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Basket of surprises

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When I went shopping at the nursery I had decided To get some pansies, but they had sold out of them by mid June. All except for one basket I found hiding that had bloomed out and gotten “leggy”. They were turning yellow from lack of sun, but they were still savable! I got them at a discount, cut them back; then waited. I ended up with a basket of a wonderful variety of beauties, with new surprises every few days


Well worth the wait!

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TERRIFIC BLOGS:-))))))

24 Aug, 2012

 

They're wonderful ! A lovely splash of colour :o) Sometimes plants will reward us well for saving them ....

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thank you all, the pansies were a very rewarding venture. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I have:)

24 Aug, 2012

 

I love the colour of the pansies in the fourth photo. They are all so pretty & bloom for so long.

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thanks Dwylis, The pink ones are my favorite too, but they didn't do as well as the others; and I only got a few of them:(

24 Aug, 2012

 

They're lovely! My rescued pansies all got munched by the SAS this year.

24 Aug, 2012

 

Great save Viotleteyes!

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thank you both:)
Sorry to hear your pansies were lunch for the pests Tuesdaybear, I hope you have better luck with them next year:(

24 Aug, 2012

 

loads of lovely happy colourful faces there, i do love pansies :-))

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thank you both, pansies are an old favorite. They may be common, but their beauty is not:)

24 Aug, 2012

 

So pleased you saved them Violet what a lovely thankyou they have given you, just so pretty with all the different colours;0)

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thank you Miss Potter, they've really put on a good show. I'm glad I found them when everyone else had sold out of them!:)

24 Aug, 2012

 

Thanks for using my Sunday name lol

25 Aug, 2012

 

I hope you don't mind, I think it's cute:)

25 Aug, 2012

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