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More on bedding plants..

How do you plant bedding plants?

Make sure the soil and compost is moist at planting time:

Rake the soil level, removing any large clods or stones.

For formal bedding schemes, mark out the design on the surface of the soil using fine sand.

Gently loosen plants from their trays by pushing them up from the base. ...

Handle plants by leaves or rootball

Do bedding plants grow back?

Most bedding plants are annual, which means they only grow and flower for one year. They are discarded at the end of the season, and the following year new plants will be grown.

How often should bedding plants be watered?

In the flower bed, one to two watering sessions per week are usually sufficient: better to water more seldom but with plenty of water rather than a little water often.

What do you do with bedding plants after summer?

AftercareFeed weekly with a potash based fertiliser such as Tomorite to promote flower production.If you have incorporated slow release fertiliser into the compost, feed with Tomorite at the end of summer to keep the show going into autumn when the winter bedding should be appearing in garden centres.

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Summer Bedding Plants | Jack Shilley 

I'm back out in the garden again today, planting up some of my summer containers with bedding plants!

I will also share with you my top tips on how to choose the best bedding plants from the bunch at your garden centre as well as how plant and arrange them in your planters at home!

Bedding plants are arguably the easiest plant to grow in containers or the ground and will provide you with a mass of colour right the way through the summer until the first frost! Make sure to dead-head them regularly to promote more blooms!

Plants featured in this video: New Guinea Impatiens Petunias (Trailing & Upright) Begonia semperflorens Calibrachoa (Million Bells - Trailing) Nemesia Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

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How to grow bedding plants from seed

Marc from Newquay Garden Centre shows how to grow bedding plants from seeds