I went to a new to me greenhouse yesterday and bought 4 and 5 inch pots of annuals. I got 30 annuals for $2.00 a peice and some less. They are gorgeous. I am planting like I won;t be around to enjoy next year. I always said I wnat my flowers while I am living. I can't see them when I am laying in the c a s k e t. I got several large zinnia that have huge blooms. Three very tall snapdragons that are bursting with blooms. Oh, some of the coleous are in 6 inch pots. Some I have never seen before. I was so impressed with the quality and price. The greenhouses were overflowing. Lots of plants I had never seen before. I was just gushing with joy as I was buying them. I was even helping others with their shopping, as if they needed any help. They were buying as much as me. I was telling them "go ahead, you know you want it. Just put it in your basket." I am going to plant these plants this weekend and go and buy more next week. So if I am not around next year you will know I have had one of life's greatest pleasures-----walking in a greenhouse and buying plants by the dozens." Truly a life well lived.
Posts: 14548 | Location: Harford county, MD, zone 6 | Registered: May 10, 2003
Amen Sister! Hahaaa! I tell myself the same things ! I always think its my last big summer of blooms so live it up! You will need to get some pics for us! Make sure you plant that stuff in good soil & enjoy the whole process! Your comments amuse me...probably why I can't stay out of the local greenhouses! :>))
Listen to the auctioner. Those flats were going for $5, $6!!! (At least that's what I thought I heard!) This message has been edited. Last edited by: nance425,
Posts: 4238 | Location: Minnesota | Registered: Dec 01, 2003
Oh, Nance, I would be no good. I don't think I have a vehicle large enough for what I would buy there. I would need to buy more land!! That looks like a great place to go. WOWSERS. Yes, I need to take pictures.
Posts: 14548 | Location: Harford county, MD, zone 6 | Registered: May 10, 2003
I'm right there with you Owie. I've been doing a lot of planting this year, and I agree that it is one of life's greatest pleasures. I had to smile when you said you were encouraging others to buy plants too. DH told me I was addicted yesterday.
I wish I knew others who enjoy plants as much as me, but I have you guys!This message has been edited. Last edited by: theoriginalfluffy,
I embarrassed to say I still have bulbs I haven't gotten into the ground and about 12 different kinds of flower seeds that are still in the garage. But with this drought we've been having I have no desire to drag hoses around more than I do already. I have a huge empty planting bed waiting for these things.....I guess I'm waiting for the rainy season...which starts next month. wooohooo!
Oh yes, I want to see pictures too!
Whether You Think You Can Or You Think You Can't..... You're Right - Henry Ford
Posts: 6847 | Location: Central Florida | Registered: Feb 12, 2005
I have 6 small, say less than 18 inches tall snapdragons that came back from last year. 5 are in a container and one is in the flower garden. I want to plant the ones in the pot into the garden and then deadhead it so it will bloom again. I have almost all of the plants planted and when DH goes ona 3 day trip this week I will be heading back to the greenhouse. Look out Ethel, here I come.
Posts: 14548 | Location: Harford county, MD, zone 6 | Registered: May 10, 2003
Oh owie! I'm right there with you! And planting some today too...inbetween our bands of showers from that tropical storm. I visited our local green house, then went to the next town & visited one there and then, and then I went to the one I posted about down in Tallahassee! Their plants are amazing down there...if anyone is close or planning a trip to Tallahassee area...do yourself a favor & visit the Tallahassee Nursery! You don't have to buy anything (teehee), but just walk & look! The whole place is gorgeous and they even have restrooms!
Today I have divided a lily of the nile (blue) & planted it in 3 places. I planted an azalea I got and 2 hydrangeas that I had grown from starts...replacing my 2 that died when we moved them last year. I still have to go out & plant the white lily of the nile & at least one of the 2 plumbagos I got. Yesterday I planted 2 bottle bushes by the end of our drive...they are about 2 1/2' tall.
I agree....enjoy the flowers while we are alive! No one needs to send flowers when I'm gone...just go out & party and plant a flower in YOUR garden for me!
"The soil is the source of life, creativity, culture and real independence." David Ben-Gurion
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