Why buy bedding plants?

Bedding plants often grow quickly and bloom within a relatively short period of planting, meaning you don’t have long to wait to enjoy the results. In addition, since bedding plants are often annuals or tender perennials, you can cover seasonal changes in your garden design with ease.

How to plant bedding plants

Choose a sunny spot with well-draining soil and dig a hole slightly larger than the plant's root ball. Gently remove the plant from its container, loosen the roots, and place it in the hole at the same depth as it was in the pot or plug. Backfill with soil, firm gently, and water thoroughly.

How to look after bedding plants

After planting, water the bedding plant thoroughly, and continue to water regularly, especially during dry periods, but don’t waterlog the soil. Provide ongoing care as needed, including watering, fertilising and deadheading spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming.

When to plant summer bedding plants

It’s usually best to plant summer bedding plants in late spring or early summer, once the risk of frost has well and truly passed. Late May or early June are ideal.

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Bedding Plants & Bedding Plug Plants

Cover your garden in colour over Summer, Autumn, Winter and right back through to Spring again with our vibrant bedding plants and plugs. You can even use many of our bedding plants to create decorative displays for flower borders, all thanks to our themed hanging baskets collections.

Pick & Mix Bedding Plants

Our brilliant pick & mix bedding range contains customer favourites and exciting new varieties with fantastic prices to match!

New Bedding Varieties

Looking for something new? Our exciting range of new bedding plants offers a kaleidoscope of colours to choose from.

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Browse our A-Z of beautiful bedding plants - weâ€™ve got everything you need for a gorgeous, colourful garden.

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Add colour to your flower beds and borders with bedding plants like Begonias and Geraniums, or liven up your patio with tasteful hanging baskets and patio plants.

Extra Value Plugs

Dobies extra value plugs are our best value plants.

Value Plugs

Dobies value plugs are larger than our extra value plugs, so are a little easier to handle.

Super Plugs

Dobies super plugs are nurtured from cuttings to provide you with fantastic value for minimal effort.

Garden Ready Plugs

Dobies garden ready plugs are delivered to you when they're ready to plant in the ground.

9cm Potted Bedding Plants

Our 9cm potted plants offer amazing value and instant impact.

2 Litre Potted Bedding Plants

Create dynamic garden displays in no time - 2 litre plants add instant texture and colour to your garden.

Extra Value Plugs

Dobies extra value plugs are our best value plants.

Value Plugs

Dobies value plugs are larger than our extra value plugs, so are a little easier to handle.

Super Plugs

Dobies super plugs are nurtured from cuttings to provide you with fantastic value for minimal effort.

Garden Ready Plugs

Dobies garden ready plugs are delivered to you when they're ready to plant in the ground.

9cm Potted Bedding Plants

Our 9cm potted plants offer amazing value and instant impact.

2 Litre Potted Bedding Plants

Create dynamic garden displays in no time - 2 litre plants add instant texture and colour to your garden.

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A Guide to Winter Bedding Plants

Selecting the right bedding plants for your garden is exciting but with a range of varieties to choose from can also be daunting. Weâ€™ve made it easy for you to select the perfect plants by creating bedding plant themes. With our guide to planting winter bedding plants, youâ€™ll achieve wonderful winter garden displays to brighten your outside space and life your spirits in the dark days of winter.

Ten Bedding Plants to Create a Beautiful Winter Garden

Winter bedding plants make it easy to create colourful displays that keep your garden looking great even through the cold winter months. Our winter bedding plants will fill your hanging baskets, window boxes, patio pots and borders with beautiful colour and fabulous foliage to create a beautiful winter garden.

The best thing about bedding plants is the personality they can bring to your garden displays. Explore our full range of popular and specialist summer bedding plants, winter bedding plants, and more to suit your needs.

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Value Plugs

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Garden Ready Plugs

9cm Potted Bedding Plants

2 Litre Potted Bedding Plants

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A Guide to Winter Bedding Plants

Ten Bedding Plants to Create a Beautiful Winter Garden

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