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My best bargain purchase must be one white and one pink Incarvillea delavayi from Poundland. They didnt look much when I bought them but they have certainly made up for it since.
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The best bargain that I've paid for is probably a double white osteospermum, which I got for about a pound a few years ago - supposed to be tender, but it keeps going strong even through cold winters.
Our local garden centre gives away sickly-looking plants at the end of the season, so I've also had a few freebies over the years. My favourite is this one which I got about 4 years ago - haven't a clue what it is, but it flowers continuously from May to October. It grows to about 2 foot, not much foliage, and the flowers look a bit like pink cornflowers. It's a really nice plant, but the fact I got it for free makes me enjoy it all the more. -
Sounds like great bargains. My neighbour picked up an osteospermum a year or two ago from the local garden centre and its still going strong. Lovely white petals with blue/grey backs.
That is a pretty flower in the pic. I think it is lychnis flos-cuculi or "ragged robin".Comment
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Thanks Shuskin - have googled ragged robin and that's exactly what it is!Comment
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My best buy was two pots of lavender from A*da for £5, about 3 years ago. I now have two twenty foot long lavender hedges
Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
Endless wonder.Comment
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WOW! now thats impressive.Comment
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A little but very bushy Magnolia Stellata. When I came to plant it there were two in the pot!! They are now both about 6ft high.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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End of season is a great time to find a bargain. I also got a magnolia stellata. It was autumn, nearly 5ft high and I got it for 20 squids.
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Hi
I normally wait until end of season and go to my local garden centre and pick up a few chilli plants for a couple of quid each, however by this time the plants which they had asked around 8 or 9 pounds for are usually laden with chillis so they are a bargain.
Chillis to use and dry for planting up next year win win
Happy gardening
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