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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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Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group
Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpurea Group'
£39.99
available to order from spring
Fagus sylvatica Dawyck Gold

New

Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold'
From £99.99
9 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall
Fagus sylvatica Dawyck Purple

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Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'
From £109.99
9 litre pot | 0.8 - 1m tall
Fagus sylvatica
Fagus sylvatica - Beech hedging
From £79.99
25 × bare root plants | 40 - 60cm tall
10 × bare root plants | 1 - 1.25m tall
25 × bare root plants | 60 - 80cm tall
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 40 - 60cm tall
+ 2 more available
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Fallopia baldschuanica

30% off

Fallopia baldschuanica
From £14.99
3 litre pot | 60cm cane
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.5 5 2 (2)
Fargesia rufa

30% off

Fargesia rufa
From £39.99
2 litre pot | 30 - 50cm tall
5 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 7 (7)
Fatsia japonica
Fatsia japonica
From £21.75
2 litre pot
7.5 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall
10 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 11 (11)
Fatsia japonica Tsumugi-shibori
Fatsia japonica 'Tsumugi-shibori'
From £32.99
2 litre pot
7.5 litre pot | 40 - 60cm tall
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 102 (102)
Favourite salvia collection

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Up to 50% off

Favourite salvia collection
From £23.68
1 × collection | 3 plants
3 × collections | 9 plants
Foeniculum vulgare Giant Bronze

40% off

fennel - bronze
£7.99 £4.79
9cm pot
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 13 (13)
Forsythia × intermedia Lynwood Variety
Forsythia 'Lynwood Variety' - Flowering hedging
£50.97
3 × 2 litre pots
Eremurus collection
Foxtail lily collection
From £24.95
available to order from summer
gage Imperial Gage
gage 'Imperial Gage'
From £34.99
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m
Garrya elliptica James Roof
Garrya elliptica 'James Roof'
£44.99
3 litre pot | 90cm tall
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 19 (19)
Geranium maderense

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Geranium maderense
From £12.99
available to order from spring
Geranium phaeum Wendy's Blush

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Geranium phaeum 'Wendy's Blush'
From £11.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
Hedychium collection
ginger lily collection
From £26.95
1 × collection | 3 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bulbs
Ginkgo biloba Gold Spire ('Blagon')
Ginkgo biloba 'Gold Spire' ('Blagon')
From £139.99
12 litre pot | 1.5m tall
gage Reine-Claude Vraie

New

greengage 'Reine-claude Vraie'
From £34.99
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
Griselinia littoralis

Up to 30% off

Griselinia littoralis
From £7.99
9cm pot
2 litre pot
6 × 9cm pots
3 × 2 litre pots
+ 1 more available
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
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