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Plants for jubilee red, white and blue hanging backets
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T&M are doing some Petunia Easy Wave Union jacks for a reasonable price IIRC. I know not seed but still cheap! GL0
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Petunias, geraniums, lobelia. Pansies are great from seed and easy to grow as well.0
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Hi
Are you going to be planting hanging baskets or tubs?
How many?
How will you water them.
Red - Salvias, nasteriums (cheap and easy).
Blue - if it is only a few baskets buy Lobelia as it is a lot easier than growing it. Go for the dark blue trailing one.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0 -
It wouldn't be as visually impresive as flowers, but i like the idea of red and ahite from strawberries and blue from a little borage... so that you have half a very british pimms in your baskets!0
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Hi
Are you going to be planting hanging baskets or tubs?
How many?
How will you water them.
Red - Salvias, nasteriums (cheap and easy).
Blue - if it is only a few baskets buy Lobelia as it is a lot easier than growing it. Go for the dark blue trailing one.
Probably both hanging baskets and tubs - maybe 2 of each, but it depends on how many plants I end up with. I could pass any spares on to neighbours.
Watering won't be a problem (as long as I don't forget) as they will be right by the front door, but it is south facing so the hanging baskets will needs plenty of water-retaining gel etc.
Thanks for all the lovely ideas everyone. I will see which of thes seeds suggested I can get hold of cheaply (Lidl, Wilko etc).0 -
fYI - Gardeners World mag is doing 48 red white and blue plug petunias for £4.90 p&p. My mum is getting some for her pots and it means she doesn't have to do all the sowing and growing.Well behaved women rarely make history.0
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Hi
there was an article in Garden News a couple of weeks ago regarding this, luckily I hadn't got rid of my copy yet so I have taken photos of the article as my scanner has broken and if you pm with your email address i can forward you the list.
Cheers0 -
Less plug plants than the Gardener's World offer,
36 petunia plants but with the addition of a mix of 5 packets of flower seeds, also for £4.90 total.
http://www.plantoffers.com/product.html?code=free-petunias-red-white-blueeBay 100 item challenge- 16/100 => £268.95
SW Start date (16/08/13) @ 134.4 lbs & BMI = 25.4
Goal weight of 126lbs0
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