They are prized by gardeners for their ability to flower during the winter and early spring. Wide range of colours. Traditional winter rose colour but with more flowers. Beautiful long-lasting flowers and the plants are surprisingly frost-resistant and many are…
Tomatoes, peppers, chilli, cucumbers all need to be grown in a greenhouse, conservatory or plastic grow house. You can buy them now for planting later. If you don’t have somewhere to grow them, pick dwarf or windowsill types they can…
Primroses our most popular spring flower, stunning colours and sweet scent. Available in a wide range of sizes and qualities. Special colours, plant breeding at its best. Breeders have reintroduced stems to give height. perfect indoors or outside, with bright…
Quicker to flower than pansies, they are perfect for early spring sales. Two-tone flowers are popular. Plain or fancy flowers you will be spoilt for choice. They are just starting to wake up and will carry on growing to flower…
One of those flowering plants, in full glorious flower, that you never forget. Probably on most gardeners wish lists. Often sold in bud and flower in the spring to tempt you. Look for plants with buds Who can resist the…
Deep glossy leaves with stunning flowers in a wide range of colours, once an incredibly popular house and garden plant they are still grown in big quantities. You can often find them on special offer. Not all azaleas are the…
Instantly recognisable the weeping Kilmarnock willow is a popular spring plant, with its graceful weeping stems and fluffy catkins. It is actually a combination of two willows, The top is the Kilmarnock willow which is naturally weeping or spreading. This…
Stunning colours flowering in late spring in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They make good patio pot plants. Rhododenrons make great statement plants or they can be added to borders to give colour in late spring. Beautiful flowers they…
Often called forest flame, the young spring growth is brightly coloured. Everybody’s favourite, the bright red shoots are very seductive, most gardeners will have tried to grow one. They are slightly fussy, the soil or compost should be acidic and…
Normally summer flowering they can be forced into flower and are popular spring plants, the blue flowers and trailing stems are eye-catching. You will often find them sold as house plants and outside plants at the same time. They are…
Did you forget to buy and plant your bulbs in the autumn don’t worry, there are lots of pots on sale in the spring ready to enjoy? With potted bulbs you can enjoy spring flowers without going out in the…
Prepack plants usually filled with bare-root plants or bulbs are sold during the autumn and spring and can be good value for money. However this may not be the best time to plant out in your garden, there is still…
Baby bedding plants start to appear and can be very tempting. Once very popular they can be a useful alternative to buying a packet of seeds, the cost of heating a greenhouse in March and April may be the reason…
Plants that are hardy and can be planted out without worrying about the weather, this includes primroses, viola, pansy, bellis and forget me not. I would also include spring-flowering bulbs like tete-tete and hyacinths. I think it is important to…
Mothers day Plants have always been a popular gift for mothers day and there is always a wide range of planters available. There are beautiful house plants and colourful outdoor pots. But with a bit of planning, you could give…
Alpines Spring flowering alpines, grown undercover to flower earlier than normal they can be a good buy, just remember they will flower later next year. Instant colour hardy enough to plant in the garden or containers, often sold on price…
Very popular alpine the bright blue flowers catch everybody’s attention. Relatively easy to grow, the hairy leaves don’t really like wet weather, try to plant in a sunny but sheltered spot. They make good patio pot plants mix with other…
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 add height and colour not forgetting the sweet scent. Usually sold as tall or spencer…
So popular you can buy them almost all year round. Most pansies are grown from seed but they can be rooted from cuttings. The main bedding seasons are spring and autumn, as a summer bedding plant they may grow too…
The hardest thing about summer planters is deciding when to plant them, the spectre of frost is always there. If you have planters that can be moved you can bring them in at night or invest in some garden fleece…
How to start growing sweetpeas This is sweetpeas for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of opinions and rules for sweet pea growing some of it aimed at exhibition growers. I will just encourage you to…
How to start growing tomatoes This is tomatoes for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of opinions and rules for tomato growing some of it aimed at exhibition growers. I will just encourage you to start…
How to start growing sunflowers This is sunflowers for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of sizes and colours.I will just encourage you to start with a full proof method, you can then develop your…
How to start growing Peas This is Peas for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of opinions and rules for growing them, some of it aimed at experienced growers.I will just encourage you to start…
How to start growing carrots This is carrots for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of opinions for carrot growing.I will just encourage you to start with a full proof method, you can then develop…
How to start growing potatoes This is potatoes for beginners, a quick search online will bring up a wide range of opinions for potato growing.I will just encourage you to start with a full proof method, you can then develop…
How to start growing salad leaves What are salad leaves, well in the old days a salad was just a mix of lettuce leaves? Now there is a wide range of leaves included in a bag of mixed salad.You might…
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