Another freebie plant!

now that was a good find. And did you say 'sorry mum' :o)

I agree, a good find, but you don't half have some expensive plants up in your area, lol, Derek.

Probably thrown out because there were few flowers which is not surprising seeing how pot bound it was .
Did mum work on the Bins in a previous life.lol

Mums know best lol.......a bargain I would say!!

Fantastic Scottish.They are expensive in GC's as u say. I assume this is one of the deciduous ones rather than the evergreens that we see more of down here.i say that because the leaves seem quite narrow like my deciduous one(Headbourne hybrids) or do u think it's an evergreen .either way a great find!
There's a lot of roots there....I think I'd be tempted to try make at least a couple plants out of it(although they tend to be shy of flowering for a couple of years if u do that)

I'd say you were right there Paul, looks like mine the Headbourne hybrids type which is good Scottish. As it's the hardiest I've come across, a cracking find that :-)

That's wonderful ! lol I'm glad you rescued it :o) It's going to be lovey next year :o)

you have to be joking!!! £40 for a pot of Agapanthus??? Flipping fantastic plant rescue! :)))

Your mum is five foot nothing is she not. Give that lady a medal. That is a great rescue. You had better look out, for someone who does not do gardening she sure sounds as if she is catching the bug. Could you cut off a couple of rooted bits and plant them outside to help decide whether it is hardy or not. From what others are saying it might well be.

Wow, what a find, good old Mum!
I'll bet you could split this next year...after it's recovered from its trauma...and get lots more plants. What a lucky find :)

Yes Agapanthus.............extremely expensive to buy and this one would look just fab in a new smart pot.....great find. Good old ma. :)

Cheers, everyone :)
SBG - I expressed my gratitude which kind of included an apology. Pleased she didn't listen too me. Although that usuallys par for the course;)
Derek - a large sized pot of these ready growing is expensive up here. I wouldn't buy them at that price. My others were bare root bought from homebase for a few quid. Funny money sometimes!
Bjs - Not sure about a bin man - but she has been here before, I'm sure! Had it not been the bin that Sue uses she probably would have left it well alone.
DD2 - yes mums know best, but don't tell mine I said so ;)
Paul, completely unaware of which type it is. I thought deciduous mainly because it has similar foliage to my white one. I thought about splitting it up but didn't want to put it under too much stress particularly at this time of year.
SL - thanks for confirming Pauls suggestion. Very pleased with this find :)
Hywel - I'm hoping so! You've got your old avatar back, easier to recognise you :)
Snoop - Indeed!! Mother always knows best but as I've said, don't tell her I said that ;)
Karen - yes, couldn't believe my eyes!! Dobbies!! It did have a better than normal plastic pot. They probably put the price up before they reduced it!!
Scotsgran - I didn't want too stress it too much. I'll do this next year. It might well live in the front garden - those gladioli are certainly loving it, so stands to reason this might too! I hope she doesn't get too involved in the garden. She likes too many plants that I don't :)
Waddy, thanks. Yes, as has been said and suggested. I'll give it a go. It shouldn't be too hard to get some rooted shoots of in spring.
Grandmage - A new pot.....yes, that would be nice. Thanks for the idea - I will purchase it a nice shiny pot in springtime :)

Hi Scottish, looking at it again, I think it may be the lilliput strain, everything is smaller than normal, the flower stalks only gey to about 15", I have had 1 in the garden for about 8 years, they're decideuous and appear to be completely hardy, having survived temperatures down to minus 22deg c in the 2 recent bad winters we had, Derek.

Thanks Derek - although difficult to tell from what's left the dead flower heads were rather small. We shall see what the flowers look like next year. Minus 22, that's good news. Didn't quite get down that low here in those bad winters.

Yes ... this is the avatar I like best ... it's just that sometimes I fancy a change for a bit lol :D

Brilliant find, Scottish...or should I say Mum. They cost a fortune for mature ones here too...and no wonder. I planted bulbs three years ago and I'm still waiting for a flower. But, that might just be me doing something wrong... :)

Thanks Karen, my white ones took 3 years to flower, but I suspect the weather had more to do with it! Perfect for them this year.