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General => The Shed => Topic started by: tonybloke on October 03, 2009, 10:04:59
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Well, here goes!! I joined in the last yrs one, and thought it was a good idea,
Shall we have another one this year?
(I can arrange it if you all want it to happen)
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Sounds like a bit of fun to brighten up the winter.
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Yes it was fun last year, thanks for doing it this year Tony :D
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Go for it Tone, stick me down and another big thanks to Dawn for doing it last year, I can't believe its come round again already. ;D ;D ;D
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Hi Tonybloke,
What are the rules for the Secret Santa?
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MP
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send your addresses to me via pm.
I'll mix 'em up and resend to all of the folk who joined in.
Presents to cost £5 or under. (not necessarily horticultural)
list will close on dec 12th.
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Nice of you to offer to set this up, Tony. Count me in. :)
G x
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Ive pm'd you Tony :D
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Sounds like a great idea - I missed last year's. Will pm my addy, thank you Tonybloke :) :) :) :)
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count me in please
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Fun, yes, but isn't it a bit early to be thinking aout the C word! :o
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oooh, oooh,me, too ;D
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me too please will pm you laters.
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count me in too 8)
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I've pm'ed you Tone. ;D ;D ;D
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only 8 folk joining in? ::)
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Maybe it's too far away from Christmas ... ... :-\ :-\ :-\
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Hi there, didn't do last year, but would love to have a go this year, have PM'd you... ;D
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Add me to the list please ;D, will pm my addie.
Thanks Tony for organising
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Tony, I'm trying not to be too dim (not done one of these before), but do we wait until the closing date to know who we are buying for? Just thinking ahead for buying/posting so Santa can deliver on time!
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faberoo, count me in! Shouldn't it be gardening related?!! :-*
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'tis easier if pressies are 'generic' and not too personal, otherwise it can be a bit wierd getting a personal pressie from a stranger!!
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so, no sending m&s undies then? ;)
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I did think of an Arsenal shirt for Cornykev, but as I am getting forgetful thought he might support Chelsea. ;D ;D ;D ;D Just bought myself a present on ebay, as it is raining.
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Any of them two shirts arrive Borlotti they'll go straight on the comost pile with the other nuts. No objection to personals mind. ;) :P ;D ;D ;D
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I'd like to join in too please, Tony.
PM sent.
Jo.
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Yes please count me in, I set up the original secret santa swap 2007 and all seemed to enjoy. will send pm.
Cheers
trina
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Count me in too please! i've not done this before looks like fun :)
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is this bloomin' postal strike going to affect this, d'ya think?
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i wouldn't have thought so, manics. we'll have to make sure everyone posts their pressie off nice 'n' early ;)
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Ok, count me in-it is nearly November after all! ;D Have I missed the rules about price limits? I thinklast year wehad a limit for the present including postage, or was it a limit for the present and a limit for the postage? ???
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i wouldn't have thought so, manics. we'll have to make sure everyone posts their pressie off nice 'n' early ;)
thanks, Tony, will get me thinking head on ;D
think it's a fiver, caroline :)
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Ok, count me in-it is nearly November after all! ;D Have I missed the rules about price limits? I thinklast year wehad a limit for the present including postage, or was it a limit for the present and a limit for the postage? ???
pm me your address, then caroline!! ;)
and it's as the manics said, a fiver for the pressie.
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Count me in please. Thanks.
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Oh eck.. I am in Canada now so maybe I am not allowed.. especially as mine went missinhg last year, I did replace it thought so really I am a good guy. I can take a "no" quite gracefullly if the postage here is a concern..
XX Jeannine
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i don't think anyone would mind posting to you jeannine!!
pm me your address for inclusion, please?
rgds, Tony
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Count me in! pm sent!
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The secret Santa is a lovely idea but wouldn't all those fivers be better spent on going to some Horticultural charity,always people trying to create allotment growing areas for people with disabilities.
It could be donated in the name of A4A.
Just an idea ;D
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I'm already donating my time and effort to creating a new community garden for the local borough, (we got funding!)
Yes, it might be a good idea to organise us all giving something to another gardening charity, do you want to organise it Den??
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I would still like to do this but would also support something charity based if you're thinking of organising it Den...
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me too im up for both
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I do not mind receiving and sending on money made out to a charity,everyone would have to agree first though on if they want to do that..........it just occurred to me that probally most of us on A4A are not short of a pressie at Christmas.......yes I know I am presuming but reckon it is a good guess.
First need everyone to agree,second,agree on where the money goes and three,if I did do it I would only accept a cheque made out to the charity,no cash.
See what other members have to say..............
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can we do both, I've already bought the gift ;D
maybe we need a separate thread ?
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Betula what a good idea, and well done for offering to do that.
I'd like to suggest Thrive, which is a small national charity that I support, that uses gardening and horticulture to change the lives of disabled people.
http://www.thrive.org.uk/
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OK ,will put up a seperate thread and see what happens ;D
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bump
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Tonybloke, when are we going to be told who to buy for?
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bump
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Let me guess, thifasmom, you've got all your pressies boughtand wrapped already! ;D
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Let me guess, thifasmom, you've got all your pressies boughtand wrapped already! ;D
ha! if only :) but I am trying to stay ahead of the game :-\.
last year i took great fun in researching the individual i had to buy for, by reading their most recent posts for any wished items they were hoping for and by checking out where there were situated, so i could make the present as personal as possible, after all Santa is suppose to know who we are, right? :)
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For personal reasons I'd now like to bow out of this please.
G x
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OK Georgie, I take your name out of the hat!!
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OK Georgie, I take your name out of the hat!!
Thank you
G x
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names for the swap now being p.m.'d to all who joined in. ;)
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Ha ha ha ha. :D :D :D
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Thanks Tony!
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ok, Tony..message received ;D
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When we send the present - do we say who it's from ??? or from A4A Secret Santa ???
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The same answer as last year, its a SECRET. Whoever gets mine don't go over the top with the spending. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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tonybloke your inbox is full, just wanted you to know i received my recipient's address, tah.
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when do the parcels need to be posted?
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If you've got me Manics do it nowbecause the big prezzies take longer to arrive. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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ah, kev..stop fishing ;D
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Mine has been sent :)
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Mine has been sent :)
wow, you're very well organised, must get mine wrapped ;D
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Got mine a couple of weeks ago, must wrap and send. :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Mine has been sent XX Jeannine
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Recieved mine this morning :D Had a little squeeze and put it away ;D
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Mine arrived last Saturday ??? ??? ???
It's rather large ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Do they rattle or crackle or something, XX Jeannine
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sent off, first class ;D
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I have just posted mine off! x :-*
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Bloody ell I better get myself sorted. :o :o :o :-X ;D ;D ;D
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when they arrive do we post what we recieved?
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it wouldn't be a secret then, would it? LOL
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If everyone posts that they've sent, and everyone posts when they've received we don't need to know more than that, eh? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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that's the idea!! ;) ;D ;D ;D
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I will not be telling.................and I dont want to be told....pointless it being SECRET then! :)
I'll say only one thing......mine is being posted on this afto ;D
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Yes I know the santa is secret but it would be nice to know what everyone receives I don't expect the santa in question to say what they sent or to who! ::)
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Yes I know the santa is secret but it would be nice to know what everyone receives I don't expect the santa in question to say what they sent or to who! ::)
No problem with that :)
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Mine arrived today. ;D ;D ;D :-*
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Yes I agree it would be smashing to know what Santa sent but.. we don't need to know who "Santa " is eh!!
XX Jeannine
PS We have snow
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Yes of course we can say what "Santa" sent us. I think that would be very nice. ;D NO names only what we recieved. ;D ;D.
I am posting mine Monday morning.
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Just what we've received then the secret santa knows it arrived safely.
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I think mine arrived today- either that or I've got a secret admirer! It's under the tree. And it reminded me to post mine today.
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has everyone that signed up sent out now? Last post is on Monday I think (no I haven't received anything :'( ) x
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sent, so far not received, but the postie hasn't been yet today ;D
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Thankyou Secret Santa ;D,mine arrived safetly today.
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YOOOOOHOOOO, Mine's arrived ;D ;D ;D
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Mine's been sent, but nothing yet received.
Jo.
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Mine arrived today and the one i sent should have got there by now.
Now I'm worried the one I sent isn't exciting enough, the parcel today feels interesting!
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Bloody hell I better get a move on and send mine. :o :-[ ;D ;D ;D
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Thank you very much my Secret Santa, I collected your parcel from the sorting office today :)
Its under my tree screaming out to be opened but Im gonna be a good girl and save it
Trina x
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Oops, I'm a bit late posting this but I've received my pressie, thank you whoever. Instructions have been followed ;)
Also pressie has been sent, but not sure it has been received yet.
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yahooooo, mine arrived, it feels very interesting...! Am desperate to open in but will wait patiently until Christmas... eve at least!!! I hope the recipient of mine thinks it up to scratch! :-*
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Recieved mine yesterday.
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Mane has arrived, thank you Santa!!!
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My pressie has arrived today. It's now got pride of place underneath the Christmas tree.
Thank you secret Santa ;D
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I've sent mine, I hope it will be all right on Eurostar. :-\ ;D ;D ;D
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Got mine today too, thank you secret santa!!
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I had a good feel and it wasn't what I thought it was :o :o :o
Thank you Santa, the gardening bag with goodies is fantastic, I've eaten the chocs :P :P :P and we just need the snow and ice to clear to take it down the lottie.
Thank you Tonybloke for organising this :-* :-* :-* :-*
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My Secret Santa bought me a RHS diary containing beautiful illustrations. Thank you very much.
Jo. ;D
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Thank you!!!!!
A bird rooster to hang in my garden and some very thoughtful saved seeds! Love it! :-*
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ooh, ooh, ooh, got loads
Thank you, Santa for my gardening gloves, seeds, biscuits, choccies and nuts for the birds, thanks to Tonybloke for 'sorting' us ;D
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Thank you santa for my lovely Iris growing kit.
These were my late grandmas and my favourite type of flower, beautiful. :)
big thanks to Tonybloke for organising.
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BIG thankyou.......you know who you are ;) ;D
Will watch my Grow Your Own DVD when its a bit quieter around here!
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I have some lovely big bulbs.....just one problem don't know whether to plant them for inside or out. Maybe my Secret Santa could enlighten me via Tonybloke!
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Thanks to my secret santa and a big thanks to Tone for sorting the secret santa the beers are on me in Sept/Oct and I won't let you down this time. :-* ;D ;D ;D
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Sorry to only be posting this now;
Thank you to my SS, my lovely Christmas decoration was hung from the tree and really looks lovely.
A big hug to Tonybloke for arranging it all.
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Boo Hoo, mine has not arrived yet XX Jeannine :'( :'( :'(
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I have some lovely big bulbs.....just one problem don't know whether to plant them for inside or out. Maybe my Secret Santa could enlighten me via Tonybloke!
they are for outdoors, get 'em in as soon as soil conditions allow ;)
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First time online since Christmas- sorry if someone was worrying that theirshadn't arrived! I got a lovely cosy matching hat and scarf, which was something I'd asked for but didn't get from anyone esle- brilliant choice! Thank you, whoever you are! :D
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First time online since Christmas- sorry if someone was worrying that theirshadn't arrived! I got a lovely cosy matching hat and scarf, which was something I'd asked for but didn't get from anyone esle- brilliant choice! Thank you, whoever you are! :D
Always nice to get something you need :)
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Very many thanks, Santa, for my cool pub quiz calender... It well help me to become even more of a smart-arse!
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Thank you very much to my secret santa too...
They must have done their research..... a very funny chicken book, egg recipes book, choccies and a match book of alpine strawbs.... all very good choice of pressies for me ;D
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Very many thanks, Santa, for my cool pub quiz calender... It well help me to become even more of a smart-arse!
and possibly help with the spelling!! ;)
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Very many thanks, Santa, for my cool pub quiz calender... It well help me to become even more of a smart-arse!
and possibly help with the spelling!! ;)
I've bean geting lessins.
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Very many thanks, Santa, for my cool pub quiz calender... It well help me to become even more of a smart-arse!
and possibly help with the spelling!! ;)
I've bean geting lessins.
don't do that!! i've just splurted tea on my keyboard!! ;D ;D
Happy season Ollie and family.
rgds, tony ;)
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Mine still has not arrived.. XX Jeannine
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Thank you secret santa for my calender of New Zealand flowers.
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Just bumping this, I don't want whoever sent mine to think I am not responding but it still hasn't arrived
Tony managed to find out the one I sent did arrive though it was not posted so I got a bit worried but apparently the gift ws received.
I wonder if the person who mailed mine might want to take the receipt to the post office and say it has not been delivered, they would have given you a receipt as it is overseas, and you should be able to claim the costs back if it is missing. It may be a good idea if you reveal yourself in a PM and with some info about dates etc I can have post office check at this end, I hate to think of it sat in a post office somewhere waiting to be claimed
Anyway I will of course post as soon as it arrives if it does..
Thank you to who ever sent it, it was a nice thought anyway.
XX Jeannine
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I have some lovely big bulbs.....just one problem don't know whether to plant them for inside or out. Maybe my Secret Santa could enlighten me via Tonybloke!
they are for outdoors, get 'em in as soon as soil conditions allow ;)
Well I'm lucky because I'll get a second Christmas surprise when they flower as I have no idea what they are! They are quite large though.