Plant Me Now Announce new Perennials Range for 2014

LONDON, October 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Online garden centre Plant Me Now is delighted to announce that their exclusive range of perennial plants - including brand new varieties - will be available on their website to pre-order from 1^st January 2014. 

Plant Me Now's perennial plants are over-wintered to create strong root systems and to guarantee flowering in their first year. They'll also be sent out when they're the ideal size for planting which means you won't need to grow them on. There will be over 127 varieties to choose from and prices will range from £2-£6.

Whilst annual bedding plants give lots of colour, they're at their best in their first year. When it comes to filling your garden with vibrant colour year after year, perennial plants are perfect. After dying down and lying dormant over winter, come springtime they'll be bursting into life again. Plant Me Now's gardening consultant, Tim Milward, shares his tips for getting the most from your perennial plants:

1. Spring is the ideal time to plant perennials. The soil will have started to warm up and this gives the plants time to establish and lay down some roots before they're ready to flower in the summer.

2. Summer is when you'll find the most varieties of perennials in full bloom. Mix plants that flower in different months to keep your garden looking colourful for longer.

3. Safeguard tender varieties of perennials over the winter months by putting down mulch. It's important to make sure the ground has good drainage too - the most common reason perennials fail is that ground gets boggy and cold which causes the dormant roots to rot.

4. Unlike shrubs, you don't need to worry about pruning perennials. Simply make sure that they don't dry out while they're getting themselves established and you'll have incredible flowers year after year.  

5. If you have narrow flower beds, choose short perennials to go at the front and taller ones at the back. If you've got a wide flowerbed, mix perennials that grow to roughly the same height but with differing flowering times; this will give you season-long colour.

6. Perennials can be planted straight into the ground, but if you want to move things around they'll work just as well in pots and containers on the patio. Some of the shorter varieties can be used to add colour to hanging baskets in the summer, then planted into the garden early autumn to die back and come up again next year.

7. Slugs are definitely perennial plants' greatest enemy. Deter them by surrounding plants with sand or coarse rock which slugs won't cross. You can also use a saucer of beer to attract the slugs as an alternative to wildlife-friendly slug pellets.

Whilst Plant Me Now's perennials are busy being over-wintered, you can browse the Plant Me Now range of winter bedding plants here. From January 2014, the new range of perennials will be available from here.

If you would like to request sample plants to review for your blog or publication, please contact Tim Milward at press@plantmenow.co.uk