Supermarkets should not sell plants :o/

Food for the soul is just as important lpooldarlin. Welcome to Goy. I can see you have a couple of Hydrangeas there, when you place them remember they will be colourful from now till the first frosts and then they will be naked until next spring. You should aim for a background of evergreen plants so that the garden always looks furnished. You want a bit of height and maybe some ground hugging plants which are everg. Do look at the height in 10 years which is the yardstick most labels give and plant your plants with enough room to allow those expensive plants to be all they can be. In between plant annuals or cheap perennials, Morrisons is great for those and you will soon see where it is going. In the autumn you can start refining your design with bulbs etc which will give you a spring show before the hydrangea etc start to flower. Best of luck in the competition. We look forward to seeing lots of development photos.

LOL Now that's my kind of food shopping.
Nice lot of plants you have there :)

I quite agree - food is only there to keep us alive so that we can enjoy our gardens :o)))

haha thanks all and some great advice scotsgran....your so right my garden is feeding my soul, cant remember the last time i felt so at peace with myself :)

i have potted the hydrangeas up for now, till i can afford to buy some more evergreen shrubs for my borders, dont think i can chance spending any more money on the garden this week, the not so better half is already starting to moan!!!....whats wrong with jacket spuds and beans for tea??? im thinking of trying my hand at growing my own spuds to save on the food shop :) see how he likes that one!!!!

will upload some pics to my profile to show all where i have planted todays plants, hope you like :)

cheryl x

I also shop at Morrisons so I always have a plant or two in my trolley, they are allways in good condition and the small perrenials grow on just fine.Two that I have bought that are still going strong are a Malva Musk Mallow and a Lythrum.

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well i am a glutten for punishment i hAVE BEEN to homebase again!!!

bought some bedding bits - would be rude not too!!!

will keep a look out for them mavisc52 and try and hide them behind the milk and eggs :) x

3941mercedes i have made a promise not to buy anything else till i get paid next week( bloody credit crunch and budgets grrrr) but i didnt say i wouldt go and have a nosey round :) did you get any bargains? x

Better get down to morrisons immediately!! lol, happy gardening and GOYing!

thanks daylily...ps make sure you grab a BIG trolley :) x

Sounds like you are lucky to have Morrisons. Tesco always fry their plants under the lights here and then dont bother to water them. Having said that I bought a rose from a supermarket and it was my best buy ever - well worth it!

Your plants look great - it will be good to see them all planted.

Hi sussexsarah..posted pics of planted said plants just hope they do well as i dont have a clue what im doing :) x

isn't that the exciting thing about being a newbie gardener - little plants grow in to loveliness!!!
Have a fabulous day xxx