Busy Lizzie 'Beacon'

The world's first truly mildew-resistant Busy Lizzie!
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12 x Plug Plants - SKU: 400804 - *Despatched from 07/03/2025
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Key Features

  • The Busy Lizzie is back! The number-one bedding plant grown in the UK is making a return.
  • We are extremely excited to be able to bring this lovely bedding plant to our customers.
  • New and improved it's the World's first, mildew-resistant, true Busy Lizzie!
  • Summer-long flowering, a riot of colour in a gorgeous range of shades.
  • Easy to grow, 'Beacon' displayed excellent, garden-worthy performance when trialled.
  • Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
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Description

The Busy Lizzie is back! The number one bedding plant grown in UK for the last few years is back yet again with a breeding breakthrough, bringing a riot of summer colour to your garden.

We are extremely excited to be able to bring this Busy Lizzie to you and we're sure you'll be just as keen to have them in your garden, where their reliability and proven performance make 'Beacon' Impatiens a top choice.

One of the most popular bedding plants, this series is sure to excel in UK gardens, rain or shine, sun or shade! During intensive trialling, 'Beacon' out-performed other varieties even when exposed to downy mildew, growing superbly and lasting all the way until the first frosts.

Initial trials showed a natural resistance to downy mildew, greater than other varieties currently available, and we have been particularly impressed with how well these garden favourites have grown and flowered reliably.

Robust and durable, these are top performers with reliable, consistent growth and summer-long flowering in a great range of dazzling colours, featuring white, red, pink, violet, and orange blooms.

Unlike many other bedding plants, Busy Lizzies thrive in shade or sun and make superb arrangements in baskets and pots - plus they're a great filler for flower borders, where they quickly plug those pesky gaps between plants.

Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.

Top Tips
Deadhead faded blooms to prolong flowering.
Space plants out to keep them compact - the more tightly they are packed, the taller they will grow. 20-30cm (8-12in)
Care Information
  • For most jumbo plug plant collections, the “mini Greenhouse” they are packed in will have a label on the outside, listing the individual varieties inside. We recommend writing your own labels out on receipt!
  • Give your plugs a little attention on arrival - unpack them immediately, and either mist them or stand them in water for an hour - they may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover. If you can’t do this, they can sit in Mini Greenhouses for a week if upright and not too wet.
    We recommend that you leave them to settle for a day somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
  • When you're ready to pot on, use a good quality, multi-purpose compost, and fill 3-4in pots (7-10cm).
  • Make a hole in the compost with a dibber or your finger, then holding each plug by its root ball, place it into the hole and gently firm the compost around it.
  • For great results, we recommend using our Windowsill Planters or 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays.
  • Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry as they don’t like to be left in standing water.
  • Grow on either on a bright windowsill or a greenhouse for 3-4 weeks before potting up into containers or into flower beds.
  • If planting directly into flower beds when all risk of frost has passed, prepare the ground well, removing weeds and digging in some compost or well-rotted manure if your soil is not already rich.
  • Plant approx. 20cm (8”) 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 when flowers fade to encourage more blooms.
Delivery Information

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.

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1. If you're not totally happy with your order, return it within 30 days and we'll replace or refund in full!
2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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