[Mrs Bee]

So in September I planted out the bed with scented shrubs, lilies,  narcissus and  tulips. I wanted a cream and cerise colour scheme.

Out came the tulips and the outside looked a lovely plum colour but what did they turn into?

There is no way on earth I would have bought packets of tulips that colour. 
Thank goodness I planted them in pots so I can dig them out and put them in my son's garden.

Definitely not the picture on the packet.

[Beetroot Queen]

Sorry Mrs Bee but I think they are superb.

[Mrs Bee]

They will look perfect in my son's garden as they wanted me to do bright colours.

But I wanted this border to be plums, deep pinks and creams. And that was what I thought I was buying.

You can see the colour they claimed to be in the attachment.
I have nothing against the tulip colours but they are not what the picture on the pack claimed they were.

It is like buying a packet of lettuce seeds and finding you have beetroot seeds.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.

[Annen]

I can see they aren't what you expected, but they do look nice all the same.  I'm sure your son will be happy to take them off your hands.

[Beetroot Queen]

I'd be quite happy with beetroot seeds Mrs Bee lol 

I still think they are lovely. 

[Mrs Bee]

I'd be quite happy with beetroot seeds Mrs Bee lol 

I still think they are lovely. 

 

Well you would be pleased with beetroot seeds.

And I still think the tulips will be fine in my son's garden but not in my plum and cream border.

I have 2 white borders, 2 blue, white, cream and yellow borders and I am planting out 2 plum and cream.

It riles me intensely when the *****y squirrels move some of the bulbs to one of the other borders.
I seem to go round the garden with the words I didn't  plant that there.

And I definitely didn't plant the sausages, the luncheon meat or the lumps of suet.
In for me, in for me, they've all got it in for me.

[compostqueen]

   Best laid plans ey    It always turns to poo in my experience.  Colour co-ordinated onions (red, white, brown) get dragged about by moles and spoil my plan    The hens ate every head off my mini sunflowers where I had planned a border of deep purple pansies with bright orange sunflowers. Bah!  Damn their eyes 

I once got tomatoes from a packet labelled as marigolds which I duly sowed    I thought the seeds looked un-marigold like   

You  have to learn to roll with the punches don't you. Don't let it get you down Mrs Bee. I understand your annoyance though

[Mrs Bee]

 
Thanks CQ. I am glad I am not the only one or I would think life was picking on me.

I suppose it means another trip to the nursery in September, and that is never a bad thing. I still have bulbs to plant on the long border.

You should see my newly planted snowdrop border with all the new blue and yellow planting and the upturned mushroom boxes all over the beds to stop the *****y foxes digging them up.

I suppose I will just be grateful I haven't got moles too.

[sunshineband]

It is not just you it happens to Mrs B -- fear not.

The red hot pokers (pink and lime green in the picture on the packet) turned out as .... lupins lol 

[compostqueen]

 

I once turned a large wooden barrel in my garden into a herb wheel. The dog buried his bone in it, after having dug several pilot holes til he found one he liked the best 

Although every cloud an all that. The colchicums which had never shown themselves, ever, suddenly bloomed 
I'd even forgotten they were there. Long given up on them 

[Mrs Bee]

 

We really are die hard gardeners, with all this and we still keep on gardening.

Noticed this afternoon whilst weeding that something had been digging and disturbing a pot of snowdrops.
Luckily it was one of the bog standard ones.

[catllar]

I totally understand your annoyance - I can't understand however, the increasing  mis-packaging of seeds and plants - totally unprofessional - I mean - tomatoes from a marigold packet?? Name and shame the suppliers!

[Mrs Bee]

This is the colour I was going for. At least I got some packets that were correctly labelled.

[Beetroot Queen]

They are pretty they'd look lovely all together  only joking I am abit happy with my colours right now.

Its because hubby insists on the whole house being white.  bedrooms and bathroom are the only coloured rooms

[Mrs Bee]

Well I like colours BQ, but they have to be the right colour combinations in the right place in my garden.

HOWEVER, I HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESULT.

I contacted the bulb company in Holland, expecting to hear nothing else but NO.

I got a lovely letter of apology and they will be sending me 4 packets of the correct coloured bulbs in September. 

And my son has got the bright coloured ones for his garden which will be the correct colour in the correct place.