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Gallardia

21 years ago

Does anyone know where I can buy Gallardias?

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jaykoko
21 years ago
Hiya
I saw some pots for sale in my local hardware store (Home) this year. Hey also had a few with the different shaped petals.
I also have quite a few seeds if you are interested and allowed to get them thru the quarantine restrictions for Tassie, let me know by email if I can help.
User
21 years ago
You could try www.woodbridgenursery.com.au/
This is a Tasmanian site, so you won't have any quarantine problems.
Cheers,
Dee.
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marrion
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Thanks Dee, I do buy plants from the Woodbridge Nursery and I recently bought some Papavers from there. However, they seem to only stock 2 varieties of the Gaillardia - I intend to order those later. Saw some gorgeous varieties of them at Woolmers Estate when I visited there and I was inspired to grow more.
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You never seem to see much of them around. I wonder why this is. Perhaps another 'victim' of garden fashion?
Dee
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I saw some at a plant sale in my local supermarket for $1.95 each in Adelaide and bought three. There was also a feature on them in a gardening magazine I recently bought. The follage does look a bit weed like especially as I dont have any flowers yet. The ones I got are Gaillardia x grandflora "Goblin". They seem to have taken so far but not sure if they will like the poor clay soil. Shelley

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