A Tempting choice of brightly coloured flowers, bringing the promise of glorious summer days.
Easy to grow summer bedding is a good choice for new gardeners
You don’t even need a garden, think about planters or hanging baskets.
Fast-growing and easy to look after bedding plants are great for new gardeners.

Begonias
Begonias come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, check the label for the final height. Small flowering begonias are often sold as begonia…

Bizzy Lizzie Impatiens
Once the number one bedding plant, its demise was sudden. When bizzie Lizzie mildew broke out, there was no chemical solution available to the public…

Dahlia
Brightly coloured long-lasting flowers you can have small, medium and tall types they are very versatile. They prefer the sun and will need watering in…

Geraniums
Sun-loving plants that enjoy a hot, dry summer. Geraniums or Pelargoniums to give them their Sunday name, are versatile bedding plants for summer. Trailing types…

Lobelia
A very common edging or trailing plant they look good in pots and hanging baskets. Popular for its blue flowers you should try some of…

Marguerite
Sun-loving plants that love a good summer. Marguerite or Argyranthemum to give them their Sunday name, are versatile bedding plants. margerites If you remember the…

Marigolds
Sun-loving plants that enjoy a hot, dry summer. Glowing orange, red and yellow flowers make them an indispensable summer plant african marigold …

Osteospermum
Sun-loving plants that love a hot, dry summer. Tough, they can stand a light frost, an early flowering summer plant with a wide range of…

Petunias
Sun-loving plants that prefer a hot, dry summer. Petunias come in a wide range of colours and sizes, they make a versatile Summer plant Sold…

Sweetpea
Sweetpeas Not traditional thought of as a bedding plant, they are sold in large quantities so I have included them, they can be used to…