Lobelia Hot Tiger
5 Large Plug PlantsFREE delivery on orders over £60
Quick Facts:
- Supplied as: 5 Large Plug Plants
- Height: 15-20cm ( 6 - 8" )
- Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Plant Type: Half Hardy Annual
- Product Code: 210530
FREE delivery on orders over £60
Quick Facts:
- Supplied as: 5 Large Plug Plants
- Height: 15-20cm ( 6 - 8" )
- Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Plant Type: Half Hardy Annual
- Product Code: 210530
Free delivery on orders over £60! Terms and conditions apply **
For any order under £60 we charge £5.95 postage and package per delivery week selected on your order.
We use a number of couriers to ship our orders to you. When your Parcel leaves us, you will receive an email confirmation of the courier your order is going with and associated tracking numbers for the order. If your parcel is to be delivered by Amazon Shipping, Evri, Yodel, Royal Mail or Parcel Force you will receive further emails from them about your delivery.
We are the only online plug plants supplier to offer a choice of a specific dispatch week for your order. When placing your order, use the drop down box above to select your required dispatch week. You can also alter dispatch week in the shopping basket (multiple week deliveries could incur postage charges - see further information here - please click here).
All our plug plants are shipped in specially designed packaging to keep the root system in place and the foliage protected in transit.
We are unfortunately currently unable to ship plants to Northern Ireland or International customers.
| Product Code | 210530 |
|---|---|
| Supplied as | 5 Large Plug Plants |
| Habit | Trailing |
| Suitable for Hanging Baskets? | Yes |
| Suitable for Patio Containers? | Yes |
| Scented? | No |
| Plant Type | Half Hardy Annual |
| Botanical name | Lobelia erinus |
| Season | spring |
| Planting Position | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Eventual Height | 15-20cm ( 6 - 8" ) |
| Eventual Spread | 25-45cm (10-18") |
| Flower Colour | Blue |
Size guide - Pack of 5 Large Plug Plants
Pot Ready, Large, Healthy plants individually rooted in large plugs of compost. Ideal for planting into baskets, containers or small areas in the garden. Best results achieved if grown on for a short while in 9cm/10cm pots prior to planting out if planting straight into garden borders. Tender varieties will need protecting from frost. Compost volume around 4-5cm deep x 3-4cm square. Foliage height 5cm-12cm (depending on variety). Full growing instructions are provided.
Using a good quality multi-purpose compost, pot up your plugs into 10cm pots. Once your plug plants have been potted on and labelled, water them in well and grow on for around 5-6 weeks. Water once the compost starts to dry out but remember.
Keep plants frost free until mid/late May and then harden off before being placed in their final positions when the risk of frost has passed in your area.
Water as necessary giving a liquid feed such as Neudorff Organic Plant Feed as instructed throughout the growing season.
Brookside Nursery Advice to get the best from your trailing lobelias.
The dainty looking flowers of the annual trailing lobelia are used to great effect in summer hanging basket and container displays. They can look fabulous as a statement display on their own but are usually planted as fillers as a foil for other larger bedding plants.
Once ready to plant outside, space at approx. 4-6" (10-15cm) apart in moist soil if planting into a container.
For a 12" or 14" hanging basket 3-5 plants should be sufficient when used with other plants.
Hanging baskets are generally placed in a sunny position but if you can give them some afternoon shade especially in prolonged hot weather, this will keep the basket from becoming too dry and the plants from scorching. Daily watering and a weekly high potash feed is recommended to keep basket flowers blooming throughout the summer months.
Trailing lobelias have shallow roots, so watering is essential to stop them drying out. Once they are depleted of moisture, lobelia will wilt and quickly dry out. Stems and flowers will brown. If this happens mid-season it is worth cutting back and seeing if the plant will revive.
At the end of the season lobelia can be removed and placed on the compost heap to rot down.