Theme your Christmas with Haskins
From traditional rich reds and golds to contemporary ice blues and whites. Whatever look you’re after this Christmas, you’ll find some great inspiration at Haskins. Click on our Christmas themes below to for some visual inspiration!
Japanese Anemone
Easy to grow, provides late summer colour. Providing a welcome boost to borders in late summer and early autumn, Japanese Anemone produce simple and elegant saucer shaped flowers on tall, wiry stems from August to October. Japanese Anemone are easy to grow in any garden soil, but make sure to keep the soil moist but…
Winter Potatoes
It may still be summer but the delight of home grown, tender new potatoes on Christmas Day is possible with a little know how. Before we look at what varieties to grow and how to grow them it’s useful to know what makes a winter seed potato. The simple answer is that they have been…
Plant of the month – Hydrangea
With an old fashion charm that is hard to resist, Hydrangeas are easy to cultivate, thrive in almost any soil and produce flowers right through to autumn. There is a Hydrangea for everyone with colours ranging from clear blues, vibrant pinks, frosty whites, luscious lavenders and even fresh lime greens. Our favourites for this month…
Welcome to the Haskins Garden Centre’s Blog
Welcome to the Haskins Garden Centre’s Blog. My name is Alasdair and I’m the Plant Advisor at our Ferndown centre. As well as giving expert advice to our customers and giving talks to local schools, I will be providing you with interesting articles on all things horticultural and answering your questions online. I would love…
Agapanthus
A stately addition to any garden. Agapanthus are stunning architectural plants with bold blooms on tall stems, standing above thick strappy leaves. Bold beautiful flowers, usually in blue or purple, but also in white and pink, have become very popular in recent years, looking great in both modern and traditional garden settings. Also known as…