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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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Digitalis purpurea Dalmatian Peach (Dalmatian Series)
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian Peach' (Dalmatian Series)
£8.99 - £36.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
0 star 0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.3 5 6
Ilex crenata Convexa
Ilex crenata 'Convexa'
£8.99 - £36.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana alata
£8.99 - £17.98
5 × seedlings | jumbo sold out
10 + 5 FREE seedlings | jumbo sold out
Eremurus Line Dance

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Eremurus 'Line Dance'
£8.99 - £24.00
1 × tuber Delivered during October
3 × tubers Delivered during October
Canna Tropicana Red (PBR)
Canna 'Tropicana Red' (PBR)
£8.99 - £26.97
1 × rhizome available to order from winter
3 × rhizomes available to order from winter
Hosta Regal Splendor

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Hosta 'Regal Splendor'
£9.09 - £19.59
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 2
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
Verbascum Honey Dijon

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Verbascum 'Honey Dijon'
£9.50 - £22.49
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Stipa gigantea

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Stipa gigantea
£9.99 - £42.99
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)
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 25
Muehlenbeckia complexa

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Muehlenbeckia complexa
£9.99 - £24.99
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
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta
£9.99 - £18.98
1 × bulb available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE bulbs available to order from winter
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 5
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Calamagrostis brachytricha
£9.99 - £16.95
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 4
Verbascum phoeniceum Violetta
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'
£9.99 - £23.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 3
Helianthus Lemon Queen
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'
£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 4.9 5 15
Crambe cordifolia
Crambe cordifolia
£9.99 - £19.75
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
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)
Salvia uliginosa African Skies
Salvia uliginosa 'African Skies'
£9.99 - £19.99
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 2
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) Purple Bush
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) 'Purple Bush'
£9.99 - £22.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 6
Achillea Credo
Achillea 'Credo'
£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)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 10
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
£9.99 - £42.99
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)
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 8
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 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
Bistorta amplexicaulis Blackfield (PBR)

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Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Blackfield' (PBR)
£9.99 - £33.59
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
Verbena Enchantment White (Enchantment Series)
Verbena 'Enchantment White' (Enchantment Series)
£9.99 - £19.98
5 × rooted cuttings sold out
10 + 5 FREE rooted cuttings sold out
Alcalthaea suffrutescens Parkallee
× Alcalthaea suffrutescens 'Parkallee'
£9.99 - £19.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Alcalthaea suffrutescens Parkrondell
× Alcalthaea suffrutescens 'Parkrondell'
£9.99 - £19.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Muhlenbergia capillaris

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Muhlenbergia capillaris
£3.99 - £44.99
approx 20 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)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Verbascum Peach Champagne (PBR)

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Verbascum Peach Champagne (PBR)
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Verbena rigida f. lilacina Polaris

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Verbena rigida f. lilacina 'Polaris'
£9.99 - £22.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis
£9.99 - £22.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Helen Picton

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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Helen Picton'
£9.99 - £27.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Verbascum Primrose Path

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Verbascum 'Primrose Path'
£9.99 - £44.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Eragrostis spectabilis

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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)
Alcalthaea suffrutescens Parkfrieden

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× Alcalthaea suffrutescens 'Parkfrieden'
£9.99 - £21.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Papaver rupifragum Orange Feathers

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Papaver rupifragum 'Orange Feathers'
£9.99 - £22.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Hemerocallis See You Tomorrow ('Huhe01') (PBR)

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Hemerocallis See You Tomorrow ('Huhe01') (PBR)
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot available to order from winter
3 × 9cm pots available to order from winter
Verbena Showboat Dark Red (Showboat Series)

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Verbena 'Showboat Dark Red' (Showboat Series)
£9.99 - £19.98
5 × rooted cuttings sold out
10 + 5 FREE rooted cuttings sold out
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Andenken an Alma Pötschke

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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Pötschke'
£10.00 - £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)
Delphinium Moonbeam

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Delphinium 'Moonbeam'
£10.49 - £64.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
Delphinium Paramo Black Velvet ('Barthirty') (PBR) (Paramo Series)

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Delphinium Paramo Black Velvet ('Barthirty') (PBR) (Paramo Series)
£10.49 - £24.49
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Ligularia The Rocket
Ligularia 'The Rocket'
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Veronicastrum virginicum Album
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Album'
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Aconitum napellus
Aconitum napellus
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) Riesenschirm
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) 'Riesenschirm'
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Ligusticopsis wallichiana
Ligusticopsis wallichiana
£10.99 - £52.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
blackcurrant Baldwin
blackcurrant 'Baldwin'
£10.99 - £21.98
bare root plant available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Geranium phaeum Wendy's Blush

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Geranium phaeum 'Wendy's Blush'
£10.99 - £24.99
9cm pot sold out
3 × 9cm pots sold out
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
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)
Verbascum Clementine
Verbascum 'Clementine'
£11.99 - £27.99
9cm pot available to order from summer
3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Echinacea pallida

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Echinacea pallida
£10.79 - £27.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
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)
Acanthus spinosus
Acanthus spinosus
£11.99 - £27.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Ursula's Red
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Ursula's Red'
£11.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Cephalaria gigantea
Cephalaria gigantea
£11.99 - £27.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Escallonia Iveyi

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Escallonia 'Iveyi'
£12.00 - £79.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
7.5 litre pot | 40 - 60cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Thalictrum Elin
Thalictrum 'Elin'
£12.95 - £24.75
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Geranium maderense

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Geranium maderense
£12.99 - £29.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Angelica gigas
Angelica gigas
£12.99 - £44.99
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)
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
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