear in mind that if it gets wet(ter) and cold(er) some
things might rot off at the roots and won't, in any case, put on any
growth until spring if the ground is cold. If it's still fairly mild
where you are, plant things by all means but make sure they drain well,
if they're not pond plants! Protect anything on the tender or very
young side from winter winds and frosts.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon