Catkins in Winter and Early Spring

There are so many beautiful catkins that carry us through the winter and last well into spring.

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HOME & GARDEN SALE

Choice Ornamental Trees Included In Our Sale This January

 Add year-round interest to your garden with ornamental trees. We have some very interesting trees featured in our sale.

OPENING HOURS 2026

 

The Nurseries

Open 7 days a week 9am-5pm

The Garden Tipi

January & February – Closed Mondays

Tuesday to Friday – Open 10am – 3pm

Saturdays & Sundays Normal hours 9am – 4pm

We are open on Bank Holidays except at Christmas

The Garden Tipi is a wedding & events venue on occasion we may operate a pop up café on the nursery. 

All About Us

Preston Bissett Nurseries has been open 42 years. Founded by Peter Richardson ,who we lost both suddenly and tragically in 2023 to cancer. Now his legacy continues to be run by his family and an amazing team.

OUR GARDEN DESIGN TEAM

 

Garden Design & Planting Consultations At Preston Bissett Nurseries & Country Shop.

Winter Flowers, Christmas Rose and Christmas Box, Hellebores and Sarcococca

Perfect Flowers For Christmas

Christmas Rose and Christmas Box respectively flower at Christmas or more realistically just after. Helleborus niger and sarcococca are two worthy plants for your winter garden.

Mahonia A Tough Winter Shrub

T H E  T O U G H I S T   O F  W I N T E R  S H R U B S

Mahonia is a great thug of a shrub. A massive holly like evergreen. But is it not worth it for these magnificent yellow plumes in January.

Creating A Good Winter Garden

W I N T E R   G A R D E N S   A R E  B E A U T I F U L

Grumbles about winter gardens are not justified. The fault lies firstly with us and our fair weathered nature. We shop when its warm and buy what we see in flower in May and June and miss the winter flowers. I am generalising. Go shopping on a mid winters day and you will then appreciate we have colour all winter.

Top Winter Bloomers

 T O P  W I N T E R   P E R F O R M E R S

January Gardener's Calendar

As real winter hardy gardeners we know there are some very beneficial outdoor hands on winter jobs from which your garden will truly benefit this month. Many suggested gardening task lists may seem limited to preparatory jobs and whilst these are important, I urge you to get your wellies on grab a spade and show that wheelbarrow some action. A gardeners work is never done. 

We have had the shortest day so herald spring is on its way and lets be ready.

How to Choose your Christmas Tree at Preston Bissett

2025 A Taste of our Wild Wreath Workshops

 

W I  L D  W R E A T H  M A K I N G

Choosing A Christmas Tree.

The main commercial Christmas trees are: Nordmann the Caucasian Fir (Abies Nordmanniana), Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) Norway Spruce(Picea Abies) and the Blue Spruce(Picea Pungens Glauca)

41 years of Christmas Wreaths

 

W R E A T H  M A K I N G

December Gardener's Calendar.

It’s all about taking a few sensible steps to protect the garden from the unpredictable weather we may have to come over the winter.

Christmas at Preston Bissett

F E S T I V E  W I N T E R   F O R E S T

November Gardener's Calendar

• Its a very good time to plant hedges, trees, shrubs and fruit. To give your garden the very best head start continue the tradition of autumn planting and plant as much as possible now. Planting in autumn conditions is recommended because the ground is favourable and if we establish plants now we can enjoy them next year. Plants benefit from having time to create a solid root system through autumn, winter and early spring, when they are not under pressure to flower and produce leaves. Work now while the soil is still warm and moist and not yet frozen. And don't forget to get your spring bulbs in.

What Bees Enjoy Most In Late Summer

Circium rivulare

The bees are enjoying the current revival of our traditional cottage garden plants. It’s extremely beneficial and couldn’t come at a better time for their survival.

Hardy Winter Containers

 

H A R D Y  C O N T A I N E R  I D E A R S

Y O U  W I L L  L O V E

Every season we reserve one of the tunnels for seasonal interest perfect for pots and containers. There is a myth that the winter is dull. It is a myth. The colour may not be flower dependant though there is no shortage of flower with violas and hellebores, cyclamen and bellis to highlight a few.

Simple Hardy Autumn Winter Container Combinations

W I N T E R  H A R D Y  P O T S

Planted pots and containers are something we specialise in, and while we would love to plant them for you there is no reason why you can't have a go. These are just a small selection of hardy plants that can be combined to make  winter containers.

Prairie Planting Looks Spectacular in Late Summer

When we hit August the buzz word on the gardening front was Prairie Planting, technically now called new perennial planting. This is because so many of the late summer perennials and textural grasses emulate the natural planting on vast wild Prairies. These look wonderful right through until autumn.

It is Time to Start Planting Spring Bulbs for 100 Day of Colour

S P R I N G  B U L B  P L A N T I N G

It is a new season and we have a sweet shop of Prinz bulbs and this is the time to start choosing and planting them for next spring and possibly a few for Christmas! You can have 100 days of flower.

Choosing Perennials That Bring Colour From Late Summer Into Autumn

Gardens Do Not Finish at the end of summer

Late summer and you may think your gardens are past there sell by date, but you would be so wrong. Perennials that have finished flowering may just require a chop back to stop them going to seed. You may well then get a second flood of blooms.

Late Summer Colour This Year

We're officially in the late summer season. September is fading into autumn