What's coming back

[burnie]

Thanks Danny, it was their site I have been looking at.

[veggiechicken]

The ones I bought were white with purple edges to the petals. Very pretty

Just remembered the word to describe them - "picotee"

[Snadger]

There were no F1 seeds when I were younger, rary, nor fancy ideas like Square foot gardening. My gt gt gt gt etc grandfather bred fuchsias and wrote a book about them in 1843 - maybe you remember them?

I remember Percy Thrower was well into fuchsia's. Any relation

[veggiechicken]

No, but I had a Siamese cat called Percy; he was hopeless at gardening.

[Snadger]

No, but I had a Siamese cat called Percy; he was hopeless at gardening.

Close enough.

[lottie dolly]

My dad used to grow sweet williams,and wallflowers?,

[Greenleaves]

Our back garden was divided into 3, formal, cut flowers and fruit and finally veg. The cut flowers section was dominated by carnations but never red as my nan said they represented death

[bramble]

I have grown slips from carnations and chrysanths.
I always check for slips when I buy flowers.
Nothing goes to waste.

[Bren In Pots]

My Dad used to grow chrysanthemums all i remember about them was walking to school with a bunch of them and I always used to end up with earwigs on hands.

[Babru]

If it's not too windy there chrysants will give you some late colour.
The OH decided to get a special offer of 10 rooted cuttings at Hampton Court. Muggins lumbered with all aftercare!
7 in flower now in 10" pots. Here's some pictures, they're a bit rain battered.

These were from Chrysanthemums Direct. Remember Woolmans at RHS London who had good displays that needed lots of pinching.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/103667.../shares/p2Hr3F

Wow, they're beautiful! I love the pale pink one with the darker centre (centre top) any idea what it's name is? The spiky yellow looks very exotic, not like a chrysanth at all. Are you able to grow all these outside in the border?