Hayloft Plants

What to know about shopping at Hayloft Plants

Hayloft Plants grew from Yvonne's kitchen table in the Worcestershire village of Wick in the early 1990s into one of the country's better-known mail-order nurseries, now based at Hollyoak Nursery near the renowned RHS Pershore college. The range is built around garden perennials, but you'll also find shrubs, bulbs, climbers and patio plants — often sold as young plug plants as well as established potted specimens, so gardeners can pick the size that suits their budget and how quickly they want a border to fill.

The biggest lever on cost here is plant size. Plug plants and smaller pot sizes are considerably cheaper than instant, mature specimens, and for most hardy perennials they establish quickly over a season — buying young and being patient is the classic way to plant a whole bed for the price of a few large pots. Multi-buy collections and mixed trays also tend to work out cheaper per plant than buying singly.

Timing matters just as much in the garden. Hayloft, like most nurseries, sends plants out in the main planting windows of spring and autumn, and these are when the widest choice and the seasonal offers usually appear, alongside end-of-season clearance on remaining stock. Signing up to the nursery's mailing list is typically the first place new-season deals and plant-of-the-month prices are shared.

Because a nursery's availability shifts with the growing season and the weather, check the current catalogue and any live offer on the Hayloft site before ordering. Where there's no active code on this page, buying plug plants in the right planting season is the most dependable way to keep your garden costs down.

— MoneySaverCodes Team