Red Poinsettia

Caring for your Poinsettia:

• Only water when the surface soil is dry, this should only be needed sparingly across the winter months.
• You could boost the humidity around the plant by spraying with water every couple of days.
• Don’t leave dust to settle on the leaves. Treat them like your ornaments and give them a dust as and when you see dust gathering.
• Repotting the plant after Christmas can help to encourage flowering in the following year. Use free-draining, loam-based compost when repotting, feeding once a fortnight through spring and summer with a high potash fertiliser.
• No pruning will be needed on the run-up to Christmas. To boost the chance of re-flowering, prune the plant back to 10cm around April.
• If you do spot any leaves starting to wilt or drop from the plant, this is a clear sign that the room temperature is too cold for it. Grey mould can indicate you’re watering the plant too much.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

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.