Bedding Plants for Summer & Autumn
We have all kinds of bedding plants at Clockhouse. Most of the plants that fall under this heading are sold from number 1, 2, 3 & 4 greenhouses during the months of April, May, June and July. Generally speaking these groups of plants are not hardy or at most half-hardy which means that they are for summertime selection. The majority are annual plants, meaning they survive one year.
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Bedding, as the name suggests are traditionally used in beds or borders whilst patio plants are for tubs, pots, baskets and other containers. However there are no hard and fast rules, some bedding can go in pots and some patio’s can go in the ground. Half hardy plants may survive from year to year if provided with frost protection during the winter months.
Fuchsias can be found in number 2, geraniums in number 3 and miscellaneous varieties such as surfinias and bacopa are in number 2 & 4. All of our patio plants are grown in 9cm (3.5”) pots which gives our plants a sizeable, sturdy root system. Despite using a pot which most mass producers shy away from, we still keep the majority of our range under £ 1.50 per pot.
There are too many varieties to list them all, name by name, colour by colour. Here are a few of the more common, best sellers. ACALYPHA, BACOPA, DIASCIA, FUCHSIA (double, single, hardy, trailing & upright), GERANIUMS (trailing, upright, scented, ivy & zonal), HELICHRYSUM, LOTUS, NASTURTIUM, MILLION BELLS, OXALIS, PETUNIA, SUFINIA, TORENIA & VERBENA.
In addition, every year we strive to bring you at least a couple of new varieties. Annual bedding plants are also grown by us, on site. This area is too big to have any one person in charge, so responsibility is shared among a number of staff members. We provide bedding plants for both Spring-Summer and Autumn planting.
For our pot grown bedding we prefer to use the same size pot as we do for patio plants. Just because the plants are less expensive than patio’s we feel, the quality should be the same. This theory follows through to our box grown bedding where we use two styles of cell format.
The packs (or boxes) that we now use for bedding plant production are fully roadside recyclable as long as they are cleaned after use. The first is the ‘The Ten Pack’. This box gives you 10 plants of a perfect size for potting on or planting straight out in the warmer months. The second box is for those varieties that may be slightly more expensive to produce, or that may require more root space. We call this box the ‘The Six Pack’ and as the name suggests, this holds enough soil for six plants.
Seasonally we offer hanging baskets and containers pre-planted with our own selections of patio and bedding plants. These are ideal gifts or just perfect if you do not want to make then yourself.
From September we offer a range of Autumn / Winter bedding plants. Some of these, like winter PANSIES, if planted early, will give you colour before the frosts arrive & pick up again once the cold weather subsides in the spring. Some, like WALLFLOWERS, you plant in the Autumn in readiness for Spring flowering. For late Winter / early Spring we grow a large selection of POLYANTHUS & PRIMULAS in 9cm pots. These are often the first splashes of bright colour available to gardeners.
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