Wildflower plants provide a quick and easy way to establish or improve an area of wildflowers. The plants are available in a wide range of species and are supplied as 40cc plugs.
Why Choose Wildflower Plug Plants?
Wildflower plug plants are a fantastic way to boost colour, diversity, and wildlife in your garden.
Grown in small cells with a complete root system, these young plants are ready to establish quickly once in the ground.
Plug plants are ideal for filling bare spots, increasing species variety, or achieving quicker results than sowing seed alone.
Strong Root Systems
Although plugs can appear small or a bit underwhelming above ground, it’s the roots that count. Their developed root networks help them settle in fast and grow with strength.
Biodiversity Boost
Planting a mix of plugs creates a more balanced ecosystem, drawing in bees, butterflies, and a wide range of pollinators.
Simple to Plant
Thanks to their established roots, plugs are robust, easy to handle, and quick to establish, even where soil conditions are less than ideal.
Perfect Partner to Seeds
Combine plug plants with seed mixes to fill gaps, add specific species, or bring structure and design to a wildflower space.
Versatile Planting Options
Great for meadows, flower borders, and containers of any size.
The Role of Roots
When working with wildflower plugs, it’s important to focus on what’s happening below the surface. The visible growth may seem small or inactive, but the root system is full of stored energy, ready to fuel strong growth once planted. Healthy roots show vitality and help the plant settle quickly.
Because their roots are already well developed, plug plants have a natural advantage. They establish faster, compete successfully with surrounding plants, and adapt well to a range of growing environments.
How big are the wildflower plug plants?
The plants are 40cc plugs, supplied in plastic trays in multiples of twenty five.(Picture below left: 40cc Primrose Plug Plants)
How will my plug plants arrive?
- Our wildflower plug plants are supplied as 40cc plugs, roughly size of your index finger.
- Plug plants have different levels of top growth depending on the season and variety.
- The plant you receive might have minimal top growth on arrival, but this is completely normal and the plant is not dead.
- The healthy, well-established roots are the most important part and will support fresh growth when conditions are right.
- We supply our wildflower plants in custom made cardboard boxes. The boxes are an exact fit for the plants to ensure that they do not move around and get damaged in transit.
- We dispatch the plugs on an overnight courier service to minimise the amount of time the plants are enclosed in the box.
- We do not dispatch the plants on a Friday as this would result in them being in the box over the weekend.
Top Tips
- We recommend planting them as soon as they have been delivered. If this is not viable, please remove them from the box and keep them moist until you can plant them.
- We don’t recommend potting on as they don’t do well being moved – they are grown outdoors in polytunnels, so are hardy enough to be planted straight out
When are wildflower plug plants available to buy?
The plants are available year round except during periods of very cold weather when the plugs are frozen. They are all grown outside in unheated poly tunnels; this means that they are very hardy and are able to be planted at any time of the year. We have annual species, such as Poppy and Yellow Rattle, which are only available in the spring. We have up to one hundred and fifty different species available and are able to supply them in almost any quantity.
