Social Plants Thrapston

Good morning! A £557 payment now made to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR - this just exceeds last year's amount and I must thank a number of you who made additional donations without which I'd have fallen short. I hope you all enjoy your plants over the coming months. Thank you.

Just one further delivery left (for someone away on holiday). All plants now sold. Just waiting for a couple of payments to come in and then I'll be able to make the donation to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR. I should have raised almost £550 (just short of last year's amount).

All plants now sold - with the exception of a few perennials, a Begonia and a six pack of Pelargonium. Ideal to fill a few spaces in your garden. Reduced price of £15 - delivered today in Thrapston. Please email [email protected]. If these plants sell, then I should just equal last year’s fundraising of £550. Perennials are hollyhock x2, Verbena, Echinops, thrift and Geum.

All plants now collected from Lincolnshire and ready for delivery tomorrow. I also have a small selection of perennials available. Hollyhocks, Lobellia, Geum, Heuchera. Lupin. Aquilegia, Echinops and Aubretia. £3 each or border mix of 6 different plants for £15. Please email [email protected] to order.

Thanks for all your orders this year. Collected some plants yesterday and have a second car load to collect tomorrow. I'll then deliver on Saturday. If anyone still wants some plants, please email [email protected] by 9pm tonight. If I have space in the car then I'll add them to the nursery order. Richard

Good morning! Thanks to those who have placed orders. Sorry if I've not yet replied (eldest daughters' wedding at the weekend so been a bit busy). Still time to order as I'll be contacting the nursery next week. Hope to collect Friday 3rd and deliver either Friday or Saturday to you all.

Orders now being taken for delivery first week May (likely to be 3/4/5th Bank Holiday weekend - later delivery may be possible if demand). All profits to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR

Collection of 12 plants (mix of trailing / upright – usually 9 cm pots) £15. Aim to give a good mix, and will try to meet colour combination requests.

Individual plants
9 cm pots - Fuchsia (upright/trailing), petunia (Surfinia/Amore/Tumbelina), Million bells, assorted basket plants (e.g Nemesia / Diascia) £1.45
10.5 cm pots – Pelargonium (geranium - ivy leaf trailing and zonal upright), Begonia (Illumination and non stop), double flowered million bells £1.90
1 litre pots – Osteospermum £2.50
Pack bedding – Lobelia, French marigold (9/pack), African marigolds, Impatiens, Begonia, Salvia, geranium, verbena (6/pack) – all £2.50 / pack
Tomato plants (grown myself) – Gardeners’ Delight, Maskotka and Sungold - £1 each
To order - email [email protected] and
PLEASE provide delivery address as even if you've ordered several times before as no guarantee I'll remember where you live!

Orders now being taken for delivery early May (probably Bank Holiday weekend 3rd-5th if sufficient demand, could do later deliveries). All profits to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR
Collection of 12 plants (mix of trailing / upright – usually 9 cm pots) £15. Aim to give a good mix, and will try to meet colour combination requests.

Individual plants
9 cm pots - Fuchsia (upright/trailing), petunia (generally Surfinia/Amore/Tumbelina), Million bells, assorted basket plants (e.g Nemesia / Diascia) £1.45
10.5 cm pots – Pelargonium (geranium - ivy leaf trailing and zonal upright), Begonia (Illumination and non stop), double flowered million bells £1.90
1 litre pots – Osteospermum £2.50

Pack bedding – Lobelia, French marigold (9/pack), African marigolds, Impatiens, Begonia, Salvia, geranium, verbena (6/pack) – all £2.50 / pack

Tomato plants (grown myself) – Gardeners’ Delight, Maskotka and Sungold - £1 each
To order - email [email protected] and
PLEASE provide delivery address as even if you've ordered several times before as no guarantee I'll remember where you live!
Hope to be emailing those who've ordered previously in case this post is missed.

Narcissus Golden Ducat. 15 large bulbs (graded 16+ - the largest size available). £3 - with all proceeds for Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR. Two nets (30 bulbs) £5. Free delivery Thrapston and Islip. Please email [email protected] to order.

Donation made this morning to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR bringing the total for this year to £550. Hope that you all have a lovely summer in your colourful gardens. Richard

Cold out tonight - please make sure all plants are brought under cover. If they’ve already been planted out and you can’t move them then cover with newspaper or horticultural fleece if you have any. Forecast is for zero degrees in places tonight so best to be on the safe side to avoid plants being damaged.

All tomato plants now sold! Need to keep a few for myself. Thanks to all who have bought some - over £30 raised for Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR

Orders now being taken for delivery from 17th May (likely to be the afternoon / evenings of Wednesday and Thursday and possibly Saturday morning). All profits to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR

Collection of 12 plants (mix of trailing / upright – usually 9 cm pots) £15. Aim to give a good mix, and will try to meet colour combination requests.

Individual plants
9 cm pots - Fuchsia (upright/trailing), petunia (generally Surfinia/Amore), Million bells, assorted basket plants (e.g Nemesia / Diascia) £1.35
10.5 cm pots – Pelargonium (geranium - ivy leaf trailing and zonal upright), Begonia (Illumination and non stop), double flowered million bells £1.80
1 litre pots – Osteospermum £2.50
1 litre pots – three plants in one pot (choice - million bells or basket plant mix) £2.50 (limited availability – but I have SIX of the trio basket plant mix left available now)
Pack bedding – Lobelia, French marigold (9/pack), African marigolds, Impatiens, Begonia, Salvia, geranium (6/pack) – all £2.50 / pack

Tomato plants – Gardeners’ Delight or Tumbler - £1 each (available now)

To order - email [email protected] and
PLEASE provide delivery address as even if you've ordered several times before, no guarantee I'll remember where you live!

Tomato plants available. £1 each. Tumbler (ideal for hanging baskets) and Gardeners’ Delight. Please email [email protected]

£65 just donated to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR . Thanks for all the 'early bird' orders - all plants now sold except for eight of the trio pots. Orders taken for May delivery soon!

Plants for the early birds! Whilst I’ll be taking orders soon for delivery around the third week of May, I’ve brought back some plants today for those of you that want to get started despite the rather mixed weather. 12 assorted plants available for £15 - selected from trailing petunia, verbena, bacopa, Fuchsia (Winston Churchill or Marinka), Lobellia, Pelargonium. Also the ever popular trios (three plants in one pot - ideal for small tubs and hanging baskets) £2.50 each. Please email [email protected] if you are interested. Delivery will be this weekend.

Good morning. I've received a few messages asking if I'm selling plants to raise funds for the Air Ambulance again. Maybe... I have to make a minimum order and I don't want to have any plants unsold! If I have enough people comment that they're interested then I'll go ahead. Delivery will be mid May.

£520 donated to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR - thank you all for your support this year and hoping that your gardens look lovely for the Jubilee Bank Holiday.

Planted terracotta pots.
Yellow & purple - Osteospermum Serenity deep yellow, Calibrachoa Cabaret pure yellow, Bidens Yellow charm and Calibrachoa Cabaret dark blue.
Red & white – Fuchsia Dollar Princess, Bacopa double white, Petunia deep red, Begonia deep red, Trailing Geranium Toscan Shiny dark red and Calibrachoa Cabaret white improved
£20 each. All proceeds to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR
Please email [email protected] to order and arrange local delivery.

All basket plants now sold. Just these four beautiful planted terracotta pots available. £20 each for the larger ones, £15 for the smaller pink one. Please email [email protected] to order. Thanks.

Last chance. Three boxes each of 12 different plants remaining. Special price of £10 per box with all profits to the local Air Ambulance. Please email [email protected] to order.

All orders (except for DB21) now delivered - if I've missed you please get in touch. I still have some plants left and can do another six boxes of the 12 mix at £15 each. Planted these terracotta pots up this evening - large ones £20 and the small pink one £15. More pictures later.

Plant collected yesterday afternoon - including these Osteospermum. Orders should be with you by by mid-afternoon today.

All orders for this weekend now delivered. Have a small quantity of plants left including a range of begonia. For the best selection, please order as soon as possible for delivery 13/14 May.

Over 600 plants collected on Thursday. Plants will be delivered today to those of you who've requested delivery over the bank holiday weekend and also to those who were flexible as to delivery date if I managed to fit your plants in with this order.

Last chance to order plants for delivery for bank holiday weekend as I'll need to place the order with the nursery tomorrow!

Now taking orders! Please email [email protected]

All profits to Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR

First deliveries later this month and then a second batch around the 10th May.

Plants will need protecting from frost / cold winds.

Box of 12 plants (mix of trailing / upright – 9 cm pots plus a geranium/tumbelina or begonia) £15.

Individual plants
9 cm pots - Fuchsia (upright/trailing), petunia (Surfinia/Amore), Million bells, assorted basket plants £1.25
10.5 cm pots – Pelargonium (geranium - ivy leaf trailing and zonal upright), Begonia (Illumination and non stop), double flowered million bells (tumbelina) £1.75
1 litre pots – Osteospermum £2
1 litre pots – three plants in one pot (choice - million bells or basket plant mix) £2.50
Pack bedding – Lobelia, French marigold (9/pack), African marigolds, Impatiens, Begonia, Salvia (6/pack) and geraniums (4/pack) – all £2.25/pack

Despite a late frost on the ground this morning, people's thoughts are turning to summer bedding plants. I'm hoping once again to be selling nursery grown basket plants with all profits for Your Local Air Ambulance WNDLR. Please comment if you're interested!