Do you want to see what I got from the garden centre today?

Super buys there Jane....I like Sidalcea, I have a slightly darker one. There is one that grows in a house round the corner from me that is a deep raspberry pink - it is beautiful and have never seen one so dark in the GCs.
Hydrangea looks lovely too - have you checked the hardiness of it - I was always under the impression that the red ones weren't very hardy!
Pleased you had a nice day out despite the weather :)

Hi Scottish. no I haven't checked I didn't think to. To be honest, the sheep normally eat them, and nothing is hardy enough to withstand that. I have several mangled ones in pots, that aren't quite dead, but ain't far off!

Isn't it nice to come back with plants?! Yours are lovely choices and I hope they will be very happy together for a long time to come!!

Good choice there Jane!

Hi Jane... great purchases :o)

Lovely blog, lovely plants Jane - glad you had a good day. (I went out for lunch too, but (sorry) had a large glass of pink :)) Sidalcea is one of my favourites . . . grow it in a pot to show it off!

Oh Sheila, I would have loved a glass of pink, but my friend wasn't drinking and I'm trying to lose weight, so I was good. Mind you, I had chips then..........lol.
Glad you all like my plants. They are sat on the garden bench getting very rained on. Jx

great buys there jane and nice to have time with friends :o)

Very nice Jane, I really like that Hydranga....

Glad you had a good day with your friend,Jane..and nothing like a few new plants to cheer you up....some lovely buys there..Sidalcea is one of my favourite plants..I think yours is a bit paler than mine..so hardy too.let's hope those woolly munchers leave them alone.! :o)

Great! All look lovely :) lol@sheep

Thanks everyone. Yes it was a lovely afternoon. Am just looking forward to planting them out. Am going to have a bit of a move around and clear out! I did vow I wouldn't spend any more on the garden this year. Ummmm, that lasted a long time didn't it! Jx

I like your big pot. It's very nice. Your new plants are interesting. I've never seen a hardy Antirrhinum. I didn't know there was such a thing.

Neither did I Hywel but it looks a smasher. Glad you had a good day Jane, had to laugh about the slimming and chips.

It's so hard trying to lose weight (well, if like me you've no will-power). I had a cold chicken thigh for my "lunch" the other day, then was so hungry at tea-time, "had" to have a toasted tea-cake!

Well done! I love that pot and the plants especially the Hydrangea (one of my all time favs). Try drinking Ribena quickly and pretend you have just necked a Rose. 11 calories in Ribena light, goes up a bit if you have it with chips though hun xx

Love the pot and the flowers too I've never seen a red hydrangea it looks gorgeous ..........pity you couldn't sheep proof it :o))

Glad your miserable weather day turned out cheerful and successful Jane. That pot is fab, and I love the Hydrangea too! :D

Aw, thanks guys and gals. I've been at work on my market stall all day and it was a bit sunny when I got home, so I have just spent 4 hours in the garden weeding, deadheading, staking, moving things around and planting my new plants. Don't know where time has gone. I haven't even touched the veg plot yet and that really needs a good session - like about 4 days not hours lol. Jx

Oooh Jane, what do you sell on your stall? Isn't it great to just get out and potter for a little bit?

Hi Karen I sell the glass things I make, jewellery, coasters, plates and dishes etc. I think there are some pics on an earlier blog.
Yes it's fab to get outside for a bit. Any dry time at all is in the garden. The ironing can wait. Jx

I shall go and look up your blog Jane...thank you!

xx

Splendid investments (and you can't say that about much these days!) Jane. We were given a pink hydrangea 7 years ago, and it's been doing ok so far, but this year I gave it a huge pot of its own, plus two stiff doses of sequestrine and a big kiss, and now it's turned deep red and given us a display to rival Tatton. So, yes, red (ok, deep cerise) hydrangeas can be very hardy, Scottish - ours is regularly buried under feet of snow.
Do you know, I had no idea antirrhinums came as hardy? Well I never - I love this one.

Thanks Gat. I didn't realise either. Quite often my annuals? do a couple of years running..............well they do if the sheep don't get them. Jx

I'm thinking that you seem to have a bit of a problem with these pesky sheep of yours - have you considered a big freezer and industrial quantities of lamb stew?

Lol. Ohhhhhhhhhh yes. Big freezer in barn - at the ready. :o))

Beautiful Jane - me catching up today x

I know the feeling Paul. I am sooo busy at the moment, I just keep having a quick glimpse, don't really have time to look properly. Glad you like them anyway. Jx

oh yes Jane love my plants ;))))