Sometimes thought of as the chavs of the plant world, don’t let that put you off they are a great way to start gardening.

Bedding is the planting of short-lived but fast-growing plants to provide masses of colourful flowers or foliage through the year. The plants are normally annuals (flower in the 1st year) but just to confuse you, they can also be biennials (take 2yrs to flower), permanent tender perennials or hardy focal plants.

You can channel your inner designer and create fantastic bespoke flowering containers.

Bedding plants offer instant colour and brighten up any day. Most bedding plants offer colourful flowers but there are some that are grown for their fantastic foliage.

Bedding plants can be used in many ways

Traditional formal bedding uses geometric shapes to create patterns, a tapestry of colour.

Bedding can also be mixed in with long-lived border (perennial) plants and shrubs.

More commonly you will see them used in planters and hanging baskets

The type of bedding plants available to buy will change throughout the year.

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