Wallflowers

[bazzaboy]

From your description Bazza, I think they're probably gillygone. What were the roots like when you planted them?

Thanks Rustylady, advice much appreciated. I�ve just been outside to retrieve one by torchlight (hoping the neighbours weren�t watching . I selected the smallest (there were 12 in all, some quite chunky, some quite small) � photo of the one attached. For the photo I�ve washed the root (which seems reasonably root-like!) but the tops of all 12 have gone yellow, limp and lifeless and look distinctly like gillygones (temperatures have been chilly at night but we haven�t had hard frosts). Near the 50p (there for scale) there�s still a clump of the growing medium they came in: it�s almost as thick as clay you�d make pots with, really solid and sticky when wet�. I guess I may have injured roots separating them. I�ve planted them in a much lighter compost in a couple of large containers, praps that�s another reason?

The chap on the market that I bought them from (�1.50 for the packet of 12 so didn�t need to take out a mortgage) is not a rogue but a local nurseryman so if they all perish I�m sure I can ask what went wrong� What do you think? I notice you said Treat �em rough, I might have overdone it! Many thanks for any suggestions. bb.

PS Have replaced ailing specimen so it can die in peace rather than under TV lights!

[veggiechicken]

Sorry bazza but I think your flowers have gone to the wall
I've no idea what the problem is as I just plonk mine in and away they go (don't you just love it when others make it sound so trouble free?).

[roitelet]

They are of the brassica family and can suffer from club root. Better to grow your own and then you know they are clean.

[bazzaboy]

Sorry bazza but I think your flowers have gone to the wall

Ah the Great Wall In The Sky... (how does it stay up there?)

I've just had an email from Marshalls: "Last Chance to Order Bare-Root Wallflowers: bare-root Wallflowers are quick to establish in the warm autumn soil and will go on to produce bigger, stronger plants that flower earlier and longer than smaller plants. �5.99 for 10."

Huh, I got dead ones much cheaper that that!

[veggiechicken]

Last year's wallflowers were in pots and being sold off at half price from a Garden centre; some of them are in flower again now! Worth keeping your eyes peeled - but don't go wall-eyed

[Two_Sheds]

don't go wall-eyed

don't mock the afflicted VC






Mi doggy

[veggiechicken]

don't mock the afflicted VC


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Mi doggy

She's the cutest little flower I know of, TwoS