{"id":93369,"date":"2018-07-07T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-buy-at-plant-sales-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2018-07-07T17:05:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T10:05:20","slug":"what-to-buy-at-plant-sales-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-to-buy-at-plant-sales-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"What to buy at plant sales | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOur gardening expert on trusted plants to look out for at plant salesAfter a slice of cake and a cup of tea, one of the joys of visiting a garden in summer is the plant sale. Going home with a little of something you liked is often as sweet as the cake. My favourite plants sales are not fancy \u2013 the pots might not match and the labels might be recycled from yoghurt pots \u2013 but they are full of much-loved plants: playful self-seeders, and tough biennials and perennials that can dodge slugs and snails. There\u2019s often a bargain to put in a gap you\u2019d hoped would have filled out by now. Here are some truly trusted plants to look out for.There are always plenty of geraniums, common finds that include the tough-as-old-boots G. x oxonianum and its many cultivars, the most likely being \u2018Wargrave Pink\u2019, an old standard that produces salmon-pink flowers even in deep shade. This lot are good at muscling out weeds in seemingly impossible locations \u2013 not rarefied, sure, but reliable. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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