Buy Wild Flowers and Strawberry Plants Now

February 25, 2025 / Emma Emmerson

We are delighted that you can now buy wild flowers from the plant centre at Woodside. The wild flowers all require different growing conditions, depending on the variety, but they are all hardy varieties which should do well in the Scottish Borders.

Our wild flower selection includes:

    • Betony
    • Red & White Campion
    • Cowslip & Oxslip
    • Foxglove
    • Ragged Robin
    • Teasel
    • Honesty.

Strawberry Plants

We also have a good choice of potted Strawberry plants ready for planting out. Choose a sunny well-drained spot and make sure that it is weed free. Add plenty of well-rotted farmyard manure or compost and plant about a foot apart in rows about 2-3 feet apart. Be careful not to plant them too deep – the crowns should be level with the soil. Existing plants should be fed with Potash in Spring and you may need to net them when fruiting to prevent the birds from stealing all your fruits. Layering straw underneath the plants when they come into flower will help keep the developing fruits dry, clean and out of the reach of slugs.

Our varieties are:
Honeoye – an early variety with heavy crops of fruit that freeze well for later jam making
Cambridge Favourite –  a reliable and well-known mid-season variety
Elsanta – a mid-season abundant variety with good storage qualities
Eros – heavy cropping mid-season variety which is good and hardy
Pegasus – a mid-late variety with exceptional disease restistance, including mildew
Sophie – a late variety with delicious uniform dark red fruits
Florence – a late variety with a very sweet flavour and good disease resistance

Our strawberries are all potted with a good root system and are UK grown.