No need for your summer patio pots to be empty, you can plant them up now and you can still use them for the summer. The most important thing about planting spring planters is that it is too cold for the plants to grow. You need to buy fully grown plants in flower, use plenty of plants to fill the planter. Spring plants are hardy and only need protection from severe weather. Think beast from the... Source ..read more

The most important thing about planting autumn planters is timing, if you wait until October to make up your planters, then you will find its too cold for the plants to grow. The answer is to buy fully grown plants in flower, using plenty of plants to fill the planter. If you can think ahead and have 2 sets of pots you can plant them in August or early September, this gives them plenty of time to... Source ..read more

You can grow pea shoots, this is a very easy method. Firstly don’t use normal garden pea seed, it may have been treated with chemicals and it won’t have been tested for salmonella. Buy sprouting seeds it will have been tested for salmonella. Sprouting seeds will have been tested for salmonella The secret is warmth keep the seeds at 20 degrees (room temperature) and they will germinate quickly. Source ..read more

We grow a wide range of primroses and our primrose supplier often sends us experimental varieties and colours to test. Experimental 2022 Sometimes they perform well and are added to the normal range, sometimes they are tweaked for a few years until they are perfect. Autumn bedding plants, Spring Bedding Plants, sproot blog How to Buy Primroses Probably the most popular spring flower. Source ..read more

Ever wondered how to make a Christmas pot wreath, we can help, its easier than you think. A simple arrangement of collected or foraged foliage can give a stunning result. The pot wreaths can be any shape or size but we find the small pot is popular for adding colour to a loved ones grave over Christmas. What you may need Something to cut the foliage, secateurs for instance. a container... Source ..read more

Poinsettia plants are grown on professional nurseries, great care is taken to look after them, the feed, water, height and shape is carefully monitored, to produce the best plant possible. On the nursery, the poinsettia has perfect conditions and if you left them on the bench they would look lovely, lasting well into the new year. On the nursery, they have natural daylight and a steady temperature. Source ..read more

Spring flowering bulbs are harvested in late spring and summer and packed ready to sell in the autumn usually in September and October, but they can be sold right up to Christmas. When you water or plant the bulb, it immediately starts to grow, the roots develop first followed by the flower shoots. In practice bulbs planted in the autumn grow roots slowly through the winter and start to flower... Source ..read more

Why would you keep your plant in the same pot for all of its life, surely it won’t like it. Plants can be quite happy even in very small pots, Japanese bonsai trees are an extreme example, Some bonsai are over 100 years old and have remained in the same pots for many years, so we know potting for health works. What kind of plants would be suitable. House plants Your favourite house plant may have... Source ..read more

This page is about moving plants from a small pot to a large pot or baby plants into their first pot. If your pot is too large to move or you only want to revitalise your plant please see our Potting for health page. First thing get some information on your plant. Before you pot you should have checked out what your plant prefers, plenty of compost or root bound. This will affect the size of pot... Source ..read more

There are two kinds of potting Potting for growth This is like moving a baby from a cot to its first bed, you are just giving it room to grow. When we pot plants into bigger containers we are expecting them to grow bigger. Potting for growth for more information If potting for growth is about feeding the child, then potting for health is about the looking after the adult. When the plant is fully... Source ..read more