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Description

Discover how quickly a spring garden can spring into life with Aubrieta 'Katie' Mix. Compact, evergreen mounds that burst into flower from March to May, creating a bright, cheerful carpet of colour when the garden needs it most.

Aubrieta 'Katie' Mix produces big blooms for this type of plant, with masses of flowers covering the foliage in vivid shades of purple, violet and red. The effect is bold, uplifting and useful, especially in smaller spaces.

This mix sits low, spreads gently, softens hard edges, brightens the front of borders and looks superb spilling over stone, brick, pots and baskets. Use it in rockeries, along paths, in raised beds, around spring bulbs, or anywhere that needs an easy splash of early-season colour.

Better still, this is not a one-season wonder, as they are hardy, evergreen perennial plants. Their dense, spreading foliage helps cover bare soil and can reduce space for unwanted weeds, while the early flowers offer a valuable nectar source for bees and other pollinators.

Supplied as a set of 12 plug plants, ready to grow on and plant out.

Top Tips

Deadhead any faded flowers for an abudance of blooms

Care Information

Planting Advice:

Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.
If you can�t do this, they can sit in their mini greenhouse for a week if upright and not too wet.
Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they�ll quickly recover.
Put them somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
When potting on, handle plugs carefully. Pot on using our 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays, using good multi-purpose compost.
Alternatively plant straight into baskets and grow on for a week or two before hanging up.
Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don�t like to be left in standing water.
Plant approx. 20cm apart to allow them room to grow.
Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.

Aftercare Advice:

Keep well watered.

Pruning and Trimming Advice:

To keep a compact shape cut back after flowering.
If the plant has become straggly or overgrown, give it a hard prune cutting right back

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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