There will be bunches and bouquets of sustainably grown, local (and lovely) flowers for sale on the Homesown stall at this Sunday’s Wolvercote Community Market . Zinnias, daisies, asters, sunflowers and dahlias are just some of the flowers looking good at the plot now. Everything is grown using an organic approach close to the market.

There will also be a small number of plants available ready for planting now. See below for more detail.

If you would like to pre-order for collection at the market, please contact me by 6pm Saturday evening:

thedevelopingplot@gmail.com

Flowers

Jam Jars and Milk Bottles: from £5 to £7.50 with each containing at least 15 stems

Pickle Jars: from £10 to £12 with at least 20 stems

Small bouquet: £15

Larger bouquets: start at £20

Arrange Your Own Bucket: starts at £25 for at least 40 stems (must be pre-ordered).

If you would like a bespoke bouquets or flowers for events, please get in touch.

Plants

Now, and for the next few weeks, is the perfect time to plant biennials to establish while the soil is still warm. These will flower next year when they will have developed into strong healthy plants. They might look scruffy in the depths of Winter, but will be beautiful in Spring and early Summer. These have all been grown by me from seed sown with peat free compost.

Digitalis purpurea albaflora: a graceful white foxglove which can be planted in moist, well drained soil in full shade or full sun. It is a favourite with pollinating insects and will self sow and return year after year. Please be aware that all parts of a foxglove are toxic if ingested. 9cm pots £1.75; 7cm pots £1.50

Digitalis purpurea ‘Pam’s Choice‘: a fantastic foxglove with nodding white, trumpet-shaped flowers which are freckled inside their throats with a rich maroon – very appealing to bees and other pollinators. Available as plug plants which are ready to sow now – 75p a plug.

Hesperis matronalis alba: beautifully scented pure white flowers are held above dark green leaves. This is a biennial or short-lived perennial that generously self- seeds. Like all sweet rockets it is highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects, and the fragrant flowers perfume the air in spring and early summer evenings. Can grow up to 4′ depending on conditions and can be planted in part shade. If dead headed regularly it will keep flowering, but its main flowering period is from May to June which makes it very useful. 9cm pots £1.75; 7cm pots £1.50

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