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The Best Plant Combinations
Bringing elegance in various shades of colour. For plant combinations that will dazzle your guests and bring show-stopping beauty to your garden read our complete guide.
How To Plant Bedding Plants in Pots
The easiest way to add stunning colour to your garden is by filling your garden with beautiful bedding plants. Learn how to plant by season, which planters work best & more with our easy step-by-step guide
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Our plants, everything you need to know
Our range includes everything from bedding plants to pond and hedging plants. Fancy growing your own fruit and vegetables? Take a look at our fruit trees, soft fruit plants, vegetable plants and seeds.
To really add the wow factor to your garden, consider one of our ornamental trees, shrubs or climbing plants.
We know that deciding on a plant can be complicated, especially when you’ve got such a huge range to choose from! That’s why we’ve created unique pages for all our plants, explaining the species-specific factors you need to consider and what makes each variety unique.
We don’t just stop there, but provide advice on how to care for your plants on our blog, ensuring you receive the biggest blooms and largest crops.
How do you plan out a garden?
First and foremost, it’s important to work out the sunny spots in your garden. For the average garden, the main cast of shade is you and your neighbours’ houses and outbuildings, but large trees can also be a significant source of shade.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west travelling across the south sky. This means a plant that is north of a tall structure will be in shade throughout the day, a plant that is to the west in sunlight in the evening, a plant that is to east in sunlight in the morning and a plant that is south in sun throughout the day.
Not all structures cast the same shade. A birch produces dappled shade, which can be perfect for camellias and rhododendrons. A house will produce deep shade, suitable for only a few species.
Once you have worked out the sunny spots in your garden, you can plan out your garden. If you plan to grow fruit, you’ll want to reserve the sunniest spots for such plants. Most fruiting plants prefer full sun (six hours of direct sun per day in midsummer) or cropping will be reduced otherwise. South-facing walls can be used to great effect to grow exotic plants such as grapes or train a fruit tree.
Ornamental plants will be fine in semi-shade (three to six hours of direct sunlight per day). Some species such as Japanese acers, rhododendrons, camellias are suited to dappled shade, and sometimes flounder in full sun. In deep shade (less than 2 hours per day), try planting evergreen trees such as holly, conifers and photinia. Flowering plants rarely do well here, but you can always try honeysuckle, winter jasmine and some varieties of rose and clematis.
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Primrose Plants
We pride ourselves on stocking the best range of plants, from exciting new introductions to hard to find heritage varieties. We know that deciding on a plant can be complicated, so we’ve listed in-depth information with each product about what makes each variety unique. You can also find advice on how to care for your plants on our blog, ensuring you receive the biggest blooms and largest crops.
Still don't know what you're looking for? Discover Our Popular catergories! House plants: The best specimens sent in plastic-free packaging. Ornamental Trees Discover over 500 bare root and potted trees to transform your garden. Fruit Trees Plant your own orchard with over 500 fruit tree varieties to choose from. Perennial Plants Returning year after year for reliable colour, coverage and foliage.
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