More Outside Seating

seating area at Woodside garden

It has been a pleasure to see you all enjoying sitting outside in the garden tucking into our scones, cakes and sandwiches. Even if it is raining you can still enjoy the refreshments as we have put two gazebos up to keep you dry. We’ve a new seating area near the wildlife pond which is nicely tucked away, so if the seats in the main garden are full it’s always worth checking this “secret” area for space! You are very welcome to bring your own outdoor seating if you prefer.

New Herbaceous Plants in Stock:

  • Ajuga Black Scallop – dark purple leaved ground cover
  • Coreopsis – bright daisy like flowers above pretty foliage
  • Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) Nancy’s Red or Tawny King
  • Crocosmia (Montbretia) George Davison (yellow) or Walberton’s Miss Scarlet
  • Papaver (Poppy) Patty’s Plum – a very popular pinkish purple form
  • Sedum Red Sparkle or Herbstfreude – great later summer flowering plants for bees
  • Aster (Michaelmas Daisy) Jenny or Marie Ballard – another good late summer plant loved by butterflies
  • Salvia Love and Wishes – beautiful flowers and looking lovely just now
  • Tiarella Sunset Ridge  or Sprin Symphony – similar to Heucheras but more dainty and green leaved
  • Hardy Geraniums – Bob’s Blunder, Rozanne, Buxton’s Variety or magnificum
  • Monarda (Bergamot) Cambridge Scarlet or Scorpion.
  • Nepeta faassenii (Catmint) – in flower now and attracting lots of bees

Ornamental Grasses in Stock

  • Miscanthus Ferner Osten, Silberfeder, or Zebrinus
  • Panicum Heavy Metal
  • Stipa gigantea
  • Imperata cylindrica Rubra (exceptional plants)
  • Ophiopogon Nigrescens (not strictly a grass, this is actually in the lily family, but is generally known as the “Black Grass”)

Face Covering Reminder

Just a reminder that all visitors should wear face coverings when entering the plant shop, according to the new rules that came into force in Scotland on 10th July.

Some of you have also been asking about our toilets – yes, we have one toilet now available for customer use – please only use it if absolutely necessary in order to minimise any risks. We have plenty of hand sanitiser on site, both at the entrance gate, and at the tearoom, and sanitiser spray for trolley handles, shopping baskets and carry trays is also readily available. We have a supply of disposable gloves, so if you need any for your visit please feel free to use them. Bins are available outside the tearoom and at the entrance gate.

Woodside remains a very enjoyable place to visit, with a lovely friendly atmosphere, and we welcome browsers, so do come and pay us a visit. We’re also happy to accept cash ( in fact it’s much quicker for us at the tills due to a slow card machine connection), as well as card payments.

Guest Nursery Event

Tinnisburn Plant Nursery

Tinnisburn Plant NurseryOn Wednesday 1st July we will be hosting a plant stall from a guest nursery, Tinnisburn Plants between 11:00 and 17:00.

Tinnisburn Plants is an RHS Gold Medal winning nursery, specialising in truly hardy perennials; many of which are choice and unusual. Founder and owner, Helen Knowles, has a lifelong passion for plants and propagates plants for sale at her nursery set 600ft above sea level near Canonbie.

Helen usually sells her plants through plant shows throughout the UK, but of course they have all been cancelled this year, so I thought it would be good for her (and for Woodside customers) if she could bring her plants here for you all to see and hopefully buy. If it is a success she will be back again in another couple of weeks.

Looking forwards to seeing you soon.

Roses for sale

Roses for sale at Woodside

We have been really busy replenishing stock this week after record sales. We now have a good stock of roses for sale. We have dealt with the same rose suppliers for about 20 years now, both here at Woodside and at Floors Castle Garden Centre before that, and these are the best quality roses I’ve seen over those 20 years.

Roses for Sale

Here is a list of the varieties of roses for sale this week:

Bush Roses: Arthur Bell, English Miss, Fairy Rose, Peace, Shelia’s Perfume, Rhapsody in Blue, Sunny Sky, Sweet Honey, Timeless Cream, Timeless Pink.
Patio Roses, suitable for tubs and small spaces: Flirt, Flower Power, Little Sunset, Our Dream, Raspberry Royale, Silver Wishes, Sweet Dream,
Flower Carpet Roses, suitable for ground cover: Gold, Pink, Ruby, Sunset, White
Classic Shrub Roses: Dunham Massey, Festive Jewel, Frilly Cuff, Grosvenor House, Our Beth, Sandringham, Queen’s Jubilee, Jacques Cartier
Climbing Roses: Aloha, American Pillar, Compassion, Dublin Bay, Galway Bay, Lilac Bouquet, Paul’s Scarlet, Schoolgirl, Sparkling Scarlet, Starlight Express, Zepherine Drouhin

Bedding Plants:

The end of the bedding plant season is almost upon us now, however we still have fresh plants coming in, and this week we have:
Shades baskets kits in Blue, Pink or Hot colours – a carry pack of 6 themed mixed plants suitable for containers and baskets.
Begonia Starshine Appleblossom or Orange – beautiful trailing begonias for baskets or for filling a container. Long lasting flowering period, and performs well even in poor weather.
Calibrachoa and Petunia now available in 1 litre sized pots for quick impact
Tub and Basket Plants, such as Bacopa, Bidens, Salvia, Verbena all now ready in 1 litre sized pots
Osteospermum are available again with their lovely bright flowers, perfect for bedding out in the garden of for tubs.
Dahlia Bishop of York – a good bronze leaved form with rich yellow flowers, good for planting out in the garden and they’ll flower right through into autumn.
All bedding plants are available in limited numbers due to exceptionally high demand, so don’t leave it too long before you visit!

Shrubs:

We have restocked our shrub beds and have some gorgeous plants ready waiting for their new homes! Highlights this week are: Daphne Pink Fragrance, Hebe Champagne and Wiri Cloud, Rhamnus alternus argenteovariegata, Berberis Golden Rocket, Cistus procumbens, Cornus alba Elegantissima and Gouchaulti, Buddleia Buzz (compact) in Ivory, Candy Pink and Hot Raspberry, Olearia macrodonta Major (Daisy Bush) and we have Ceanothus back in stock again. We also have lots more varieties available, but these particularly caught my eye.

Herbaceous Plants:

Plenty available, but looking really good are: Chelone obliqua (Turtlehead), Eupatorium atropurpureaum, Anemone Honorine Jobert, and Anemone Wild Swan, and we have three varieties of Agapanthus – Headbourne Hybrids, Black Pantha and Midnight Star.

Herbs:

We are currently in the middle of the production “gap” that lockdown has induced, so varieties are limited – we have some lovely fresh sages, mints and golden marjoram available, but not much else just now. Hopefully production at UK nurseries will increase again, and we’ll be able to restock soon. I have however managed to source an outdoor grapevine, Merlot, so if you fancy growing your own wine you might want to give it a try!

Herbaceous Plants – this week’s highlights

spires of lythrums

There’s nothing to beat a wander around a plant centre and many of you are very excited at being able to visit – who knew that this would be so thrilling!!?
Now the weather has broken it is perfect planting weather and we’ve lots of treats for you this week – mainly in our herbaceous range of plants which we grow ourselves.

Herbaceous Plants available this week

spires of lythrumsWe have a great selection of Eryngium (Sea Holly) which thrive in a sunny well drained spot. They flower for weeks from summer through to early autumn, and are a magnet for bees. As the name suggests, they do well in coastal gardens as they have good salt tolerance, as well as performing well elsewhere. Our varieties are: Jos Eijking (probably the very best blue), Blue Lagoon, planum (not as spiky as the others), Magical Blue Falls, Picos Blue and Picos Amethyst.

For dramatic spires of tall flowers we have two Lythrum (Loosestrife) varieties – the bright pink Feuerkerze and the delicate soft pink variety called Blush. Both are easy to grow and are tolerant of a wide range of conditions, but both perform best in a soil which doesn’t get too dry.

Herbaceous Potentillas are another group of plants that do well with us, and we have the following varieties available: Monarch’s Velvet, Monseuir Rouillard, Ron McBeath, atrosanguineum and Miss Wilmott. These all have a sprawling habit and are good for the middle or front of the border, and will soften edges around paths, paving and driveways.

I’m a big fan of Nepeta too – not just the usual catmint varieties, but the upright ones as well. These are also good for pollinating insects, and are very easy to grow, requiring no special care. Our varieties are: sibirica, subsessilis, Neptune, nervosa Blue Moon, and nervosa Pink Cat. The nervosa varieties are good for the middle of the border, whereas the taller sibirica and subsessilis would do well at the back.

Herbaceous Plants for the back of the border

If you need something really large for the back of a border maybe try Helianthus Lemon Queen. This is sometimes known as a perennial sunflower, and can make large clumps of growth around 6ft in height, topped by lovely lemon coloured flowers. Or why not try Veronicastrum virginicum Pink Glow for tall thin spires of flowers. We’ve also got Veronica First Lady, which I’ve not come across before, but is a pure white form. Both Veronica and Veronicastrum are great for bees – I’ve seen them practically drunk with nectar!

For later colour in the garden we have Echinacea magnus, Helenium Moerheim Beauty, Aster Barr’s Purple, (all really good for attracting butterflies) and we still have Penstemons available – Snowstorm, King George V, Heavenly Blue and Garnet.

For all year round colour you can’t beat Heucheras, with their lovely coloured foliage. We have three varieties ready just now – Marmalade, Chocolate Ruffles and Mahogany. These all do well in the garden, and also look great in pots.

Bedding Plants

We still have bedding plants available and received a fresh delivery yesterday of ready made up planters and hanging baskets, so if you haven’t got around to doing yours yet, here’s an easy solution for you! New in this week are New Guinea Impatiens in a variety of bright colours. These are gorgeous bedding plants and even just one plant can make quite an impact. They are just coming into flower now, and will keep going until the first frosts of the autumn. We’ve also got Geranium Attar or Roses which has charming pink flowers and deliciously scented foliage.

Grow Your Own Edibles

Although tomatoes and courgettes have long been sold out, we still have leeks, cucumbers, pepper and lettuce plants, as well as a selection of herbs and fruit bushes. There are also quite a lot of vegetable varieties you can still grow from seed, such as carrot, beetroot, lettuce, radish, kale, winter cabbage, broccoli and much more, so if you haven’t got going yet – don’t despair, there’s still plenty that you can grow. We also stock potted fruit trees which are available as normal trees, and also as wall trained trees. These are pot grown, so they can be planted all year round with now being a perfect time after that rain.

Pots and Containers

We have a good range of pots currently available including the popular Errington Reay range, glazed pots, alpine troughs and planters of all shapes and sizes.

From 6th June we will be back to our normal opening times of 10:00 to 17:00 in the plant centre. Our first week of re-opening was good and busy, and the extended opening times worked well, but now we are back into our usual routine again. Customers are all being very sensible and are observing the rules that we have in place to keep both staff and visitors safe, and your co-operation with this is much appreciated. Woodside remains a lovely friendly place to shop, and with it’s own relaxing atmosphere it’s the perfect place to forget bigger worries  – at least for a while.

Tea Room Open for Takeaways

scones to takeaway

The Birdhouse Tearoom is now back open again for takeaway drinks, cakes and scones. We will also be selling delicious free-range organic eggs and fresh fruit and vegetable boxes so that you canscones to takeaway avoid the dreaded supermarket visit!

The tearoom is open 11am – 3pm daily for the time being, and we hope to extend this once we are allowed to use our outdoor seating area. So if you’ve been missing our legendary cheese scones, gooey lemon meringue roulade and extra carroty carrot cake – the wait is now over! Please let us know if you want to order whole cakes and we will try and organise this for you.

Garden Centre re-opened successfully

Our re-opening last week was very successful – thank you to all of those who sent good luck messages, and to those of you who have been in over the weekend.

If you are anxious about being out and about, I can assure you that Woodside feels very safe and the atmosphere is as relaxed and enjoyable as ever. Of course, we have various safety measures in place to protect both customers and staff, but it’s still the same pleasant shopping experience. Overcrowding and queuing hasn’t been a problem; there is plenty of space for people to practice social distancing and to feel comfortable while doing so. At the moment afternoons are our quieter time, so if you feel at all worried, you might want to visit then. As you know we extended our opening times for the first few days, just to be sure we could cope with demand. Everything has gone well, so from Wednesday we will be closing at our usual 5pm, although we’ll still open at 9am for now as this seems to be a popular time to visit.

Don’t Forget the Birds

Don’t forget you can wander around the garden, and enjoy looking at the fish, birds and insects at the wildlife pond, just please make sure that all household members stay together. And we have more good news in that the nuthatch has decided to nest in the camera nest box for the first time in about 10 years – hopefully this is a good omen for Woodside!

We now have new stock available of wild bird feed and feeders – all year round feeding is recommended by the RSPB and that now is especially important to supplement the diet of adult birds trying to keep up with feeding demanding chicks. As we can’t go on holiday this year, setting up bird feeders is another good way to make your enforced stay at home that bit more enjoyable.

I look forwards to welcoming you all back to Woodside, and I hope you’re all looking forwards to indulging in our delicious home-made cakes and scones. If there is any other tearoom product you’d like to purchase from us, do let us know – we are just trying out various ideas for now to get a feel for customer demand.

Garden Centre Open

Finally, after 9 weeks and 1400 free deliveries within the Borders, I’m delighted to be able to tell you that Woodside Plant Centre re-opened on 29th May

We’re very excited at the prospect of having visitors back, and we’re looking forwards to you being able to see the plants for yourselves rather than relying on our descriptions!

We have temporarily extended our opening times to 9am – 6pm daily to allow more time to shop and have put in place various measures for all our safety. You can read our Safety Statement here.

The plant centre is looking amazing, and is full to bursting with plants, pots and compost (a delivery arrived on the 28th – just in time) so there’ll be lots for you to see.

End to Telephone orders and collections.

With the garden centre open, we are no longer accepting telephone orders or car park collections as this simply isn’t possible while being open – we would much rather see you anyway. If you are unable to come in because you are in the vulnerable category, please email me  with your phone number so that I can call you back and discuss your requirements. Please note that I’m not often able to get into the office, but I will get back to you as soon as I can. Delivery charges will be applied according to your postcode.

Highlights this week:

Bedding plants – packs of geraniums, plenty of potted begonias, petunias and callibrachoas and packs of nicotiana. The colour themed tub and basket carry packs are back in stock and we’ve also got more Trixies available (3 in 1 plants)
Fruit Trees – more fruit trees are ready this week, including apples, pears, plums and damsons
Compost – Westland have finally delivered to us, and we now have peat free Multi-purpose compost back in stock, as well as Multi-purpose with added John Innes, Alpine Compost and Ericaceous Compost. We also now have Wool Compost back in stock.
Pots and Planters  – it’s been rather a challenge selling pots over the phone as you need to be able to see them! Well now you can, and we have a good range of glazed pots as well as the popular Courtyard Range from Errington Reay
Herbaceous Plants – we’ve got a fabulous range of herbaceous perennials ready – most of them grown by us at our nursery site.
Vegetable Plants – we still have some veg plants available, mainly lettuces and leeks, with a handful of courgettes and cucumbers

We are delighted to be able to open again, and look forwards to welcoming you back to Woodside.

Please bear with us while we get used to this new way of operating our lovely plant centre, and we hope that you find your visit both enjoyable and safe. This safety guidance may be updated or changed as we go along, so please keep checking the website or sign up to our  emails to see the latest guidance before making a visit. If you have any concerns about safety during your visit please speak to any member of the Woodside team.

Whether you are one of our regular customers or one of our many new customers who ordered from us for the first time during lockdown and enjoyed our free delivery service during that time, we hope to see you very soon.

A Glimmer of Hope – and a plant update

plant centre

Finally there seems to be a glimmer of hope that we can re-open soon. Following the First Minister’s daily briefing on 21st May, it seems that a decision will be made on the 28th May regarding the first phase of lifting lock-down restrictions. Included in that first phase is the re-opening of garden centres, and as soon as we get the go ahead we will be opening our gates and welcoming visitors back to Woodside, with social distancing and increased hygiene measures in place. Until then we will continue to operate our phone-in order system, and arrange for customer collections from our car park.

In the meantime, here is a list of bedding plants that we have available now:

Tub and Basket Plants – mixed trailing and upright plants suitable for containers and for hanging baskets. 6 for £12 for a mix of plants
Trailing Fuchsias – suitable for tubs and baskets. These are in 10cm pots and are £2.50 each or 6 for £12 for a mix
Upright Fuchsias – for centre pieces for tubs and baskets and for bedding out in the garden. 1 litre pots £4.99 each of 3 for £12
Heliotrope – beautiful intense blue flowers with rich green foliage. £3.99 each for 1 litre pots
Nemesia – pretty fragrant flowers £4.99 each or 3 for £12 in 1 litre pots.
Osteospermum (new this week) – bright and cheerful daisy-like flowers for pots and for flower beds. £4.99 each or 3 for £12 in 1 litre pots
Trailing begonias – mixed colours £2.75 each or 4 for £10 in 10cm pots
Non-stop Begonia Carry packs (new this week) – six mixed begonias in a carry pack – excellent value at £11.99 per pack of 6
Callibrachoa/Petunias – suitable for tubs and baskets £2.75 each or 4 mixed for £10
Scented Leaf Geraniums – Cola Bottles, which has the unique scent of the fizzy drink. £3.99 each
Bedding Geraniums – packs of 4 geraniums at £3.99 per pack, or 4 packs for £15 (16 plants). Available in White, Red or Mixed
Argyranthemums (Crazy Daisy/ Marguerites) £3.99 each in Red, Pink or White
Hanging Pots – ready planted pots with a hanger at £12.99 each. Either Red Petunias, or Mixed Plants.

Don’t forget we also have Lavender Hidcote available in a handy carry pack – 6 plants for £9.99.

NEW THIS WEEK – Alstroemeria Inticancha. Superb garden plants at £11.99 each.

We also have available a good range of home-grown herbaceous plants as detailed on the previous email, and a selection of fruit trees, vegetable plants, fruit bushes and shrubs, as well as houseleeks, dianthus and a mix of plants for rockeries and small spaces. Deciduous Azaleas still available and looking gorgeous!

Preparations for re-opening

As we prepare for re-opening and work hard to get the plant centre stocked up and made safe for visitors and staff, we are still able to offer a delivery service, but from Monday 25th May our usual delivery charges (based on postcodes) will be applied, as we get back to some sort of normal trading.

Our phone line will be open 10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am – 12pm on Sunday for ordering. The number is 01835 830315. Please remember that the office is unmanned so we can’t accept orders by email, text, Facebook etc – so please phone in.

I’ll give you all information about re-opening, and how this will work for us all, as soon as we have a firm date, but it is likely to be the end of next week. If you want to receive this information via email, please sign up to the newsletter – you will hear any updates from us there first.

Latest bedding, vegetable and herb plants for sale

hanging basket

It has been difficult getting hold of bedding plants to sell on this year as lock-down came just at the time when young plants across UK nurseries should have been pricked out, and seeds sown, so there is a shortage in the supply chain, and an extra demand from customers who are keen to garden during lock-down. As a result I have been able to get fewer bedding plants in than I would have liked. However, we do have some that are available to order for collection or delivery if you are vulnerable or shielding (details as to how to do this at the end of the plant list.) Here is the list of what is currently available:

Tub and Basket Plants
A fresh batch of these have just arrived and we sell these as a mix of 6 plants for £12. Back in stock are the colour themed basket kits in shades of Blue, Pink or Hot colours. These come in a carry pack of 6 plants and are £12.99 each.

Bedding packs
We still have some bedding packs in stock at £3.50 per pack, or 4 packs for £12. Available plants are:
Lobelia (bush varieties only) packs of 12, blue, white or pink
Gazanias packs of 6
Cosmos packs of 4
Cineraria packs of 6 (limited numbers)
Begonia sempervirens packs of 6
Antirrhinum White packs of 6
Alyssum mix packs of 12 (limited numbers)
Dahlia bedding packs of 6 (limited numbers)
Salvia vanguard packs of 6
Nicotiana Lime Green packs of 6

We also have bedding Geraniums at £3.99 per pack of 4 (4 packs for £15) available in red, white or mixed colours.

Potted Bedding Plants
We have a range on plants grown in individual pots:
Argyranthemums (Marguerites/Crazy Daisies) £3.99 each available in red, pink or white
Begonias – non-stop and trailing begonias are £2.75 each or 4 for £10. Mixed colours
Scented leaf Geraniums £3.99 each – Cola Bottles or Sweet Mimosa
Trailing Fuchsia – £2.50 each or 6 for £12. Mixed varieties
NEW Heliotrope Marino Blue £3.99 Beautiful plants
Nemesia Mixed £3.99 each
Petunias – Petunia Rose Diamond, Petchoa Cherry Imp (this is a cross between a petunia and a callibrachoa) Callibrachoa Magenta, Callibrachoa Pink Carnival) £2.75 each or 4 for £10
Surfinia (Red) Hanging pots – only 4 left £12.99 each
NEW – Dahlia Biship of Canterbury. Not strictly speaking a bedding plant, but needs similar care. This is one of the popular dark leaved forms. £5.99 each.

We also have some carry packs of Lavender Hidcote available – packs of 6 for just £9.99 offering excellent value for money.

Vegetable Plant Update:
We have a good range of vegetable plants available. Perhaps if you can’t get all the bedding plants you want, you could make a creative display with lettuces!
Veg packs: (£3.50 per pack, 4 packs for £12)
Lettuce All Year Round
Lettuce Little Gem
Lettuce Marvel of Four Seasons
Lettuce Green Salad Bowl
Lettuce Red Salad Bowl
Lettuce Cos
Oriental leaves (only a few left)
Cauliflower All Year Round
Cauliflower Romanescue
Cabbage green
Cabbage Red (only a few left)
Brussel Spouts (only a few left)
Calabrese
Purple Spouting Brocolli (only a few left)
Leeks
French bean Goldfield
Climbing French Bean Limka
French Bean Blue Lake
Pea Kelvedon Wonder (only a few left)

Potted Vegetables:
The following are available as individual plants:
Butternut Squash
Courgette Safari (striped)
Courgette Yellow
Chilli pepper
Pumpkin Early King
Cucumber Passandra (mini)
Cucumber Femspot (ridge)

We also have a few hanging pots of alpine strawberries £7.99.

HERBS:
Herbs in a 9cm pot size are £2.50 each or 6 for £12, and we currently have:
Thyme – Archer’s Gold, Common, Foxley, Silver Posie or lemon
Mint – Apple, After Eight, Curly, Spearmint, garden mint, Moroccan Mint
Chives – Common, or Garlic
Fennel – green or bronze
Marjoram – Pot or Sweet
Oregano – Country Cream or Greek
Lawn Chamomile
Dill
Parsley – Curled or Flat leaf
Sage – Purple
Curry Plant
Rosemary
Lavender Munstead or Vera
Tree Spinach
Catnep.
We also have some strawberry plant still available.

In a larger pot size we have the following, priced at £4.99 each, or 3 for £12:
Golden Marjoram
Lavender Munstead
Lavender Hidcote
Lavender Vera
Rosemary Pink
Rosemary Blue
Rosemary Trailing.

How to order

You can phone your order in  on 01835 830315 10am – 12pm, and 1pm – 3pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am – 12pm on Sundays. Saturdays and Sundays are usually the quietest days, so if you’re struggling to get through I would suggest you try then.

Collections are at an arranged time from our carpark, and we also do deliveries free to most TD postcodes for orders over £35 to our customers who are vulnerable and are shielding.

Bedding Plants to Order

We hope you are enjoying this glorious spring weather, and remembering to protect your bedding plants and tender vegetable plants such as peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and courgettes from the frost  – we’ve had a sharp frost the last two nights.

Here is an update on the availability of bedding plants at the moment. It is proving to be a challenge getting sufficient stock in to satisfy demand, as the growing process as been badly affected by lock-down measures, however we have a good selection in stock right now.

 Tub & Basket Bedding Plants

We now have these back available again at £2.50 each or 6 for £12. These are mixed plants and we are unable to pick out specific varieties for you as they have come to us as a mix. Your mix might include Bacopa, Fuchsia, Verbena, Callibrachoa, Nepeta and many more varieties – all looking good and strong and ready to go.
We have teamed up with Scottish Growers Pentland Plants and can now offer colour themed carry packs as a basket kit. These come in the following colours:
Blue Shades
Pink Shades
Hot Shades
There are 6 plants to a pack and they are £12.99 per pack and are looking gorgeous.

Fuchsias
We now have some beautiful Fuchsias in stock. Our upright, bush fuchsias are in 1 ltr pots and are good sized, bushy plants in bud and flower and look amazing. They are £4.99 each or 3 for £12.
Trailing fuchsias are in smaller pots and are £2.50 each or 6 for £12.

Nemesias
These lovely scented bedding plants are also available in two sizes and are in bud and flower and are £4.99 each or 3 for £12 for the larger 1 ltr pot size and £2.50 each or 6 for £12 for the smaller 9cm pot size. These make lovely plants for containers and to fill gaps in the borders.

Marguerites 
These are also known as Argyrathemeums or Crazy Daisies and make quite a large plant, covered with daisy like flowers over the summer months. We have them available in Red, Pink or White, and they make wonderful feature plants in containers and in the garden. They are easy to grow, and reliable to flower, whatever the weather. These are £3.99 each.

Variegated Zonal and Ivy Leaf Geraniums
These are sold as individual plants and are £2.75 each or 4 for £10. Ivy leaf geraniums are the trailing ones and look really good in window boxes and containers – you might have seen them in your travels in France and Italy (in the days when we could go there!). Variegated Zonal geraniums are the ones with attractively patterned leaves, and these make a good central feature plant in a mixed container and also make a good houseplant on a sunny windowsill.

Scented Leaf Geraniums
These have strongly scented leaves and the two varieties (or flavours) we have are Sweet Mimosa and Cola Bottles, which really does smell of the fizzy drink. These look great in pots in a sunny spot outdoors and also do well as indoor plants. Perhaps a good way to get the children involved with gardening.

Surfinias
These are the trailing petunias that everyone loves in their hanging baskets. We don’t have a huge amount available, so once they’ve gone, they’ve gone! Colours are blue, purple or red. These are £2.75 each or 4 for £10.
We also have some red petunias ready planted up in hanging pots – all you need to do is hang them up somewhere, and you’ll have an instant display of flowers. These are looking really lovely and are £12.99 each.

Bedding Packs
We have a selection of bedding plants available in packs, and the current choice includes:
Alyssum in pink or white (12 per pack)
Busy Lizzies (these are a new disease resistant variety) (4 per pack)
Red salvias (6 per pack)
Cosmos in White, Pink or Mixed (4 per pack)
We also have limited numbers of Nicotiana Mix or Appleblossom, French Marigold, Antirrhinum (Snap Dragon).
These are all £3.50 per pack or 4 packs for £12.

We also have packs of bedding geraniums at £3.99 per pack or 4 for £15. There are sold as 4 per pack.

HERBS & STRAWBERRIES
We’ve had another delivery of herbs today, and the smaller pots of herbs are £2.50 each or 6 for £12. The choice includes:
parsley, rosemary, catnip, mints, lavender, pot marigold, sage, artichokes, thymes, fennel, oregano, lawn chamomile, curry plant, alpine strawberry, basil and tree spinach. Quantities are limited to a maximum of 6 per variety when ordering.

As larger herbs for immediate impact we have Lavender Munstead, Lavender Hidcote and Lavender Vera as well as golden Marjoram and Trailing Rosemary. These are all £4.99 each or 3 for £12. Numbers are restricted to a maximum of 8 per variety when ordering.

If you would like larger quantities of herbs please email me on emma@woodsidegarden.co.uk and let me know how many you require and I’ll try to order them in for you.

We also have a few more strawberry plants available at the same price as the small herbs; Hapil, which is an early variety, Red Gauntlet and Alice which are mid-season and Sophie which is a late variety. Numbers are limited and these will sell out soon.
We also have parsley available in packs of 6 at £3.50 per pack, which is excellent value. These are part of our vegetable pack range which also includes lettuce, cabbage, oriental leaves, calabrese, leeks and cauliflower, as well as peas, French Beans and Runner Beans. Most of the vegetables are sold in packs of 12 and you can mix and match packs 4 for £12.

Meconopsis
I think I forgot to mention on the last email that we have Meconopsis sheldonii available just now as a 3 litre pot plant at £8.99 each. These amazing blue poppies do really well in our area, and enjoy a humus rich soil in semi-shade. A “must” for any garden. They associate really well with rhododendrons and we still have some of these available too, which are just coming into flower.

A Reminder

We can only take telephone orders on 01835 830315 10am – 12pm, and 1pm – 3pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am – 12pm on Sundays. Saturdays and Sundays are usually the quietest days, so if you’re struggling to get through I would suggest you try then. Home deliveries may take up to two weeks, but we now have a collection service too – which is usually available the next day, please let us know when you order whether you can collect or are shielding and need the delivery service.

Once again, thank you for your continued support.

Order Collection Service Available

With no update on when we will be allowed to open the garden we have consulted with industry colleagues and the police and can now offer a collection service for all orders.

This means that your order will be ready much quicker, and will free up our vans to deliver more efficiently to those shielding. Just let us know when you place your order whether you would like delivery or collection. Collected orders can often be ready the next day (subject to volume and demand), while deliveries can take up to two weeks.

If you have already placed an order and are waiting for delivery but would now rather collect please call us after 4pm on 01835 830315 and leave a message on the answer phone clearly stating your name, address and contact number and we’ll let you know when you can collect. Collections are from our car park, and collection points are well spread out to ensure we comply to social distancing guidelines.

All orders are still be ing taken by  phone  01835 830315  between 10am – 12pm, and 1pm – 3pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am – 12pm on Sundays.

Saturdays and Sundays are usually the quietest days, so if you’re struggling to get through I would suggest you try then.