cheapest cottage garden plants

teacherandmum

any ideas what are the cheapest cottage -type garden plants to buy i.e. poppy, lupin, delphinium etc.
would it be cheaper to buy seeds than plants. i only need one of each plant really and then i'd have loads of seeeds left over - not very MSe!


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conradmum

Your garden will look a bit strange if you only have one of each of these plants. Usually plants like this are planted in groups of three, five or seven (according to Gertrude Jekyll ).

For the cheapest plants - which doesn't necessarily mean the best performing - I would try car boot sales and markets.

If you do grow from seed, you can usually keep the seed for several years, especially if they're stored in an airtight container in your fridge.

tori.k

Have a wander round your neighbourhood, i've found just chatting to other keen gardeners often turns up a wealth of cuttings & seed heads, you can buy mixed packs of cottage seeds for around £1 from most supermarkets/garden centres.
Tho feel free to PM me your address i have poppy,nasturtium and cornflowers etc seeds by the bucketload if you want some

markandkate

Bargain Madness have lupins and Holly hocks £1 and so do Poundland as wella s Red Hot pokers

paybacktime2008

I bought a 6 pack of cottage garden seeds for £1 in the pound shop-mixed lupins, blue lupins, echinacea, gypsophilia. gallardia and delphinium.

Why not have a go and give any spares away, car boot them or sell them at the school fair.

teacherandmum

thanks for your help - i think seeds is the way to go then. when should i think about sowing these? We have a greenhouse but it's unheated

zarazara

TBH I find the cheapest to be whatever the slus and snails will leave alone. I find lungwort,snowdrops,daffodils,roses,clematis,honeysuckle,michaelmas daisies,day lillies and sedums to be quite slug proof.