B&Q 30% off bedding plants until mon 29th march

Zeusiblue

B&Q are having a sale on bedding plants now until 29th march. they are selling marigold, snapdragons,geraniums, lobelia,petunia,dianthus and pansies all 30% off.:beer:

peter_the_piper

Just make sure you have a warmed greenhouse or similar to put them in before you buy. They are only cheap cos B&Q know its going to get colder again and they probably won't sell them.

Farway

Thanks for pointer, but normal marketing trick with tender plants, sell them at Easter, mugs plant them out, get killed by frost, back to B & Q to buy more at Whitsun

RebekahR

Would it be ok to leave them in a porch until after easter when it might warmer?

peter_the_piper

Farway wrote: »

Thanks for pointer, but normal marketing trick with tender plants, sell them at Easter, mugs plant them out, get killed by frost, back to B & Q to buy more at Whitsun

But if you bought them from a nursery and they died, then its the nurseries fault, they should have stopped you buying them.

peter_the_piper

RebekahR wrote: »

Would it be ok to leave them in a porch until after easter when it might warmer?

Good question, it depends where you are, Scottish Highlands--No, Cornwall --maybe. Its all down to what the forcast really turns out to be.

Farway

peter_the_piper wrote: »

But if you bought them from a nursery and they died, then its the nurseries fault, they should have stopped you buying them.

Don't be daft, you are supposed to be an adult & capable of making your own decisions,, how is a nursery supposed to know if you are planting outside or going to put them in a greenhouse until the weather is better?

However if you asked "Is it safe to plant these outside now" and they said "yes" then I agree with you

Starrystarrynight

Thanks, OP.

RebekahR

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Good question, it depends where you are, Scottish Highlands--No, Cornwall --maybe. Its all down to what the forcast really turns out to be.

Hampshire here! So have risked them in the porch for now.