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want filler plants for beds and containers. Garden-ready plugs can be planted out if it’s warm enough, but can also be grown on for a few weeks in a large pot, for sturdier roots.PencilDibberGood quality compostPotsMarch - April15 minutes

compost. We grow ours in terracotta pots of peat-free, multi-purpose compost with a little added leaf mould, topped with gravel. The terracotta prevents the plants from becoming waterlogged and the gravel stops vine weevils laying eggs in the compost

large enough to accommodate the tuber, and fill around it with multi-purpose compost leaving the top of the tuber showing. New shoots should appear within weeks.When you plant them out, leave 15cm to 45cm between plants, depending on the ultimate size

. The baby Gaura lindheimeri 'The Bride' are now pretty sturdy, and I've got a nice full tray of Verbena rigida 'Intensity' (from the High Value Perennials seed pack). Both now have 'true' leaves – the ones that look like those on the adult plant