Fave seed catalogues?

Flower · « **Reply #15 on:** November 16, 2006, 23:37 »

Robinsons do some giant onions and pumpkins, I like to get a few in.I also save special flower seeds from year to year, Bishops children, dahlias and cosmos and chives, whatever reproduces well from year to year.Tand M do lovely stuff. You cant beat Wilkinsons for a bargain.

ted_woodley · « **Reply #16 on:** November 17, 2006, 09:27 »

Thanks for the tip, looks interesting.

A specialist provider who may be of interest to a few is LW Plants (www.thymus.co.uk) who provide dozens of different Thyme cuttings from the National Collection. As one of the jobs that infuriates me is cutting the grass and weeding the paths (so unproductive !) I am planting some of the lesser used ones with various mat-forming thymes which reduces maintenace and provides herbs for the kitchen too.

BTW, Hyssop is an interesting herb alternative to Lavender for low hedging.

Biscombe · « **Reply #17 on:** November 17, 2006, 12:10 »

www.realseeds.co.uk for me! small family company, lots of unusual veggies and info on saving seeds and growing, newsletters etc.....

Laura · « **Reply #18 on:** November 17, 2006, 18:45 »

normally Flower you can't beat Wilkos for a bargain but i was in my local branch today (i wanted some growmore and fish blood and bone), not a bleedin' garden product in the place!!! Crimbalism had totally taken over!!! as a small protest i set off all of the singing mice and three of the large dancing Santa figures. then i had to go back and set the singing mice off again 'cause, tacky as they were, i liked them - might be going back to get one...
...or two...

muntjac · « **Reply #19 on:** November 17, 2006, 19:41 »

you can wait till spring laura ,dont go paying high garden centre prices at the minute. B&Q here had it in today so may also near you

Flower · « **Reply #20 on:** November 17, 2006, 19:55 »

Last Christmas I bought Wilko's little flashing snowmen which changed colous from red to blue to green and so on.I haven't seen the mice and I cant wait for tomorrow to go and have a look. If you get the end of the season sales you can pick up some great snaps. Next door got lots of polyanthus . Last year I got 3 agapanthas. Turned out stunners.I usually get some cheap toms and flower seeds for the garden.I overbought on the snowmen as they were such a phenomenon or so I thought. Everyone got one stuck to a present.Daren't get Santas , think I might have a few already.

Laura · « **Reply #21 on:** November 17, 2006, 20:43 »

i can't wait until spring for the singing mice muntjac!!!
btw i've read that penguin book you posted about - i pity the children of the parents of shiloh - it's a cracking little storybook, i can't imagine how anyone could take any offense - but then i ain't no backwoods redneck yankee!!!

Laura · « **Reply #22 on:** November 17, 2006, 21:02 »

Flower,
the best one has a top hat and sings jingle bells in a high pitched mousey voice and does a little dance, tacky as hell but amusing, but i'll wait until he's got 50-75% off before buying as i usually do in wilkos. i know for a fact that they are still making a huge profit but i like to think i've got a bargain!!!

muntjac · « **Reply #23 on:** November 17, 2006, 21:07 »

i picked up a couple santa light ones on a trip to the tip ,the guy was just about to dump them nd i asked can i have them ,his reply was " take the ff things im sick to death of my moaning ff wife wanting to stick em in the dam yard along with all the other Christmas rubbish ". i just said ,ok by me i iaint got a wife to moan lmao

"he siad shame ya missed a load more i dumped this morning ,,, " on looking at the guys shed who run the tip they had em all hung up for sale ..

freyaluck · « **Reply #24 on:** November 18, 2006, 10:47 »

hi
can any one tell me if the dt and browns is any good,
cheers
frey

John · « **Reply #25 on:** November 18, 2006, 12:16 »

Quote from: "freyaluck"

hi
can any one tell me if the dt and browns is any good,
cheers
frey

They've got a good reputation -
Thing to do is decide what you want to grow and then look through for what varieties people are offering. I really rate the RHS Award of Garden Merit varieties because they are going to be good for the home grower whereas the big money is in supplying commercial growers whose needs are quite different to that of the individual.

freyaluck · « **Reply #26 on:** November 18, 2006, 12:22 »

Thanks John
Have had a good look through and they have some nice varieties, I thought they would be ok as our allotment society does a huge order for us all so as to get a top discount

so makes them pretty cheap too.

Frey

rmd · « **Reply #27 on:** November 18, 2006, 13:28 »

I like their website, but not got thier catalogue yet.

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