Too early ?

[Elasticatedwaist]

To buy a few things from the garden centre and plant them out ?
getting impatient !

No, now is a great time to start planting

It depends on where you are? Have you checked the last frost dates for your area

I completely get the being impatient thing/ I’m counting down the days to the last frost here (roll on 1st May!)

it might be ok to treat yourself to a few things and start gardening them off- so they are ready to go in a couple of weeks? just don’t forget to bring them in at night!

Sorry - auto correct fail. Hardening them off !

Shrubs, climbers and hardy perennials will be fine to plant out. Bedding plants are frost tender so you need to wait until after the last frost, there are various frost checkers online. Beware of buying Hydrangeas in full flower. These are greenhouse raised and are very tender. You’d almost need to treat as a houseplant, harden off and plant out after the frosts.

Anything hardy is fine. Summer bedding and tomato plants etc, absolutely not.

Great Thankyou !

I was always told n’er cast a clout til May is out due to frost at night still.