I love a gardening bargain and every now and again you can find a great one, I had to pop to waitrose as I was feeling rough so needed paracetamol and soup, as I was leaving I noticed they were selling these hanging baskets for £2.99. Despite my cold I went back into the shop with two hanging baskets to buy.
The reason I knew they would be OK was I could see the new buds forming and that would mean more flowers. I learnt this from the primroses I brought last year and was worried they had gone over so fast, but they had not and more and more flowers kept appearing.
This weekend I got out my snips, a pair of kitchen scissors would be fine, you just need to get into little areas and cut carefully. I cut back as close to the base of the plant all dead flowers, then carefully removed the dead leaves and one one a whole plant had died.
Now it is a wait and see and I am hoping these little primroses will give us some pretty flowers and then I will pop them in the garden and hope they will come back next year.
So if you see a bargain take a closer look for some new life and a little TLC and you have got some lovely flowers. If I can do this one anyone can its worth a go.
The reason I knew they would be OK was I could see the new buds forming and that would mean more flowers. I learnt this from the primroses I brought last year and was worried they had gone over so fast, but they had not and more and more flowers kept appearing.
This weekend I got out my snips, a pair of kitchen scissors would be fine, you just need to get into little areas and cut carefully. I cut back as close to the base of the plant all dead flowers, then carefully removed the dead leaves and one one a whole plant had died.
Now it is a wait and see and I am hoping these little primroses will give us some pretty flowers and then I will pop them in the garden and hope they will come back next year.
So if you see a bargain take a closer look for some new life and a little TLC and you have got some lovely flowers. If I can do this one anyone can its worth a go.
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