Colquhounia 'Nepalese Flame'

On Arrival:

• Carefully unpack your plant as soon as possible after receiving it.
• If the compost feels dry to the touch, give it a light watering straight away.
• Place the plant outside in a bright, sheltered spot while you prepare for planting.
• Ideally, plant out within a few days of arrival for best results.

Planting In The Ground:

• Choose a sunny, sheltered position with free-draining soil.
• Dig a hole twice as wide as the pot and just slightly deeper.
• Gently remove the plant from its pot, teasing out any tightly wound roots if necessary.
• Place it into the hole, ensuring the top of the rootball sits roughly level with the surrounding soil.
• Backfill with a mix of garden soil and some multi-purpose compost to enrich the planting hole.
• Firm gently and water thoroughly to settle the soil around the roots.

Planting In Pots:

• Pick a large container at least 30-40cm wide, with good pre-inserted drainage holes - or drill your own!
• Use a gritty, free-draining compost - a mix of multi-purpose compost and horticultural grit or perlite is ideal.
• Aim to plant at the same depth it was in the supplied nursery pot.
• Water well and place your container in a sunny, yet sheltered spot.

Ongoing Aftercare:

• Water regularly during the first season to help roots establish. Once mature, Colquhounia become drought tolerant and need watering only during prolonged spells of dry weather.
• Apply a slow-release general-purpose fertiliser in early spring to encourage strong growth and abundant flowering.
• In early spring, lightly prune back any frost-damaged stems to healthy wood. Harder pruning can keep the plant compact if needed.
• A winter hardy variety. In colder areas, protect young plants with a thick mulch around the base in late autumn, or fleece if severe frost is forecast.

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!