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Description

An absolutely wonderful plant, ‘Sugar Rush’ is a dwarf wallflower that packs a real punch. Its neat, compact form belies its flowering abilities!

Not only does it produce spectacular spikes, densely filles with highly scented, colourful flowers, but it does it twice. In autumn and early winter, the first flush of flowers appears, their perfume drifting around your garden as late as November. Then, after a brief break more flowers are produced between March and May. The stunning display in a mixture of red, yellow, purple and cream will transform your whole garden and certainly makes a wonderful alternative to the more usual winter bedding, and bees and other pollinators will appreciate them for their nectar at a time of year when it is scarce.

‘Sugar Rush’ is extremely hardy, even in the harshest of winters and will continue to look superb in borders and planters when most garden plants are dormant. It’s easy to care for too, needing only regular deadheading and cutting back after the autumn flowers have finished to stop them getting leggy before the spring flowers arrive.

Supplied as 20 garden ready plants, ready to plant in, growing to a height and spread of 30 cm (1 ft).

Top Tips

Plant together in a block for a tapestry of vibrant colour.

Care Information

Unpack plugs immediately and stand them in water for an hour.

Plugs may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover.

Put them somewhere warm, light, and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.

Plant straight into their final flowering position.

Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry. They don’t like to be left in standing water.

Plant approx. 20cm (8in) apart to allow them room to grow.

Feed using a high-potash feed such as Blooming Fast Superior Soluble Fertiliser for Flowers & Fruits, to encourage flowering.

Dead head and remove any seed pods to prolong flowering.

Feed and water plants until they are fully established.

Plant in free-draining soil in full sun.

To prevent plants from becoming leggy, cut back in late autumn or early winter after flowering has finished.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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