Have found a small nursery online that is selling loads of the perrenial plugs that I'm after. However, is this the correct time to buy these? I have an unheated greenhouse.
If they were varieties I particularly wanted, I would absolutely buy them and I don't have a greenhouse. I would plant them up in pots and put them somewhere reasonably sheltered outside, probably on the shelves from an old blowaway against the house wall. Pot them on, keep them moist but not sopping. They might grow through the autumn or just tick over depending on variety, they might die back in winter (don't worry, that's what perennials do) and they should grow away in spring. Watch the greenhouse temperatures on sunny days and watch out for slugs and snails.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Completely agree with Jenny, at this time of the year they will be pot bound so make sure you remove any tea bag type thing if they have those and really tease out the roots well, then pot on. Thats all my garden consists of, big garden, wanting to do it cheap, they were fine, I’ve since split them and have a garden full of plants for not much money.
You don’t need to buy compost, use garden soil, they’ll be going in the garden anyway.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Agree with the above. I've found perennial plugs don't do much in their 1st year. If you can give them a few months growth this side of winter you might at least get them big enough to plant out later in spring
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Thats all my garden consists of, big garden, wanting to do it cheap, they were fine, I’ve since split them and have a garden full of plants for not much money.