Nice collection, Perki ! I have some potatoes somewhere in the garden. When I bought reduced to 38p or 50p and when they tasted really nice, I would chuck them in a bin, a bag and now I have 2 with potatoes in them. As I could get them so cheaply, I don't want to grow them. Besides, son's not keen on spud. Rice, yes! Spud, umm..
I haven't started really yet,
@Perki ! I collected a pure yellow iris last year and just let them stew in a polystyrene tray, thinking it might be ages before I could see anything. In the end, my lean-to was choc-a-block and I could get to water any of those at the extremities .. Well, laziness was the real reason. Ah, I've got another excuse. Crippling knees .. When I tried to clear the area, I suddenly saw some familiar blades. Out of 6 seeds, one such had come up and said HELLO!
! I quickly despatched it to the sunniest and hottest part in my garden - the 4 inches little patch adjacent to neighbour's wall and now all the irises I have planted there seem to be saying thank you to me. They are jolly happy there!
I wouldn't dare do any seeds. Most of the cuttings from late winters are dying or being attacked by bugs. I will take them out and fleece them next week. The stagnant air in the lean to has not been doing any of them any good. I potted up my dahlias about 1 month ago and about 5 of them have shoots. I'm going to cut the shoots together with a bit of mother tuber and plants up as new plants. I did it last year and have been very lucky to have been able to add to my stock. I think you can do the same to your tubers. I have the same top dahlia - Edge of joy or Ice and fire or ..Caribbean Fantasy..
I have bought up loads of reduced pots @£1.99 A pure white foxgloves, an rusty yellow foxgloves, a Midnight star (agapanthus - I'm praying it is to be the most sinister of BLACK blue!). Astrantia, Dicentra King of hearts which has flowers rising above the foliage and helenium piquesqueak. Just describing them excites me. Hahaha! I am crazy!
