[Paul Plots]

No, I'm not, Thrift:  I'm here, just behind Auntie.     

And could you pass the bottle round, if it's not empty 

Best flowers for for a cheerful, perfumed bouquet  =  Sweet Williams. (and they reseed themselves).

Good old Williams... Which sort for cutting?

Persian carpet are a little on the short side I think. 

[tode]

Not sure what ours are, Learner.  But they grow about 18 inches high, with good stiff stems.
Come in super colours, too.

[Aunt Sally]

I agree,  I must sow some on the allotment this year

[Thrift]

No, I'm not, Thrift:  I'm here, just behind Auntie.     

And could you pass the bottle round, if it's not empty 

Tut tut Tode...... do you imply that I was inebriated this morning?! I can assure you that I am capable of writing nonsense at any time when quite sober!  :happy:

[Paul Plots]

No, I'm not, Thrift:  I'm here, just behind Auntie.     

And could you pass the bottle round, if it's not empty 

Tut tut Tode...... do you imply that I was inebriated this morning?! I can assure you that I am capable of writing nonsense at any time when quite sober!  :happy:

Whilst picking cut flowers to stay on topic of course!! 

[tode]

Thrift:             

[Paul Plots]

Thrift:             

The most beautiful of all 

[tode]

Bring back the old thrupenny bits         

[joyfull]

well you learn something new everyday - I never knew those flowers were thrift  , thanks Tode.

[tode]

Always a pleasure     

[joyfull]

the sad bit is that I remember them so well - I feel so old now 

[noshed]

I like big dahlias - you can't help but smile when you see them. Someone on here explained how to put the corms into compost when they first come into the shops and then treat the first sprouts as cuttings. This worked brilliantly this year and I had loads for £2 from Wilcos. I left them in the ground though so they might not have survived but that doesn't matter.

[joyfull]

yabba posted how to do this on this link:-

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=54748.0

[noshed]

Thanks Joyfull. I can vouch for this method, although I did not try it on such a monumental scale. A great tip.

[joyfull]

My nan used to grow dahlias but all I remember about them was the earwigs that always seem to present in them, give me a lovely bunch of daffs, sunflowers or freesias any day