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Dried flower materials (Williton) Expired Bunches of dried seedheads (teasel, Nigella, poppy, Cloud grass) enough to fill back seat of a small car!

4d

tools (Williton) Expired One WORK EXPERT paint sprayer 100W in original box. 5 old carpentry saws about 15-18" blades, rusty; two old wooden-handled )antique collectable?) lawn edging shears.

4d

bag of cement (Williton) Expired opened, but kep in dry frostfree garage, 3/4 full

4d

Paint trays & rollers (Williton) Expired 3 large trays, 1 medium tray, assorted small(behind radiator) medium (normal) and large rollers incl two unused ones. The large roller has a telescopic handle (ceiling use). Also one 2.5 L tin of Value Undercoat white, unopened.

4d

New Cottage Garden Collection (Williton) Expired At least a dozen plants of various sizes, including Verbena bonariensis, Linaria purpurea and now including Catmint Nepeta faasini (sp?) (pretty blue flowery mound, flowers beloved of bees) (the true Catmint is Nepeta cattaria - not a pretty garden plant though cats go crazy for it) and dark purple-flowered Salvia with scented leaves. Plus Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle. Small offset. Miscellaneous. These are not perfect Plant Centre specimens, but spares of all sizes. Will grow excellently with minimum care giving lots of colour in their first year with you.

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cottage garden plants (Williton) Expired 6 clumps of Linaria (purple toadflax), 6 plants of Verbena bonariensis (lovd by bees), corms of Crocosmia 'Lucifer'; clumps of Michaelmas daisies - the tall spreading kind with small prolific white flowers; half a dozen or so small pots of the rockery daisy ; some globe thistle offsets and miscellaneous! From thinnings, and plants growing in the wrong place, and surplus.

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table lamps (Williton) Expired Two table/bedside table lamps - with cream coloured ceramic bases - NOT a matching pair! One is narrow like a bottle, the other chubby. One has a cream cylinder shade. the other needs a shade. One has a bulb, the other not.

169d

clothes rack (Williton) Expired portable rack for clothes on clothes hangers, like the ones used in charity shops etc.

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Flower Sack (Williton) Expired Compost sack split sideways, full of mixed wildflowers and garden flower including Nigella, Nasturtiums, Verbena bonariensis, Red-veined Sorrel and the odd nettle, harmoniously linked with a pretty lime green Euphorbia. Best just placed somewhere as it is, but you could take it apart and use some of the plants elsewhere. The Nigella would not survive this.

240d

Gaeraniums/Pelargoniums (Williton) Expired About a dozen, both zonal (hot colours red and orange) and scented leaf, (pinks) newly-rooted cuttings for tubs, beds, borders. Also a pink begonia and a small box of Cape gooseberry plants.

270d

Fuchsias (Williton) Expired 2 large plants of the small-flowered, hardy Fuchsia 'Pink Pearl' large means about 18"/45cm cubic. Just coming into flower.

270d

Orchid pots (Williton) Expired Clear plastic orchid pots - one 7" diameter, seven at 4" diameter (a couple cracked) and one smaller one, plus one 4" matching saucer.

270d

Tender plants collection (Williton) Expired Cape Gooseberry (edible berries in papery husks) Canna lilies (yellow) at least 6 different zonal and scented leaf Pelargoniums, one Regal Begonia with salmony pink flowers. Canb all be outside during the summer, but bring inside for winter.

284d

Food plants (Williton) Expired Including: one small gooseberry bush, raspberry canes, Redvein sorrel, selection of named tomato plants, pot of Kale 'Ragged Jack' seedlings.

284d

Decorative plant collection (Williton) Expired Various duplicate/surplus flowering plants: including alchemilla, Purple Toadflax, Japanese Anemone, Ragged Robin, Californian poppy, Alyssum seedlings, Papaver somniferum, Aqulegia mixd, hellebore seedlings, Californian poppy seedlings

284d

Hanging baskets (Williton) Expired Two plastic hanging baskets about 30cm/12" diameter, green slats, chains looking rusty, but all sound. One liner, two bases, - found when springcleaning my greenhouse!

284d

Globe thistle (Williton) Gifted 1 large plant in a sack, grows to 1.5-2m/5-6', handsome silvery dissected leaves, tall flower stems with metallic blue globe-shaped flowerheads, beloved of bees and other pollinating insects. Needs space as it will form a clump. May need staking in windy locations. Architectural plant, will die down in winter to a rosette of leaves, leaving the stems and seedheads to be beautified by frost!

1y

Bay trees (Williton) Expired Baby bay trees, rooted, about half a dozen in a tub. 1 stump of a bay tree, mature, which will sprout from the roots.

1y

fencing (Williton) Expired 18"/45cm high approx green plastic coated wire mesh, decorative fencing, about 10'/3m, suitable to keep people from walking on a lawn or bed beside a path. It has been used, but is in good condition, in a roll which would easily fit on a car seat or in the boot.

1y

Edible plants (Williton) Gifted Silver Cardoon, very decorative, will need staking, will form a clump, grows up to 2m/6' - flowering buds are edible like Globe Artichokes; 2 pots summer fruiting raspberries, a pot of ordinary strawberries, and one baby Kale 'Ragged Jack' May have more variety available on day of collection.

1y

cottage garden plants (Williton) Gifted MORE plants added! to Miniature sisyrhincium (sp?!!!) with blue summer flowers, blue Michaelmas daisy clump - can be split; white ditto, cerinthe (glaucous leaves and secret red flowers beloved of bees) ; St Peterport Daisy, (a rockery or pavement plant) Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Japanese Anemone (not sure if pink or white) Verbena bonariensis (tall purple); Honeysuckle with Ragged Robin; PLUS Lamium galeobdolon ( a very pretty variegated deadnettle type groundcover with striking spikes of yellow flowers in spring/early summer), Marguerites (tall to 4' + white daisy single with yellow centre, clumpforming, Kniphofia, (red I think) and Iris stoechas blue, with speckles (a medium iris, will grow in partial shade but better in sun, about 18"/45cm high).

1y

Pond irises (Williton) Expired clumps divided every few years off my own, Iris laevigata, I think - fine, dark purple flowers, and Iris versicolour, large frilly blue and white flowers. Bring a waterproof bag or a bucket for transport!

1y

topsoil (Williton) Expired 12 compost sacks partly filled (otherwise too heavy) of friable topsoil incl some leafmould, and 3 partial sacks of less good but usable soil with some aggregate in them good for the base of a rasied bed, for drainage

1y

cottage garden plants (Williton) Expired Miniature sisyrhincium (sp?!!!) with blue summer flowers, blue Michaelmas daisy clump - can be split; white ditto, cerinthe (glaucous leaves and secret red flowers beloved of bees) ; St Peterport Daisy, (a rockery or pavement plant) Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea) Japanese Anemone (not sure if pink or white) Pheasant grass (suitable for gravel or prairire planting,) Verbena bonariensis (tall purple) Honeysuckle with Ragged Robin.

1y

dried flowers (Williton) Expired half a dozen bunches of seedheads dried, of Welsh poppies (narrow), teasel, Nigella, grasses etc. Ideal for a quick Christmas 'flower' arranging /decoration - you can spray gold, silver, white, or leave natural colour.

1y

Houseplants (Williton) Expired Half a dozen Pelargoniums (used to be called Geraniums) some with variegated leaves; flowers red. And half a dozen Cape Gooseberry plants, producing edible fruit, And two Large leaf Begonias which have large pink flowers; one has bronze leaves.

1y

Flowering Climbers (Williton) Expired A couple of Passion Flower vines.

1y

decorative plants (Williton) Expired variety: Verbena bonariensis, Pheasant Grass, Nepeta cattaria, water irises, variegated Euonymus cuttings rooted, Leycesteria, (pheasant berry), Erigeron karvinskianus, Chinese lanterns (baby plants) Michaelmas daisies (white, and mauve) Alchemilla, Red-vined Sorrel, winter jasmine small, 3 miniature/patio roses, Teasel, Linaria purpurea (purple Toadflax), Aquilegia (Granny bonnets mxd) Scarlet Lychnis. Mostly young plants, some more mature. OK if too much Latin, read: pretty flowers attracting Bees!

1y

Greenhouse/indoor plants (Williton) Expired Cape gooseberries - will grow up to 5 or 6' (1.5-2m) large pale green leaves, small creamy yellow flowers and edible orange fruit inside a papery beige capsule. In South Africa, popular for making jam. Also various Pelargoniums (used to be called Geraniums) plain leaved and variegated with salmon pink/red flowers. Surplus to requirements!

1y

Climbing plants (Williton) Expired Passiflora, Rosa d'Amour (needs support.. Please note: Passion flower vines are VERY vigorous and will spread 4m in one summer. Can be pruned hard, in winter when semi-dormant. Gorgeous white flowers with a purple centre,, and edible, mildly sweet orange skinned fruit. Pull apart when soft, and suck or spoon out the insides - discard the skin. R. d'Amour is an Old Rose, with small pink buttonhole flowers, prolific! Does not need pruning except to keep it inside bounds. You can deadhead to get a second flowering but it is not necessary. Will with supports grow up to a column 2.5m high (8'). Foliage turns red/orange/yellow in autumn.

1y