Beaucarnea recurvata

 

Not the best photo sorry . So on the next trip to B & Q  I acquired  a Beaucarnea recurvata in a tiddly little pot . It just said "Nolina" on the label ....there are several different types of Beaucarnea , but Beaucarnea recurvata is the one you most usually find here in garden centres in the U.K.  So I'm assuming it's this one  .

                                 It needs sorting out !

The bulbs and tubers have all just been reduced to half price ! It says three for £8.00  so we assumed that meant the total would be £4.00  .

 I spent ages rummaging  through all the dead pieces of Peony roots to find three with any kind of a decent living shoot .

So we got to the check out and she began to check out everything , but hang on , hang on hang on... the total was not correct , we queried it , only to be told that the manager said it was half the price for each single one not half price the price for three .  You know ..that moment where you stand there feeling well and truly puzzled ? We decided to put one back . My husband presented his £3 voucher from our last sale , which then meant we hadn't bought enough items to make it worth while . I was told to go and find something else for three pounds . We then realised a long queue was forming . So we decided to just have all three of the peonies . 

 We asked to speak to the manager ...who was not around . Checkout person said that everyone has been annoyed about this !  

  Paid and left store .....realising that we'd been charged the full original price .  

                          So be aware of this next time you are in B&Q .  

                                 Very disappointed !

I digress ....sorry ....

                          Just look at those roots !

                    Carefully teasing them out .

 And into new pot and fresh gritty compost .

Keeping the caudex above the compost ....I'm just crazy about "fat-plants" 

  I'm going to get or make some horticultural grit to go around the base .

I would have put this into a more shallow pot but the pot I was going to use was broken .

They do look and fare better in a more shallow pot . I will look out for one one our travels .

So I gave it a drink and then into the greenhouse for a while to get settled in .

 

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p.s.

I potted up all three of the Peony bits into one big pot and they are now down in the woodshed with the Dahlias .   Can you see them ?    You might need a magnifying glass .

                    Time for a cup of tea . Cheerio fer now . Debbie 💐☀️💐  x