Perennial Geraniums ?

[babytoes]

Did anyone buy these and have you had any luck with them. I've got 3 growing but the other 2 are doing nothing.I am getting so sick of QVC's plants after the Tree peonies and the Goji Berries and numerous other failures. The only time I get good results is with the specialist collections ie.the 5 bare root Hostas and a collection of Clematis which are absolutely beautiful.

 

[rosey]

I too am fed up with their plants. I do not even bother to watch the gardening shows now in case I get tempted and end up with yet another 'failure'. I have had the same problem with many plants including the tree peony's. But again the clematis collections have been lovely!

 

[babytoes]

Hi Rosey, did you get any flowers on your Tree Peonies? I got one last year and one this year both on the white one. the Clematis as you say are wonderful, I did mine in two very large tubs, and made a wigwam of bamboo canes(home grown) and they are better than ever this year.

 

[rosey]

I had one flower on the white and one on the pink last year, nothing on the red - absolutely nothing on any of them this year just lots of leaves!

I bought the picardi(?) collection of clematis and put them in a large pot made a cane wig wam. I didnt buy them till late last year and they had a few flowers on last year. This year they are huge and have loads of buds but have not come into flower yet.

Also got another collection of 3 - pink and white ones and they are doing really well with lots of growth and buds and flowers. I put these against trellis in the garden.

 

[Funkymonkey]

Hi.......first post..... usually just a keen observer and dare i say it bargain hunter! Thanks to SWC i've managed to get loads of craft goodies over the past few months. I had to reply to this thread as i had the exact same problem...two of my geraniums came up and the other three are nowhere to be seen. I emailed CS and asked them what to do before my 30 MBG ran out. They offered a replacement but i could not accept that as going away and could not receive delivery. They have now refunded the whole amout. Very quick, very efficient!

 

[grovesy]

I bought the TSV last year and had flowers on most of them. I have 2 in flower at the moment and leaves on another couple.
I read some where that one of the gardening experts was saying not to give on plants till August.
I too think they do over state the levels of expection on plants. I bought the strawberry TSv from last year though I got berries over a number of weeks I did not get enough to have a bowl. This year only the top basket of around 6 out of 30ish plants have survived. I had primulets, winterpansies, hellbores,and clematisis all of which have survived but not flowered as promised.

 

[shushkin!]

AGM perennial geraniums

I bought the set of 4 or 5 agm perennial geraniums. They came from Haylofts
originally. I duly followed the instructions on planting. I gave them a largish
pot each to start them off before they went in the garden.
I am a very experienced gardener and I was shocked with the pathetic offerings
sent to me but I stuck with it. I have bought oodles of bareroot plants over the years
and these were the worst I have seen. Surprise surprise, they did nothing.

QVC gave me a full refund.

 

[babytoes]

Thanks for your replies, I rang CS and they have given me a full refund and I can keep the 3 which are growing.