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Free: Sarcococca confusa (Sweet Box) (Paignton TQ4) These are seedlings, currently growing under the parent, will take a few years to reach the size of parent. Evergreen, hardy and has scented white flowers in winter followed by black berries (not edible).

30m

Free: Sinninngia tubiflora (Paignton TQ4) Pot of tubers that produce scented white flowers in summer. Can be grown indoors or a pot outside, treat as dahlia over winter. If you have a sunny well drained spot you could leave in the ground overwinter.

36m

Free: Salvia involuctra (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Rooted cutting, potted up, fairly hardy in a sheltered spot; I do take cuttings every autumn to be on the safe side.

22d

Free: Salvia "Amistad" (Paignton TQ4) Gifted These are small rooted cuttings, taken this spring, they are potted up in small pots, but will need growing on for a few weeks before planting out, good for pots or a sheltered spot.

22d

Free: White hellebore divisions (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Pieces from a white hellebore that had to be reduced in size. They are potted up and watered, spring flowering, height about 18 in (c40 cm)

22d

Free: Salvia leucocephla (Paignton TQ4) Spring flowering, can get to 6ft. Needs a conservatory or greenhouse overwinter.

23d

Free: Salvia "Amistad" rooted cuttings (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Rooted cuttings of Salvia "Amistad". Tall dark blue flowers does well in a large container. Aromatic foliage.

55d

Free: White and Dark hellebores (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Good sized divisions, potted up. Suitable for most types of conditions.

55d

Free: Al-Ko Garden Shredder (Paignton TQ4) Gifted 20 plus years old, regularly used, but now showing it's age a little, will shred up to about 0.75 to 1 inch prunings. It would be good for a small to medium garden with shrubs. Runs off a standard 13 amp plug. Reason for offering I'm showing my age and really need a machine with a set of wheels, also as the garden matures I need to shred larger prunings than this can cope with.

284d

Free: Dahlias (Paignton TQ4) Gifted From cuttings taken this spring, one or two of each. Ellen Jenkins orangey double, Arabian Night dark red double, Twynings After Eight white single dark blackish-brown foliage. They will need repotting and feeding, suitable for pots or a sunny well drained spot in the ground (beware of slugs). Should flower late summer/autumn. Tubers will need drying off and keeping frost free over winter before replanting next year.

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355d

Free: Tomato plants (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Various sizes and varieties available. They will need potting on and at least a sheltered sunny spot outside, preferably a greenhouse or conservatory. Salad, cherry, beefsteak and plum types available. Save these plants from becoming compost

355d

Free: Dahlia Twyning's After Eight (Paignton TQ4) Gifted White flowered dahlia with dark foliage. Sprouting tubers about 3 inches tall at the moment, will reach 1 to 1.5 m in height.

1y

Free: Aster "Andenken am Alma Potschke" (Paignton TQ4) Gifted New England Aster relatively free from mildew. Flowers 4.5cm across, height to 100cm, pink flowers in autumn. Have a good sized division available.

1y

Free: Crocosmia "Paul's Best Yellow" (Paignton TQ4) Expired Corms of a very good yellow crocosmia, reaches about 1 m in height, will spread over time, but not a rampant spreader, will grow in most conditions except dry shade. Offered are corms ready for planting now, plant about 4 cm down.

1y

Free: Pitcher plants (Sarracemia) (Paignton TQ4) Gifted Insectivorous plants variety of sizes and pitcher markings. Need to be kept damp with rainwater. Suitable for pond edges and bog gardens will come through most winters in the SW

1y