Alpine Plant Lucky Dip Collection

• For maximum impact and to enable you to control the watering, Alpines are best grown in a trough or an old Belfast sink - allowing you to get up close and personal with the wonderful flowers.
• If you’re planting in a Belfast sink, tilt it slightly so that any excess water drains out of the plughole, before top dressing with ornamental gravel to allow the flower and leaf colour to look as impressive as possible.

Planting Advice for Alpine plants:

• If planting in a border, spread a two-inch layer of grit on top of the soil and dig it into the top six inches to improve drainage.
• Dig a hole roughly the same diameter as the pot your Alpine is in.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease apart any roots that are spiralling.
• Lower the plant into the hole and backfill with the original soil, gently firming it around the plant.
• If you’re growing in a container, ensure that the container has adequate holes for drainage. Most Alpine varieties like a neutral or slightly alkaline-based soil.
• Add a well-draining compost mix and plant as above.
• A layer of coarse gravel on top of the soil will help prevent the neck of the plant from getting too damp. Water well once planted.

Aftercare Advice:

• Once you’ve planted your Alpine, water it thoroughly.
• Remove or trim any dead leaves in autumn.
• Move the container in winter to an area that’s in a ‘rain shadow’, therefore is saved from excessive rainfall.

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.