This doesn’t have to be the case, says garden designer Mark Gregory, one of the judges on Channel 5’s The Great Gardening Challenge. “In your own garden, plants can often be lifted and separated to double up the numbers,” he adds. Buy small plantsIf you are buying herbaceous plants, buy them in small pots. Buy plants like (cranesbill) geraniums and alchemillas (standard garden plants) in one-litre pots,” he suggests. “There’s nothing wrong with sale plants,” Gregory notes.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 07:52 UTC