What was your best bargain priced flower purchase?

[shushkin!]

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.

[WPG]

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.

[shushkin!]

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".

[WPG]

Thanks Shuskin - have googled ragged robin and that's exactly what it is!

[mothhawk]

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

[shushkin!]

WOW! now thats impressive.

[roitelet]

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.

[robmarston]

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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[Chris172]

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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