Packs of ready-grown bedding plants can be bought from garden centres. Look out for ready-made combinations, or buy trays of one colour to plant together and make a big impact. If you have a big ...

Bedding plants that benefit from the company of others ... This simply involves putting them out for a few hours each day for about a week, a process known as ‘hardening off’.

The RHS is predicting that traditional bedding plants may be losing popularity in 2025. In its latest trends forecast, it anticipates they may be replaced by more long lived, less thirsty and ...