I bought 160 bare root perennials for £40!

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I am new to the gardening, these plants will be in dormant stage. please give me some tips: order has not dispatched, is it hard to have proper plant from dormant stage

posted too quick. I have googled it and it says some perennials might not bloom for few years. I'm doubting myself

What are they? Why are they dormant, are you in Australia or NZ?

I am in UK, they will be out of cold store so i assume they will be dormant.

Echinops ritro - Globethistle
Eryngium planum - Blue Sea Holly
Gypsophilia paniculata - Baby's Breath
Lupin Russel Hybrids mix
Hemerocallis - Day Lily
Hollyhocks

Hostas

Ranunculus

Peony

Asters

Echinacea Cone Flowers

Rudbeckia

40 isn't much. Just whack them in and see what happens. Sorry, not very helpful but that's my gardening Ted talk

Typical garden centre price us about £7 so if you manage to get 6 of them going, you’ve broken even

@MereDintofPandiculation That's logical and make me feel good

they will be fine as long as you keep them watered this summer, after that they will take care of themselves.

Depending on the size of your plants, you may get flowers this year. Don’t worry if not as perennials need to put down strong roots in the first year to support the prolific flowering later. You have made a really good choice of plants.

In early April spread some fish, blood and bone around the base of them and water it in. Be careful to only do the amount stated. Too much fertiliser is worse than not enough.

It's midsummer; in UK perennial plants should be in full growth by now. At this time of year, they are normally sold growing in compost in pots.

You've bought a pig in a poke ; there's a reason the price is rock bottom.

Get some photos of what the flowering plants look like. Arrange them in a pleasing way, taller at the back, smaller to the front. Stick them in the ground so the will look like your mock-up when they grow. Water, feed & wait. If you can be bothered, write some name tags & stick in the ground next to them so you can see what grows and what doesn't. Some may take a year or two to settle in. Anything that doesn't grow at all ? Replace with something different. Good luck.

P.s. don't expect to see much before next summer at the earliest.

Company is providing 5 year guarantee if they don't grow back. 14 days no quibble money back guarantee

At that price, they'll probably be tiny. If they are, they'll need to be potted on to bigger pots (depending on size, a 3" pot to start with) and then onto a bigger pot as the plant gets bigger.

They'll then have a fighting chance of surviving when you plant them out in the border.

@40friedfish yes, I have that expectation so will be fine and hopefully lots of flowers next year.

I have bought 30 hedge plants from the company before, they were not dormant but was bare root though and have grown from 10 cms to nearly a metre in a year.

@prettybird Oh i didn't think of that, I am preparing the border. Thats a good point

I misread your post, I thought you had 40 plants. I don’t think it’s a pig in a poke as long as you are patient. Protect them from slugs cats and foxes. Put some stakes in the ground now so that you can support them as the grow.

For instant colour this year, I would throw some nasturtium and calendula seeds in around the new plants.

“I have bought 30 hedge plants from the company before, they were not dormant but was bare root though and have grown from 10 cms to nearly a metre in a year.” Do you have a link please? I need some quick growing hedge plants

@Crossstitching
https://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/prunus-lusitanica-evergreen-portugese-laurel?queryID=b9b97d78969ce9cee4b65ad6428165e4&objectID=15290&indexName=magentoliveedefaultproducts

I bought very cheap. 30 plants for approximately between £30/£40 . They have grown really well

I needed hundreds of plants for my garden and bulk bought from a wholesaler - some died but my garden looks great now. I could never have afforded big ones!

@MrsHamlet if you don't mind sharing the pic of your garden

Today, after a downpour

When I started...

@MrsHamlet It's amazing transformation

@takemetothespace thank you :)
I think I paid 70p each for my pathetic little dicentra - they're £8 in the garden centre!!
Dutchbulbs.co.uk remain my go to for plants.

@MrsHamlet Thanks for sharing, what a beautiful garden