This morning we received the plug plants Begonia Semperflorens which have been eagerly awaited. I have before grown this variety from seed, but they can be slow to germinate, and at 9.99 for 120 plug plants you can’t go wrong. The quality of these plants,which could be described as a size up from seedlings is excellent. They were purchased from a mail order company of which I would highly recommend. www.gardeningdirect.com. These Semperflorens will create a major part of our front garden bedding scheme. All going well I will show you the results mid summer. This afternoon we visited four garden centres in search of two varietys of the evergreen plant Pittosporum. Only managed to get one of them today Pittosporum Variagatum, an excellent plant which I have sung the praises of before, I will come back to them again. Only two of the centres had this particular plant, who had the best specimens? B&Q. The other variety which we will pay Raemoir of Banchory a visit for is Pittosporum Tom Thumb, a red leaf evergreen plant which if we are unable to get, we will just have to rethink what else will look the part in this particular area of the front garden.
Pittosporum Tomb Thumb
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