Above are some of the plants I have bought this week. Our garden is tiny. There is no where for these plants to go but still I buy them. Earlier in the week the plant sale at U3A offered cheap but well-grown plants, so a candelabra primula and the golden variegated grass Hakonechloa macra aureola along with some house leeks and hellebore seedlings could not be ignored. It would have been rude. At a wet, windy Powerham Castle Garden Festival yesterday, solace from the dire conditions was taken from a venus fly trap, Dodecatheon meadia, Tulipa linifolia, Euphorbia x martinii and a South Africa restio Calopsis paniculata (3m tall, what’s your problem?) Oh, I nearly forgot the variegated form of creeping Fuchsia procumbens. Of course a spot will be found for them, there always is somewhere. Plant buying is a drug, and it feels darned good!
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Off The Edge Gardening 
My husband refers to this habit – I have it as well (unregulated plant buying) as collecting spare parts. The problem is figuring out what to do with them.
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Speaking of the spouse thing, funny coincidence that I never saw the need for having a paper shredder at home until I started buying plants via mail order….
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Ha!
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I like the phrase “unregulated plant buying” it sounds far more interesting!
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I am a Landscape Architect and have done a zillion plans and plant lists – however, I just run around and buy things for my house. Very unregulated.
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Good for you!
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I have this condition too. We should start a patient advocacy group and campaign for development of some sort of injection, or perhaps a transdermal patch, that will lessen cravings for this dangerous habit.
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Could there possibly be a cure? Would make a great research project!
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Your choices all look very hard to resist. I do it too and then end up giving half away. But I rarely buy posh clothes and I have the same fleece on day in day out, so do not feel too guilty. 🙂
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Exactly, there are far worse bad habits!
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There is always, ALWAYS a permanent cosmic justification for buying the golden Japanese forest grass; finding it on sale or at a more-than-fair price then raises it to the level of criminal-if-you-don’t, LOL 🙂
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I know, I plucked it out of the trays before they were even on the stall, probably in an undignified manner, it was however an emergency!
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And…… In two weeks time there’s another plant fair at Rosemoor, so start saving!
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Hopefully I will be spending my lovely client’s money there, unless I get tempted along the way …..
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I’ve been addicted for years ….It’s cost me thousands….But I love it no way am I giving it up …. 🙂
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Great selection! And a ‘good’ addiction (in my opinion… 😉
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Thank you, I totally 100% agree 🙂
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Hello, my name is MM and I too am a plantaholic.
No way am I going on detox ~ I have to buy for my clients!
Although I will admit to securing a long time lust list plant today ~ a Veratrum viride has become a member of my brood.
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Gosh Gill, there are so many of us. I suggest we club together a buy a nice country estate somewhere with plenty of acres and start the opposite of a therapy centre – a place where people can indulge their plant addiction with unlimited space and no nagging partners to put the dampener on their enthusiasm. I spent most of my day today juggling stuff around to squeeze new acquisitions in and still managed to buy more online. I think I might need counselling!
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I think this is an excellent idea, forget the counselling we will get the anti-therapy centre!
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It’s by far the best addiction to have!! It saves the NHS money as it makes happier people. As for the Hakonechloa, that will look fabulous in a pot, mine has been pot-grown for over 20 years, and houseleeks will add to the pot collection. I’m glad that someone reminded me about the plant fair at Rosemoor……. I’m sure I can find space for a few more pots.
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Oh, might see you there!
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