Every time I take carnations to the cemetery I break off any shoots as they 'take' very easily and now have a lot coming on great in the garden I also buy bulbs spring and summer from wherever is cheap (often QD)and have had lots of success with them At the moment I have dwarf daffodils, crocuses, grape hyacinths, an ordinary hyacinth someone gave me for in the house and primulas I would love to swap with someone but no one around me seems interested and concrete over their gardens I have bought from Lldl too without any feelings of guilt. I sent for a rosebush a few years ago off a catalogue I sent because it was a magnificent blue flower It didn't flower the first year the second year it did but was an ordinary dog rose by this time I d completely forgotten which catalogue I d bought from- so Lldl is fine for me
The matter of Angela Rayner's house sale isn't going away.....