Native plants can take a little while to establish but in-the-green bulbs provide instant plants that will naturalise to create large clumps of blooms for the spring garden. This method of transplanting bulbs is generally more successful and quicker ...

The Petticoat Daffodil is a beautiful and unusual dwarf daffodil with delicate papery cream flowers, resembling petticoats, among dark-green needle-like foliage. It is perfect for containers, alpine garden or rockery. Sold by us as potted bulbs which...

After Eight Chocolate Mint, anyone?"The savor or smell of the Mint rejoyceth the heart of man, for which cause they use it to strew in chambers and places of recreation, pleasure and repose, and where feasts and banquets are made." - Gerard's Herbal ...

These Asiatic Primulas give great value. They flower for much of the summer and into autumn, if it stays mild like this year, sending up tall 'drumsticks' of purple-blue flowers above neat clumps of foliage. They are easy to grow in any soil that doe...

The Shire Plants Autumn plant sale is now on! There's still time to plant hardy perennials to get established before winter. Autumn is the traditional time for planting, because they establish (root growth) quickly in soil which retains summer heat f...

We have some lovely Cyclamen in flower now. These are Cyclamen hederifolium, which are the easiest and most reliable garden Cyclamen, are available in white or pink and have the added benefit of attractive markings on their leaves, adding intere...

Hardy Chrysanthemum 'Bretforton Road' has been grown for generations in gardens in Worcestershire and proved its worth. It's flowering now and looks wonderful.Tough and strong growing, it doesn't require staking and makes a great late-flowering ...

This is Sweet Violet, 'Bournemouth Gem'. In the early 1800s, there was a successful trade in sweet violet posies and this variety is one of many which were bred at that time, valued for its long stems and good scent. It has survived to this day and w...

Hardy geraniums are reliable, long-flowering, easy-to-grow plants. They are commonly known as cranesbill geraniums, cranesbills or true geraniums and have been grown in British gardens for hundreds of years. Many hardy geraniums are excellent ground ...

We currently have over 60 plants on offer, with sale prices starting at just £2.95. Click here for the list!