Time to visit the sheds?
 

Had to go to "The Range" this morning and as always had a look at their
plants, they had 5 or 6 trolleys of reduced plants, all actually alive
and looking quite good, just past their best.
Named Michaelmas Daisies in 2.5 litre pots down to £1.27. Lilies with
probably 4 corms £1.70, a named dahlia in 3.5 litre pot 75p.

I remember a couple of years ago picking up gentians in 1 litre pots for
10p each, that was a couple of days before Xmas.
Mind you there is always some rubbish amongst them.
David

Time to visit the sheds?
 

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

Had to go to "The Range" this morning and as always had a look at their
plants, they had 5 or 6 trolleys of reduced plants, all actually alive
and looking quite good, just past their best.
Named Michaelmas Daisies in 2.5 litre pots down to £1.27. Lilies with
probably 4 corms £1.70, a named dahlia in 3.5 litre pot 75p.

I remember a couple of years ago picking up gentians in 1 litre pots for
10p each, that was a couple of days before Xmas.
Mind you there is always some rubbish amongst them.
David

You can get some great bargains. I keep hoping for a reduced black
bamboo.

I have several Michaelmas daisies in flower right now, which were end-
of-season bargains from a shed last year. I've just been putting winter
protection on the knock-down bargain banana I bought a few weeks ago.
Along with (indoor) gorgeous little cyclamen, 3 for £6, the sort with
smallish flowers that stand well,not the big blowsy ones. This was
after I bought one last year. It was so cheap I regarded it as a
disposable houseplant, but somehow after everything died off it got
forgotten, left starved and dry on a sunny windowsill all summer until a
few weeks ago, I noticed new leaf buds emerging. I rewarded its
persistence with repotting and a feed and it currently has a hundred
pure white flowers. The new ones are pink, and two (different) pink and
whites. I feel a new plant collection coming on...

Janet

Time to visit the sheds?
 

On 01/11/2013 16:27, David Hill wrote:
Had to go to "The Range" this morning and as always had a look at their
plants, they had 5 or 6 trolleys of reduced plants, all actually alive
and looking quite good, just past their best.
Named Michaelmas Daisies in 2.5 litre pots down to £1.27. Lilies with
probably 4 corms £1.70, a named dahlia in 3.5 litre pot 75p.

I remember a couple of years ago picking up gentians in 1 litre pots for
10p each, that was a couple of days before Xmas.
Mind you there is always some rubbish amongst them.
David

T&M seeds are all reduced to 50p in my local garden centre, although why
they chuck them all in one big bin I can't imagine. At least divide them
into flowers and veg. Nobody wants to rummage through several hundred,
so they might as well bin them and be done with it

Time to visit the sheds?
 

On 2013-11-01 19:02:47 +0000, stuart noble said:

On 01/11/2013 16:27, David Hill wrote:
Had to go to "The Range" this morning and as always had a look at their
plants, they had 5 or 6 trolleys of reduced plants, all actually alive
and looking quite good, just past their best.
Named Michaelmas Daisies in 2.5 litre pots down to £1.27. Lilies with
probably 4 corms £1.70, a named dahlia in 3.5 litre pot 75p.

I remember a couple of years ago picking up gentians in 1 litre pots for
10p each, that was a couple of days before Xmas.
Mind you there is always some rubbish amongst them.
David

T&M seeds are all reduced to 50p in my local garden centre, although
why they chuck them all in one big bin I can't imagine. At least divide
them into flowers and veg. Nobody wants to rummage through several
hundred, so they might as well bin them and be done with it

I expect it saves staff time and trouble to chuck them all in a bin and
let you do the sorting! You're not paid a wage. I agree with you btw!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon