Winter Flowering Heathers

By admin | June 2, 2015

Add colour to your garden this season. These small, compact plants will flower all season long, adding colour to your garden through the winter. Ideal in pots or in the ground, they require very little care. Water plants regularly during dry weather and remove any leaves that fall onto the plants in autumn. Lightly prune…

Skimmia

By admin | June 1, 2015

Evergreen shrub providing winter colour. Skimmia are compact evergreen shrubs, grown for their foliage, flowers and red fruits. Skimmia thrive in semi shade conditions in either containers or open ground and prefer slightly acidic soil, although they can also grow in neutral soil with a little help. They are best in well-drained soil and can…

Dahlietta

By admin | May 6, 2015

Great Value £2.99 each Dahlietta

Hello and welcome

By Alasdair Urquhart | April 17, 2015

With the clocks going forward and the evenings drawing out, it’s safe to say that spring has finally arrived. Certainly, if you’ve recently visited us in-store then you would have seen that our outdoor plant departments have been swelling with new season perennials, shrubs and starter vegetables. But before we go on, let me introduce…

Winter Vegetable Harvest

By admin | July 22, 2014

Winter vegetable harvest As well as Potatoes, there are still varieties of vegetables that can be planted now and harvested this autumn. Plant lettuces, spinach and rocket and get a fresh crop in roughly six weeks. To enjoy healthy salads throughout the summer why not plant a small batch every two weeks. Other vegetables that…