Manor Farm
Fringford
Bicester
Oxfordshire OX27 8DP
The mild days and damp soil make conditions ideal.
Lots of us grow annual flowers in containers
throughout the summer. As they fade and start to look less attractive it is time to dispose of the
contents and repurpose the containers for winter use.
So don't leave those containers empty; utilise them for short term autumn / winter crops.
One of the most rewarding and quick crops is salad leaves for winter. Lots of our salad herbs are
pretty hardy and can produce tender shoots in all but the worst weather, ready for use in the
kitchen.
Or plant up with an array of culinary herbs to keep in a sheltered spot near the door ready for immediate use.
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Sempervivum are the most frost resistant of succulents,
making them popular as a garden plants.
Choose from the three varieties below:
Red houseleek – Sempervivum tectorum 'Rubin'
A bright red coloured rosette
Red tipped houseleek – Sempervivum tectorum 'Calcareum'
A green rosette with bold red tips to each leaf
Spider web houseleek – Sempervivum tectorum 'Arachnoides'
A pale green houseleek covered in an attractive web of fine silvery hairs
Russian sage is an elegant and hardy, aromatic perennial.
It has branching silver-white stems which are rigid and upright with finely cut aromatic grey-green foliage.
We regret that we cannot currently deliver plants to Northern Ireland
A comprehensive collection of Creeping Thymes is now ready for you to buy. To find out more about these thymes either click on Special Collections or Tarragon and Thymes.
Creeping thymes like a dry sunny position and are ideal for growing in gravel areas and rockeries, between paving stones and for planting thyme paths and lawns. They withstand walking on and are totally hardy.
Check out our article Prostrate herbs for cracks and crevices, walls and paths for more details.
We have selected a range of thymes with red, pink and white flowers and also a variety of leaf types and colours to give you as wide a choice as possible for planting to suit your garden design.
Lots of our herbs like dry conditions, why not add variety to your creeping thyme planting by adding lawn chamomile and double flowered chamomile for their fragrant foliage.
Try adding some creeping savory, Dianthus deltoides 'Flutterburst', Helianthemum 'Ben Ledi', Helianthemum 'Ben Fhada', Helianthemum 'Fireball', and Armeria Alba or Germander Silver to extend the flowering season and add extra interest and colour to your beds and containers.