Gardening Scotland Show Part 2

This is where we get down to the important matter of what plants. It's very easy to get seduced by the number of plants on offer. I had a little list of three different plants but none were available. I do note what other people are buying at the show. In fact I have been known to run after people and  ask them about the plant they are carrying. Slightly deranged behaviour....
Oak Leaf hydrangeas are very showy and incredibly popular this year as are astrantias and cirsiums. Then there is the bonsai

No, I don't think so.....

I pondered over the white eucomis...

And considered the oak leaf hydrangea again. There they are looking enticing at the back of the stand.....

 At then end of the day I had acquired some very nice labels

 

And three very small Chrysanthemum "Green Mist". I haven't tried them growing them before as they have aways seemed a bit "specialist". And are our coffee cups are ideal for planting.

So the porter didn't have much to carry back to the car at that point. And then I had a slight rush of blood to the head. These are the plants we came home with.....

• Horedum jubatum x3
This is also known as "Foxtail barley" had feathery silver pink plumes and is ideal for filling  a gap in the border.


• Lysimachia atropurpurea x3 This is a plant should have been in our garden before now. Grey crinkley leaves and arching burgundy flower spikes.

• Phlomis italica x3 This is to bulk up our existing stock of three very small plants.

• Dierama "Merlin" and Dierama "Guinevere" I've bought Diermama in the past. They need to be grown on before planting out.

• Uvularia grandifliora  We had a large clump if uvularia in dappled shade in our last garden. It is an elegant perennial with nodding yellow flowers. It's common name is "Merry Bells".

The ones that got away.....
There is always a plant that catches the eye but for some reason I don't buy. Often because it doesn't look hardy and/or the cost. This is one of those:

There was another temptation isn't a plant at all:

 

This garden furniture comes in a range of colours and styles and is imported from France by a company called "Ma Maison Ecossaise " in Inverness.  Price prohibitive! Don't even ask! But they can be found at the following link: http://www.mamaison-ecossaise.co.uk/


Last but not least there is one item that is at the show in abundance every year and marks out the serious plant buyer from other mortals. They don't come in many colours. Mine is a utilitarian green. And they can be a nuisance in a crowd. But they do make life easier for getting plants home. 
So lets hear it for " the box on wheels".