Mr Fothergill's Seed Offer At Morrisons.

[Tilly2]

I bought four packets of seeds for £3.00. Each pack individually costs £2.09.

A bargain! I bought Morning Glory, White Cosmos, Larksur and my favourite, blue Cornflowers.

[wiltsman]

Seems a good buy I suppose.

I remember when Bees seeds at Woolworth's were 2 pence a packet, and Cuthbert's seeds were 4 pence. This is old money we're talking about!

[Chipchopper]

Not bad Tilly,

I bought a box of butterfly attracting flower seeds from Sainsbury today which consists of a mix of annual seeds : Zinnia, Mallow, Tickseed, Corn marigold and California poppy all for the princely sum of £3.00.
I must say though, I felt a bit ripped off when I peaked inside the box and it appears to be mostly bulked up with vermiculite.

[Malagabob333]

Flower and veg seeds 39p a packet at Aldis at moment. Small packets but quantity for quantity good value.

[Tilly2]

39p per packet is very good........and there I was, pleased with my 75p per packet. :-)

[Chipchopper]

One of my favourite annuals is Clarkia but they must be the single flowered ones. not that easy to find these days.

[weecalf]

I went in to a flower shop to buy hardy annuals you know the hard back beeno and dandy they said they were sowed out

[Tilly2]

You are a comic, weecalf!

[Tilly2]

Just looked up Clarkia, Chip. They are pretty flowers. Not heard of them before.

[weecalf]

Does Clarkia sprout in a bag and does the sack come with it think about it

[jno]

how exactly do some people sell these so cheap? Loss leader? Put together in Bangladeshi sweatshops? Mutant leftover seeds? Or is it just that normal prices are a ripoff?

[Tilly2]

The latter, I would say, jno.

Mr Fothergills are a Newmarket company, not in Bangladesh, I don't think.

weecalf....I am thinking about it but not getting very far. Give us another clue.

[maggiebee]

Beano & Dandy - hard backed annuals printed by DC Thomson. Good one wee calf - sorry they were sowed out.

[Tilly2]

I got that one, maggie. It's the Clarkia one I'm puzzling with.

[maggiebee]

Oops Tilly. Do you think it is a reference to Clarkson sprouting then getting the sack? Will have to have another think.

[Tilly2]

Could be that, maggie. Well done, if it is.:-)

[Old_Geezer]

:-)
I'm trying to grow tomatoes for the first time ever this year, I don't think I could cope with flowers as well. Hope they come up.

[Tilly2]

Good luck with your tomatoes, OG.

[Tilly2]

So what's the story?

[Chipchopper]

This is all getting a little bit too cryptic for me.