What to Expect When Ordering Plants

Our extensive range of plants, grown from cuttings, seeds and divisions from parent plants in Beth's garden and stockbeds, are available to purchase all year round if stock allows. We ensure only the strongest and healthiest plants make their way to your garden so they are ready for planting as soon as they reach you. Our hardy plants are grown 'tough' which means we let them take their time to grow and flourish without interfering with artificial heat or light. This way, they adjust to natures rhythm, building robustness and resilience. 

Our knowledgable team propagate more than 2,000 varieties of plants, producing over 150,000 plants each year. All our plants are grown in peat free compost. Our team understands the importance of growing these plants to be resilient and robust, and their hard work and dedication ensures that once in your garden, they will flourish in the conditions they like best.

Ordering in spring

An exciting time planning for the gardening year ahead. Some plants may show little top growth at this time of year but will grow rapidly once warmer weather and longer days arrive.

Ordering in summer

Most of our herbaceous perennials will have put on all their top growth by the summer. To avoid damage and stress during transit, taller plants will usually be trimmed back before packing. Plants will soon put on new growth once planted.

Ordering in autumn

An ideal time for ordering and planting as the moisture and warmth in the soil encourages roots to settle before winter sets in. As herbaceous plants naturally die back over winter, the top growth on many of the plants will have started this process. To tidy plants up before they arrive, we will cut back the top growth.

Ordering in winter

Herbaceous plants will die back to the crown and remain dormant during winter. Although there will be no signs of life during this time, the plants energy will be stored in the roots, ready and waiting to send up new growth once the warmer weather arrives.

What to do when your plants arrive

Carefully unpack your plants from the box as soon as they arrive. Check the compost for moisture and give them a water especially if the weather is particularly hot. Ideally you would plant as soon as possible to help plants get their roots settled before the hot weather arrives in summer or the cold weather comes in winter.

If conditions aren’t favourable for planting, due to either waterlogged or frozen ground, plants should be placed outside in a sheltered spot- out of midday sun and wind- and kept watered until conditions improve. Although it is tempting to place pots in a greenhouse or polytunnel, these plants can then become stressed due to the change in conditions once planted out. A shed or garage will also be unsuitable for storing plants as this space will be too dark.