Histon Plants

Histon Plants We are a small residential plant nursery based in Histon. We sell a range of flowering perennial plants at bargain prices, with multibuy deals.

We also undertake most gardening services. Please contact us via our website for more info: histonplants.com

Histon Plants is temporarily shut (as of today), due to us having a skip placed near the plant sales racking and work go...
13/05/2026

Histon Plants is temporarily shut (as of today), due to us having a skip placed near the plant sales racking and work going on. We felt it safer and easier to carry out this work if we closed the nursery.

Also, as some of you may have noticed lately, we have had a lot less plants for sale this season at the nursery/on the website, and not been posting/advertising as much. This is due to stock problems caused by various issues this year, so we currently don’t have a lot of stock for sale anyway. Therefore, we may well stay closed for a while longer, while we address these issues.

We apologise to all our customers for the disruption in service and appreciate everyone’s patience while we carry out this work and sort out other issues.

**Please note: for our gardening customers - our gardening services will continue as normal during this plant nursery closure.

Thanks,
Histon Plants ❤️

Alliums are back! ❤️We have a special offer again on our Allium packs. We have a very limited amount of these packs that...
28/04/2026

Alliums are back! ❤️

We have a special offer again on our Allium packs. We have a very limited amount of these packs that we’re offering at just £22 per tray of 8 x 1L pots (just £2.75 each)!
First come, first served basis (no holding).
These are currently on sale at our plant nursery for £4 per pot/3 pots for £10. So you can make a decent saving here, especially if ordering multiple trays!
(Order details at bottom of post).

These Allium packs are available now for collection from the plant nursery in Histon at:
Histon Plants, 6 Bell Hill, Histon, CB24 9JQ. We are currently open 9-6 everyday.

These packs contain 8 x 1L potted Alliums and will come in a free carry tray.
We have the following packs available:

•8 x 1L Allium ‘Purple Sensation’ (purple)

•8 x 1L Allium ‘Nigrum’ (white)

Alliums are a real show stopper in late spring. They give height, structure and colour to a bed/border. These alliums will reach a height of 80-100cm and prefer full sun and well drained soil. They are fully hardy perennials and will die back to ground shortly after flowering, but will then come back every spring and will spread naturally, to give you a bigger/better display every year! They can be grown in the ground or in large pots.

*Please note that Allium foliage naturally starts to die back, even before the bulb has flowered. Therefore tips of leaves may have been cut back/tidied.

Please place your orders by using one of the following methods:

•Message us on Facebook:
•Email us at: [email protected]
•Text/WhatsApp us on: 07592 258801

It’s that time of year again… snowdrops! We have these single snowdrops ‘Galanthus Nivalis’ on sale currently at the nur...
26/01/2026

It’s that time of year again… snowdrops!
We have these single snowdrops ‘Galanthus Nivalis’ on sale currently at the nursery in 1L pots for £4 each/3 for £10. We are also offering a limited amount of these in full trays of 8 x 1L pots for a further discount - £24 a tray (just £3 per pot!).

These always sell out very quickly, and we won’t have anymore available this year once these have gone, so get your order in quick! (Pictures show the actual plants we’re growing and what you can expect to receive).
Each pot contains around 6-8 flowering sized bulbs, and most pots also contain some smaller bulblets, which will mature into flowering bulbs within around 2-3 years.

This is a great way to bulk up the snowdrop population in your garden for a bargain price! Usually you would see potted snowdrops with just a few bulbs per pot for around £5! So this is a cracking deal on snowdrops ‘in the green’ and already growing, which is always the best way to buy/establish them, as dry bulbs often fail. Planting bulbs like this in the green ensures they will naturalise and return year after year. Snowdrops naturally spread by themselves over the years, to form large groups and eventually carpets of snowdrops! They prefer a part shade position, that doesn’t completely dry out.
These have been potted up into the perfect sized clumps, ready to plant and establish in your garden. We recommend these are planted soon after flowering (or can be planted straight away, if you’re careful with them when planting).

These can be purchased now at the nursery for £4 each/3 for £10, but full trays of 8 must be preordered by either messaging us on here, or to 07592 258801, or by email to: [email protected]

*full trays are a Facebook only offer and must be preordered. This full tray offer is not available on our website, or to walk in customers at the nursery.
Once you have placed your order, collection is from the plant nursery at: 6 Bell Hill, Histon, CB24 9JQ. Full collection details will be sent after ordering.

*Please note: we have currently run out of pic/info labels for these, so each tray will just contain a white stick label with the plant name written on.

If you haven’t visited us for a while, it’s worth coming down and seeing what we have! This week alone, we’ve added 16 n...
28/06/2025

If you haven’t visited us for a while, it’s worth coming down and seeing what we have! This week alone, we’ve added 16 new perennial species! These are:

•Allium ‘Hidcote’
•Aubretia ‘Royal Blue’
•Bergamot ‘Cambridge Scarlet’
•Dahlia ‘Bishop of Canterbury’
•Dahlia ‘Bishop of Oxford’
•Dahlia ‘Mystic Dreamer’
•Digitalis ‘Snow Thimble’
•Fuchsia ‘Dying Embers’
•Nepeta ‘Purrsian Blue’
•Penstemon ‘Heavenly Blue’
•Penstemon ‘Laura’
•Penstemon ’Plum Jerkum’
•Penstemon ‘Snowstorm’
•Scabious ‘Kudo Pink’
•Tradescantia ‘Blue n Gold’
•Verbena B. ‘Lollipop’

These have been added to our already extensive range of over 100 different perennial species.
All of our 1L plants are £4 each or 3 for £10. And as always, you can mix and match any species.

*pictures taken today at the nursery. The plants are looking pretty colourful at the moment! ☺️

*You can find our full list of plants on our website: histonplants.com (although some of these new species haven’t been added yet, but are on sale at the nursery).

These 1L Gaillardia Goblin are looking pretty hot on the nursery right now! 🔥🥵🌼They look as hot as we’re all feeling! 😂A...
19/06/2025

These 1L Gaillardia Goblin are looking pretty hot on the nursery right now! 🔥🥵🌼
They look as hot as we’re all feeling! 😂

Add a bright hit of colour to your garden this summer, that will extend into autumn and come back every year with these perennials. Great for the front of a sunny bed/border and also work very well in large pots. They produce masses of bright flowers and are very long flowering - up to 6 months plus!

Yours for just £4 each or 3 for £10. Bargain!
Don’t forget, you can mix and match across our entire 1L perennial plant range of around 100 different species.

It’s the last long bank holiday weekend before summer to get your plants for all those gaps in the garden and get them p...
25/05/2025

It’s the last long bank holiday weekend before summer to get your plants for all those gaps in the garden and get them planted now, before summer properly kicks off and you just want to kick back and relax in your garden full of colour 😊

We’re open all bank holiday weekend, 9-6, as usual, and we’re all stocked up with some great perennial plants at bargain prices!
All of our 1L mature perennial plants are £4 each or 3 for £10 and you can mix and match across our entire perennial range of around 100 different species. This is a great way to fill your garden with different plants and colours at a price that won’t break the bank!
And because they are perennial, they will come back every year and just get bigger and better!

For anyone who hasn’t seen our recent fb posts, or been to the nursery lately and doesn’t yet know, we now have QR code signs displayed at the nursery so you can pay by card, Google Pay or Apple Pay, simply by scanning the sign with your smart phone camera. These payments are processed by Square and are fully secure.
We still accept cash or bank transfer also (bank details available on request).

So what are you waiting for? Those plants won’t buy and plant themselves 😄🌺🌸🌼

*(pictures taken today of just some of our plants on sale at the nursery).

We now have some new signs up here at the plant nursery at Histon Plants with a QR code on for making payments (shown in...
13/05/2025

We now have some new signs up here at the plant nursery at Histon Plants with a QR code on for making payments (shown in the first picture). There are 3 of these now located around the sales area.

When you scan the QR code with your smart phone camera, it will take you through to the secure Square payment screen (shown in second picture), where you can add the amount and your payment details and pay securely by card, Google pay or Apple pay.

We will still be accepting cash and bank transfer as payment options at the nursery and these forms of payment are preferred, as they don’t incur any payment transaction fees for us. To pay by bank transfer (BACS), please contact us for bank details.

Thanks,
Histon Plants ❤️

After having some new signs made up for the plant nursery with the new QR code on for making payment (shown in first pic...
07/05/2025

After having some new signs made up for the plant nursery with the new QR code on for making payment (shown in first picture), we’ve realised the previous QR code we posted in a previous post on here may not have been clear enough to scan! So this is a new, clearer image to scan and definitely works as we’ve tested it! Please use this new QR image to make payments.

When you scan the QR code, it will take you through to the secure Square payment screen (shown in second picture), where you can add the amount and your payment details and pay by card, Google pay or Apple pay.

These signs will be appearing at the plant nursery shortly. Until then, you can still use the QR code image in this post for making payments.
We’re being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century 😂 although cash and bank transfer are still accepted at the nursery and preferred, as they don’t incur any payment transaction fees for us.

Thanks,
Histon Plants ❤️

*1L POTTED SPRING BULBS JUST £1 A POT!*We have now reduced some of our 1L potted spring bulbs. These were on sale at £3....
04/05/2025

*1L POTTED SPRING BULBS JUST £1 A POT!*

We have now reduced some of our 1L potted spring bulbs. These were on sale at £3.50 each/3 for £9, they are now reduced to just £1 a pot! So grab a bargain!

These include:

•Crocus ‘Ruby Giant’
•Iris Reticulata ‘George’
•Narcissus ‘Tete a Tete’
•Ornithogalum ‘Oligophyllum’

They have finished flowering for the year, but will come back next spring and every year after that. So get them in the ground now and then forget about them, for a cheap display in future years! Buying bulbs ‘in the green’ like this is a much better and reliable way to ensure they return next year, versus planting dry bulbs.

These are available on the nursery and all trays included are marked as *reduced*
(*Does not include other potted bulb species that are yet to flower).
You can purchase these in person at the nursery, or by messaging us on fb at Histon Plants, or on 07592 258801 or email us at: [email protected]

As usual, we’re open again all bank holiday weekend, 9am-6pm, selling our quality perennial plants at bargain prices. Fi...
04/05/2025

As usual, we’re open again all bank holiday weekend, 9am-6pm, selling our quality perennial plants at bargain prices.
Find us at: 6 Bell Hill, Histon, CB24 9JQ.

All of our 1L perennials are £4 each or 3 for £10 and you can mix and match across our entire perennial range of around 100 different species. This is a great way to test out a variety of different perennial species in your garden to see what works for you, and you won’t break the bank in the process!
Or you can go to the garden centre and cry when they give you the total at the till 😂

If you haven’t already filled those gaps in the garden ready for summer colour, come and get some bargain plants and get them in the ground this weekend, so they give you a better display this year! 🌼🌸

You can now also pay using the QR code displayed in the picture (still waiting on QR code signs for the nursery, so please use this image for now).

Address

6 Bell Hill, Histon
Cambridge
CB249JQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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