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Plants for the Back of the Border

Taller plants sit well towards the back of the border, adding height as well as providing a backdrop for the front-runners.

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Athyrium filix-femina

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Athyrium filix-femina
£5.00 - £54.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 7
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Silver Falls

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Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls'
£5.00 - £12.50
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum f. rubellum Lady in Red

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Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum f. rubellum 'Lady in Red'
£11.99 - £26.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Panicum virgatum Shenandoah

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Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
£9.99 - £39.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 9
Carex testacea Prairie Fire
Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire'
£9.99 - £39.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Panicum virgatum Heavy Metal

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Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
£5.99 - £29.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.5 5 2
Schizachyrium scoparium Ha Ha Tonka (PBR)

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Schizachyrium scoparium 'Ha Ha Tonka' (PBR)
£14.99 - £34.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Eragrostis spectabilis
Eragrostis spectabilis
£9.99 - £42.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Panicum virgatum Warrior

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Panicum virgatum 'Warrior'
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Helictotrichon sempervirens
£9.99 - £42.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex testacea

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Carex testacea
£9.50 - £24.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 2
Verbena Enchantment Purple (Enchantment Series)

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Verbena 'Enchantment Purple' (Enchantment Series)
£3.50 - £19.98
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
5 × rooted cuttings sold out
5 × rooted cuttings sold out
10 + 5 FREE rooted cuttings sold out
Betula pendula
Betula pendula
£9.99 - £119.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.8m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 60 - 80cm tall | hedging available to order from autumn
3 × bare root | 60 - 80cm tall | Hedging available to order from autumn
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Nigella papillosa African Bride
Nigella papillosa 'African Bride'
£2.39 - £6.00
approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × packets of approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus fullonum
£2.99 - £34.99
approx 150 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 4
Verbena rigida Santos
Verbena rigida 'Santos'
£2.99 - £19.99
approx 40 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Dahlia merckii

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Dahlia merckii
£5.49 - £35.98
approx 10 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 × tuber available to order from winter
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Alcea rosea Nigra
Alcea rosea 'Nigra'
£2.99 - £22.99
approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
0 star 0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 2.5 5 2
Angelica archangelica

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angelica
£2.79 - £16.99
approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 5
Foeniculum vulgare Giant Bronze

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fennel - bronze
£4.00 - £7.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 13
All year round colour conifer collection
All year round colour conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
Award-winning conifer collection
Award-winning conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Forsythia × intermedia Lynwood Variety

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Forsythia 'Lynwood Variety' - Flowering hedging
£50.97 £30.58
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium
£9.99 - £47.94
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata
£9.99 - £239.98
9cm pot | 20cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 litre pot | 30cm In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
12 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall shipped within 2 weeks
10 × bare root | 20 - 30cm available to order from autumn
10 × bare root | 40 - 50cm available to order from autumn
20 + 10 FREE bare root | 20 - 30cm available to order from autumn
20 + 10 FREE bare root | 40 - 50cm available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Timperley Early
rhubarb 'Timperley Early'
£5.99 - £11.98
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Raspberry Red
rhubarb 'Raspberry Red'
£4.99 - £14.00
1 × crown Delivered during October
3 × crowns Delivered during October
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Strawberry
rhubarb 'Strawberry'
£5.99 - £11.98
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Musa basjoo
Musa basjoo
£12.99 - £24.00
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
2 × 2 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Dahlia Tartan

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Dahlia 'Tartan'
£5.99 - £21.59
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 3 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 × tuber available to order from winter
3 × tubers available to order from winter
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