Acanthus mollis (Bear's breeches)
£6.90A large perennial with bright green fleshy leaves, almost tropical looking. Fully hardy in the UK an... [full details]
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Acanthus spinosus (Bears Breeches)
£6.90A bright green, leafy perennial, fully hardy in the UK and evergreen in mild areas. Will grow to abo... [full details]
Achillea 'Moonshine'
£5.90Silver-grey foliage with flat sulphur-yellow flower heads from June to September. This variety is sh... [full details]
Achillea 'Summerwine'
£5.50Delicate clusters of small wine-velvet flowers fading slightly to give a two-tone effect. Flowers fr... [full details]
Achillea 'Terracotta'
£5.50Beautiful blooms which open orange-red fading to yellow with age. Like bricks in an old wall, the co... [full details]
Achillea ageratum (English Mace)
£5.50A culinary herb for the garden border or a patio pot. It is a hardy perennial with serrated aromatic... [full details]
Achillea chrysocoma 'Grandiflora'
£6.90A big impact plant for the back of a border. Tall stems of handsome pale-green, finely divided leav... [full details]
Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth Of Gold’
£5.50Light green foliage and deep golden-yellow flowers. A good-sized perennial, perfect for growing towa... [full details]
Achillea millefolium 'Fanal'
£5.90Flat heads of bright orange-red flowers with small yellow eyes in May and June. Attractive to polli... [full details]
Achillea millefolium 'Lilac Beauty'
£5.50A pink form of our native Yarrow. Good in a border and makes an excellent cut flower. Large flat hea... [full details]
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
£4.90White flowers, 3" across in June and July. Deep green feathery leaves. Loved by bees. The green fern... [full details]
Achillea nobilis subsp. neilreichii (Noble Yarrow)
£5.50Beautiful, creamy-white umbels of flowers over green-grey ferny foliage. Shorter than some Achilleas... [full details]
Achillea ptarmica 'The Pearl' (Sneezewort)
£5.50Large sprays of dazzling, pure white, double or semi-double blooms. This hardy perennial plant forms... [full details]
Achillea tomentosa 'Aurea' (Woolly Yaroow)
£5.50A useful drought-resistant, dwarf Achillea. Bright yellow flower heads above woolly, grey-green foli... [full details]
Actaea simplex 'Atropurpurea' (Bugbane)
£5.90This hardy perennial was brought from eastern USA in 1732 and was originally named Cimicifuga becaus... [full details]
Agapanthus africanus 'Albus' (White Lily of the Nile)
£6.50Tall, strong stems with large spherical heads of pure white flowers from June to August. Grow in the... [full details]
Agapanthus africanus 'Twister' (Lily of the Nile)
£6.50Beautiful bicoloured blooms make this a striking African lily which makes an impressive display in b... [full details]
Agastache 'Blackadder' (Giant Hyssop)
£6.50A useful vertical effect from July to September with spikes of dark violet-blue, bottle brush flower... [full details]
Agastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sprite'
£5.50Agastache aurantiaca ‘Apricot Sprite’ is an outstanding perennial that provides a sizzling blast... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Alba' (White Bugle)
£5.50The white form of our native Bugle, which is a fantastic ground cover plant.Spreading folaige of gre... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' (Bugle)
£5.50Ideal ground cover for a shady area. Large, glossy, almost black foliage with dense, upright spires... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow' (Bugle)
£4.90An excellent ground cover which really stands out in winter.Forms spreading mound of green-grey leav... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' (Bugle)
£5.50Ideal ground cover for a shady area. Large, glossy, bronze-purple leaves with dense, upright spires... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Chocolate Chip' (Bugle)
£4.90An extremely dwarf Ajuga with masses of blue flowers in spring.Narrow bronze-green foliage provides... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Julia' (Bugle)
£5.50The most beautiful Ajuga we know of, and not often seen. Striking spires of lovely pink flowers held... [full details]
Ajuga reptans 'Variagata' (Bugle)
£5.50A less common form of Bugle, which is a fantastic ground cover plant.Forms spreading mound of green-... [full details]
Alcea ficifolia 'Pink' (Russian hollyhock)
£5.90If you love hollyhocks but find they are affected by rust, this is the variety for you. Alcea ficifo... [full details]
Alcea ficifolia (Antwerp Hollyhock)
£5.90If you love hollyhocks but find they are affected by rust, this is the variety for you. Alcea ficifo... [full details]
Alcea rosea 'Nigra' (Black Hollyhock)
£5.90The hollyhock is a classic English country cottage plant and this is a wonderful black hollyhock tha... [full details]
Alcea rugosa (Russian Hollyhock)
£6.50This Hollyhock has lovely primrose-yellow flowers and fig-leaf shaped foliage. Much more resistant t... [full details]
Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle)
£5.90Masses of greenish yellow flowers in early summer, with broad, slightly fluted, sage green leaves.It... [full details]
Allium 'Purple Sensation'
£5.90Purple Sensation bears large, rounded heads of deep violet, star-shaped flowers, on tall sturdy stem... [full details]
Allium luteum (Allium moly)
£5.50A profusely flowering ornamental onion. Masses of lovely golden-yellow flowers in May and June. The... [full details]
Allium nutans (Siberian Chives)
£5.90A lovely robust herb with large beautiful pink flowers. The leaves and flowers are edible and have a... [full details]
Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
£3.50 £4.90Chives are easy to grow in a pot near the kitchen door, or in the herb bed. The leaves have a mild o... [full details]
Allium siculum (Sicilian Honey Garlic)
£5.90This exquisite and unusual ornamental onion produces umbrellas of subtly coloured bell-shaped flower... [full details]
Allium tuberosum (Garlic Chives)
£5.90A herb worth growing in a pot near the kitchen door, or in the herb bed. The strap-like leaves have... [full details]
Allium ursinum (Wild Garlic / Ramsons)
£5.90This is our native wild relation to the onion and garlic. Milder in taste and smell than cultivated... [full details]
Allium ursinum (Wild Garlic / Ramsons) - six in-the-green bulbs
£9.95This is our native wild relation to the onion and garlic. Milder in taste and smell than cultivated... [full details]
Allium vineale 'Hair'
£5.90A unique flower which produces tall fine stems which support dense flower umbels with a purple centr... [full details]
Alyssum saxatilis 'Gold Cushion' (Alyssum)
£5.90An alpine for the rockery or container. Simply covered in golden flowers from spring to mid-summer.E... [full details]
Amsonia orientalis 'Blue Ice' (Eastern Blue Star)
£6.50A beautiful, if rarely-seen hardy plant, it deserves to be more widely grown. It flowers reliably ye... [full details]
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist' (Bugloss)
£5.90Beautiful blue flowers on strong stems which don't need staking, make this a worthy garden plant for... [full details]
Anemone coronaria 'Mister Fokker' (Poppy-flowered Anemone)
£5.90Wide, violet-blue with black eye, bowl-shaped flowers rise above mounds of fine, fern-like foliage i... [full details]
Anemone coronaria 'The Bride' (The Florists Anemone)
£5.90Beautiful large pure-white, almost poppy-like flowers, stand tall above green foliage in early sprin... [full details]
Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance' (Japanese anemone)
£5.50A lovely, very free-flowering, pink Japanese Anemone. which flowers from August to October.Japanese... [full details]
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bressingham Glow' (Japanese anemone)
£5.50Large semi-double deep rose pink flowers on tall, slender well-branched stems above a mound of large... [full details]
Anemone multifida ‘Annabella White’
£5.90Beautiful ivory-white flowers in spring and often early summer, which become attractive silken seed... [full details]
Anemone multifida ‘Rubra’ (Windflower)
£5.90Lovely red flowers in spring and often early summer, which become attractive silken seed heads. Feat... [full details]
Anemone stolonifera 'Flore Pleno'
£6.50A lovely little semi-double woodland Anemone. Deeply cut deep green foliage makes dense mats above w... [full details]
Anemone × hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' (Japanese anemone)
£6.50Pure white flowers on 4' stems. Japanese Anemones will grow on pretty much any soil in pretty much a... [full details]
Anemone × hybrida 'Prince Henryi' (Japanese anemone)
£5.50A beautiful form with single and semi-double two-tone pink flowers with yellow centres.Japanese Anem... [full details]
Anemone × hybrida 'Whirlwind' (Japanese anemone)
£5.90This variety is known for it's large white, slightly untidy blooms, which look a little like whirlwi... [full details]
Anthemis tinctoria 'E.C. Buxton'
£5.90Anthemis forms mounds of ferny green foliage covered in creamy-yellow daisies endlessly throughout s... [full details]
Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise'
£5.50Anthemis forms mounds of ferny green foliage which are covered in flowers from May to October. This... [full details]
Anthemis tinctoria (Dyer's Chamomile)
£5.50A British native plant which was traditionally used for producing warm-yellow coloured dye for texti... [full details]
Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' (Queen Ann's Lace)
£6.50A wonderful form of Queen’s Anne’s Lace with dark, green-brownish-purple leaves, contrasting per... [full details]
Aquilegia caerulea 'Spring Magic Blue' (Granny's Bonnets)
£6.50A blue and white form of this easy garden plant. Happy in sun or in shade where it shows up wonderfu... [full details]
Aquilegia caerulea 'Spring Magic White' (Granny's Bonnets)
£6.50A lovely pure white form of this easy garden plant. Happy in sun or in shade where it shows up wonde... [full details]
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Black Barlow' (Granny's Bonnets)
£5.90This form of Granny's Bonnets has lovely dark-purple to black pompom-like flowers from spring to sum... [full details]
Armoracia rusticana (Horse Radish)
£5.90The plant has lovely white flowers in early summer and forms a large clump. It will grow pretty much... [full details]
Artemisia 'Powis Castle' (Wormwood)
£5.50This Artemisia doesn't really produce flowers (although may occasionally display small, insignifican... [full details]
Artemisia abrotanum (Southernwood)
£6.50A shrubby, semi-evergreen Artemisia which forms a bush of upright branches with grey-green, very sc... [full details]
Artemisia absinthium (Wormwood)
£5.50A woody perennial with finely cut, silvery-grey, aromatic foliage. Its small yellow flowers have lit... [full details]
Artemisia alba 'Canescens' (Mugwort)
£6.50Low bushes of upturned stems carry wisps of ornamental, scented foliage. At its best midsummer throu... [full details]
Artemisia dracunculus (French Tarragon)
£2.95 £4.90French Tarragon, valued for adding a distinctive flavour to salads, chicken and fish dishes. Prefer... [full details]
Artemisia lactiflora Guizhou (White Mugwort)
£5.50White Mugwort has been a much-valued garden plant since its introduction from China in 1901. Arching... [full details]
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis' (Western Mugwort)
£5.50Slender silver leaves with jagged edges and glistening young shoots. A superb foliage plant to intro... [full details]
Artemisia pontica (Roman Wormwood)
£5.90A spreading plant with finely cut foliage that can be used as ground cover in hot sunny places, or a... [full details]
Artemisia schmidtiana 'Nana' (Dwarf Schmidt wormwood)
£5.50Compact mats of downy silver grey foliage, very soft to the touch. Ideal for rockery, gravel garden,... [full details]
Artemisia stelleriana (Dusty Miller)
£5.50Strong, oak shaped silver-white leaves sprawl along the ground. Excellent in dry, sunny positions.Cu... [full details]
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort)
£5.50A native wildflower steeped in folklore. For hundreds of years it was made into garlands and hung ov... [full details]
Arum italicum 'Chameleon' (Cookoo Pint)
£5.90Marbled pale green zones on arrow shaped leaves. In spring pale green flowers appear well above the... [full details]
Arum italicum 'Green Marble' (Large Cookoo Pint)
£5.50Marbled pale green zones on arrow shaped leaves. In spring pale green flowers appear well above the... [full details]
Arum italicum subsp. italicum 'Marmoratum' (Lords and Ladies)
£5.90The Italian Arum Lily, brought to this country in 1683. A striking plant with bold cream markings al... [full details]
Aruncus 'Horatio' (Goat's Beard)
£5.50 £6.50A beautiful large perennial which is perfect for naturalised planting schemes, woodland edges and sh... [full details]
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Flower)
£5.90As the name suggests, this showy plant is adored by butterflies (and other pollinators). It also mak... [full details]
Aster 'Snow Cushion' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50A lovely dwarf Michaelmas daisy which makes a good size clump about a foot high. Absolutely masses o... [full details]
Aster amethystinus 'Freiburg'
£5.50A rare and sought after airy aster with heads of many blue flowers very late on in the year, from la... [full details]
Aster cordifolius 'Little Carlow'
£6.50A lovely Michaelmas daisy with masses of small, bright blue flowers above mid-green foliage from Sep... [full details]
Aster lateriflorus var. horizontalis
£6.50An unusual form, not often offered, with horizontal branchlets and a profusion of grey flowers with... [full details]
Aster novae-angliae 'Bishop Colenso' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50Named after a former Norfolk resident, this Aster has wonderful semi-double rich (Bishop) purple flo... [full details]
Aster novae-angliae 'Herbstschnee' (Symphyotrichum)
£6.50Sturdy branching stems with clusters of white daisy flowers. Doesn't usually require staking.Very ea... [full details]
Aster novi belgii 'Blauglut' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50A superb Michaelmas daisy. Clear, bright, yellow eyed, purple-blue flowers on 40cm high plants durin... [full details]
Aster novi belgii 'Jenny' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50Magenta red flowers cover a neat mound of foliage for much of autumn.Height: 40cmAsters:The perennia... [full details]
Aster novi-belgii 'Lady in Blue' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50Single power-blue flowers. Makes a neat mound, good for front of border.Height: 60cmAsters:The peren... [full details]
Aster novi-belgii 'Marie Ballard' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.90A tall aster with large double light blue flowers in September and October. Quite beautiful. Height... [full details]
Aster novi-belgii 'Patricia Ballard' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.90A very good Aster which rarely succumbs to mildew. Strong growing and covered in lovely pink semi-do... [full details]
Aster novi-belgii 'Red Robin' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.00Shorter than a lot of Asters, making it a good addition to the front of a border, Red Robin has mass... [full details]
Aster novi-belgii 'White Ladies' (Symphyotrichum)
£5.50An old variety which has stood the test of time. Clusters of pure white double flowers, which open t... [full details]
Aster x frikartii 'Monch'
£6.50We love this aster. Bright blue flowers with a golden eye over a very long period.One of the longest... [full details]
Astilbe 'Sprite'
£5.50Much divided leaves start out chocolate-bronze when young and slowly change to a very dark green. La... [full details]
Astilbe chinensis var. pumila
£5.50A dwarf Astilbe which spreads well and can make a good ground cover. Mauve-pink flowers on spikes ab... [full details]
Astilbe x arendsii White ('Weisse Gloria')
£5.90White fluffy flower plumes above ferny green foliage, forming a good-sized clump. An excellent borde... [full details]
Astragalus canadensis (Canadian milkvetch)
£5.90Rarely seen in this country, this plant from the clover family bears greenish-white flowers above cl... [full details]
Astragalus pelecinus (Biserrula)
£6.50A very rarely offered and most unusual plant in the clover family bearing pink and purple flowers ab... [full details]
Astrantia major 'Astra Red' (Red Masterwort)
£5.90Astrantias have flower heads resembling a domed pincushion, set in a star of spiky bracts. They thri... [full details]
Astrantia major (Masterwort)
£6.90Astrantias have flower heads resembling a domed pincushion, set in a star of spiky bracts. They thri... [full details]
Atriplex halimus (Tree purslane)
£6.90An excellent shrub for dry sunny positions. Silver shield-shaped leaves form a dense shrub. Small w... [full details]
Aubrieta 'Blue'
£5.90Aubretia are wonderful alpines which form trailing mats of green foliage and are often seen clinging... [full details]