Thompson & Morgan has these really pretty plug plants in the viola family! They’re very sweet little flowers that brighten up your garden no end!
Jobs for this month. Pick any crops that need picking – harvest and preserve what you can. Pickle the beetroot! Make roast tomato sauce to use up the last of the tomatoes and make green tomato chutney with what is unripe!
Rake and pick up the leaves. Clear the lawn and try to get it a cut whilst its dry! Tricky in this weather I know!
Buy winter bedding plants now and start planting them in the beds and borders. Plan and plant your hanging baskets if you’re having them. Dismantle your summer baskets and put them away.
Clear the last of the courguettes – use them if they’re not too watery at this time of year. Make a chutney or roast them.
Trim back any hedges that have become unruly. Ensure your garden is getting tidy as the autumn progresses. Plant green manure on the vegetable plot if you have nothing in.

Make plans for what you’ll grow next year. Start looking for seed ideas!

Viola Odorata Miracle Mixed 10 plants £15.99
Brighten up your spring garden with these highly fragrant, cottage garden favourites. Much-loved in the gardens of yesteryear, sweet violets are extremely easy to grow and naturally resistant to pests and diseases. Viola odorata ‘Miracle Mix’ provide a g

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Jersey Plants Direct has this range of violas available now.Viola is a type of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world! They are very pretty ornamental flowers ideal in borders and rock gardens! You can add them tubs and containers and with the trailing varieties even hanging baskets. They guarantee you excellent colour throughout the winter months.
They are available in super plug plant, garden ready, and plug plants – only the last needs to be grown on. These packs offer great value for money.

Viola Miracle 28 Super Ready Plants £15.99
Web Only Special Offer. 28 Viola Miracle for only 15.99This compact semi evergreen perennial bears sweetly scented flowers on short erect stems. Superb little plants packed with scent and character.Colours include white pink blue and vanilla.The plants will bloom from late winter to April.Height of approx 20cm. Spread of approx 30cm.Plant in full sun to partial shade.These Jumbo Ready plants are grown in individual cells and measure approximately 8-12cm in height from the root of the plant to the top of the stem. They can be grown on or planted straight out as you choose.To ensure that your plants arrive in the best possible condition each product will be despatched individually.These plants will be despatched from mid August to October.

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