Plymouth Garden Centre

read moreWe are a traditional family-run garden centre convieniently situated on the outskirts of the city centre. With locally sourced plants, both indoor and outdoor, we also sell clothing, gifts, homewares, cards and wrapping and much more. There is something for everyone! AFK produce a wide range of high quality wooden garden furniture which will enhance any garden.

read moreDear Customers thank you for your continued support, we hope you are all well and staying safe. We are now able to offer social distancing delivery service. We are running with very few team to be able to keep them all safe so please bear with us. We will do our best to get to as many people as we can but demand is likely to be greater than our capacity so we will be delivering to certain postcodes each day so we can try and be as efficient and quick as possible. To place an order for delivery please use the form below (if you can't see the form we may have turned it off to catch up on orders coming in, we will turn it back on within a few hours), and email as much information as you can.

read moreNow that autumn has well and truly arrived, the time has come to revamp and refresh our beds, borders, pots and hanging baskets with autumn and winter bedding. Summer bedding will be looking tired and leggy, so changing it over now will ensure some cheerful colour in the long cold months to come and well into spring. Doing it now will also means we avoid having to brave doing it when the temperature plummets, and it also gives the plants a chance to settle in before the weather worsens! There are quite a few bedding plants that will bloom and thrive through the autumn and winter, many more than what most people think.

read morePlants are bombarded by bugs and ailments too. There are some specific remedies available to them but there are many fewer garden chemicals than previously. So as with us we should try and keep them in the pink with a good diet, lots to drink and not too much stress! Many of the questions I get are about plant health. Particularly at this time of the year when a lot of plants look a bit ragged with chewed and blotchy leaves. In most cases there is nothing to worry about. Most plants are visited regularly by insects and slugs (they seem to get everywhere these days) and get bits of fungal disease due to both dry and wet weather.

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read moreIf you are the type of person who regularly has problems with houseplants, the moth orchid is for you. Phalaenopsis is an epiphytic orchid it lives in trees. It hates care and attention. They dislike regular sprays of water as many care leaflets suggest. They are often grown in transparent pots where you can see the fleshy roots. A bark compost is used to ensure free drainage. I bought one on Mothers' Day for my wife 2 years ago and it has only been without flowers for about 3 weeks since then.

read moreThe most frequent Wisteria question is about flowering. They have a reputation for being difficult to flower, or not flowering for many years or poor flowers, and in many cases they can live up to their reputation! Customers say I have done all the right things. I have bought a grafted plant. I have fed it. I have pruned it carefully in the summer and winter and it has not flowered! Others say I have never touched it and it has flowered brilliantly. I do not know the answer.it is just a plant with.personality!

read moreWe finally saw some rain at the beginning of the month which certainly helped our very thirsty plants! Temperatures are still set to remain high for the foreseable future so check out our Watering Project section for tips and tricks on watering your garden. Urban Gardening and Perennials have been the highlight of our season so far, kicked off with Small Space Gardening being the theme for RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. Hillier Nurseries once again put together an incredible project incorporating ideas for creating small outdoor spaces that are colourful, calming and enjoyable.