Planting Guide You will need
A Trowel
Watering can
Multi purpose compost
1. On arrival, plant in the garden as soon as possible, but postpone planting if the soil is waterlogged or frozen. If planting in summertime and your soil is dry, stand your plants in a bowl of water for a few minutes or until the compost is wet through.
2. Dig a hole about twice the size of the pot. Loosen the hard soil at the bottom of the hole, then fill half the hole with the multi-purpose compost.
3. Gently squeeze and tap the plant out of its pot. Place in the hole, ensuring that the top of the roots are just below the garden soil level.
4. Fill in the surrounding hole with compost, firm down and level off.
5. Give the plants some water and ensure they do not dry out during the summer.
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| After Care Spring
Each spring feed the soil around your plants with a general fertiliser such as bone meal. To keep roots and soil moist and to prevent weed growth during summer, spread a 2inch thick layer of compost, mulch or bark around the plants.
Summer
For longer flowering times, snip off the dead heads of flowers at regular intervals, to promote re-growth. When deadheading plants with long stems cut each stem back to the next growth point or set of leaves.
Winter
Most perennial plants die back and become dormant during winter. Cut back dead stalks to 2-3 inches from the ground. This can be done in winter, but should be done before new growth starts in spring.
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