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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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Clematis Liberty ('Zo08095') (PBR)

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Clematis Liberty ('Zo08095') (PBR)
£29.99 £20.99
2 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
Clematis Alaina ('Evipo056') (PBR) (Boulevard Series)

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Clematis Alaina ('Evipo056') (PBR) (Boulevard Series)
£32.95 £23.06
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
Clematis Picotee ('Zo09124') (PBR)

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Clematis Picotee ('Zo09124') (PBR)
£24.95
2 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
Clematis Tumaini ('Evigsy151') (PBR)

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Clematis Tumaini ('Evigsy151') (PBR)
£34.99 £24.49
3 litre pot | 60cm cane In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh
Clematis 'Duchess of Edinburgh'
£22.95
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
Clematis Mrs N. Thompson
Clematis 'Mrs N. Thompson'
£14.99 - £29.98
9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from autumn
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 1
Clematis Fujimusume

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Clematis 'Fujimusume'
£22.95
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
apple Idared
apple 'Idared'
£54.99
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
apple Red Devil

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apple 'Red Devil'
£34.99 - £104.99
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Chivers Delight
apple 'Chivers' Delight'
£34.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Falstaff
apple 'Falstaff' (PBR)
£34.99 - £49.99
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.8m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Pixie
apple 'Pixie'
£34.79 - £49.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Meridian (PBR)
apple 'Meridian' (PBR)
£149.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m available to order from autumn
apple Queen Cox self-fertile
apple 'Queen Cox'
£34.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Beauty of Bath
apple 'Beauty of Bath'
£34.99 - £49.99
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Surprize

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apple 'Surprize'
£48.99 - £104.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Lord Lambourne
apple 'Lord Lambourne'
£26.99 - £49.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Little Pax

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apple 'Little Pax'
£149.99 £104.99
12 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
apple Core Blimey

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apple 'Core Blimey'
£149.99 £104.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
apple Kidd's Orange Red
apple 'Kidd's Orange Red'
£34.79 - £49.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Ribston Pippin
apple 'Ribston Pippin'
£34.99
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Jupiter (PBR)
apple 'Jupiter' (PBR)
£34.99 - £54.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Rubinette ('Rafzubin')
apple Rubinette ('Rafzubin')
£49.99
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Braeburn Hillwell
apple 'Braeburn Hillwell'
£34.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
apple Laxton's Fortune
apple 'Laxton's Fortune'
£34.99 - £49.99
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
apple Katja
apple 'Katja'
£34.99 - £49.99
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | M26 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Inula helenium
Inula helenium
£12.99 - £27.99
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
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
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)
Ilex aquifolium Alaska

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Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska'
£36.99 £18.50
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Ilex aquifolium J.C. van Tol

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Ilex aquifolium 'J.C. van Tol'
£27.29 - £119.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
10 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Taxus baccata Fastigiata Robusta
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta'
£24.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Taxus baccata ball
Taxus baccata ball
£99.99
4 litre pot | ball | 30 - 35cm tall available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
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
Enkianthus campanulatus Prettycoat ('Jww10') (PBR)
Enkianthus campanulatus Prettycoat ('Jww10') (PBR)
£29.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Enkianthus campanulatus

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Enkianthus campanulatus
£29.99 £15.00
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
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
Magnolia grandiflora Little Gem

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Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'
£79.99 - £179.99
7.5 litre pot | 0.8 - 1m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
5 litre pot | 40 - 50cm tall available to order from autumn
15 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Lathyrus latifolius Rosa Perle
Lathyrus latifolius 'Rosa Perle'
£14.99 - £29.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
sweetcorn Goldcrest (late season) F1
sweetcorn 'Goldcrest' F1 (late season)
£2.99
approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia White 'MicJur05' (PBR)
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia White - Magnolia hedging
£109.99
3 × 3 litre pots | 30cm tall available to order from autumn
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia Cream ('MicJur02') (PBR)
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia Cream ('MicJur02') (PBR)
£39.99 - £95.99
3 litre pot | 30cm tall available to order from autumn
3 × 3 litre pots | 30cm tall available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Robinia pseudoacacia Lace Lady' (PBR)
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Lace Lady' (PBR)
£199.99
12 litre pot | top worked at 80cm available to order from autumn
pear Doyenné du Comice' / Conference / Concorde
pear 'Doyenné du Comice' / 'Conference' / 'Concorde'
£99.99 - £169.99
9 litre pot | QA root stock | 1.5m available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | QA root stock | 1m available to order from autumn
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Calamagrostis × acutiflora Karl Foerster

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Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
£5.00 - £47.99
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
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys aurea
£79.99 - £119.99
5 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.4m tall available to order from autumn
18 litre pot | 2.5 - 2.8m tall sold out
Tropaeolum speciosum
Tropaeolum speciosum
£44.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Salix integra Flamingo (PBR)
Salix integra 'Flamingo' (PBR)
£19.99
2 litre pot | 30cm tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Starlight

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Prunus 'Starlight'
£149.99
12 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.8m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus × yedoensis Ivensii
Prunus × yedoensis 'Ivensii'
£44.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Umineko
Prunus 'Umineko'
£39.99 - £79.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus × blireana
Prunus × blierana
£44.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Jacqueline
Prunus 'Jacqueline'
£49.99 - £159.99
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Collingwood Ingram
Prunus 'Collingwood Ingram'
£39.99 - £59.99
9 litre pot | colt | 1.8 - 2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis Ruby
Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis 'Ruby'
£39.99 - £89.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus avium Plena

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Prunus avium 'Plena'
£39.99 - £90.99
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Kursar
Prunus 'Kursar'
£39.99 - £159.99
9 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus × yedoensis Shidare-Yoshino
Prunus × yedoensis 'Shidare-Yoshino'
£48.79 - £164.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus cerasifera Crimson Pointe ('Cripoizam')

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Prunus cerasifera Crimson Pointe ('Cripoizam')
£164.99 £115.49
12 litre pot | 2.2 - 2.4m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Prunus × persicoides Spring Glow
Prunus × persicoides 'Spring Glow'
£44.99 - £89.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Pink Perfection
Prunus 'Pink Perfection'
£39.99 - £159.99
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Tai-haku
Prunus 'Tai-haku'
£44.99 - £129.99
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Mikuruma-gaeshi
Prunus 'Mikuruma-gaeshi'
£159.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Shosar
Prunus 'Shosar'
£159.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus pendula Pendula Rubra
Prunus pendula 'Pendula Rubra'
£49.99 - £79.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Pink Shell
Prunus 'Pink Shell'
£44.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus incisa f. Yamadei
Prunus incisa f. 'Yamadei'
£159.99
12 litre pot | 45cm tall | top worked available to order from autumn
Cornus florida
Cornus florida
£29.99 - £99.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Abutilon Canary Bird
Abutilon 'Canary Bird'
£32.99
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
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)
Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group

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Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group
£3.49 - £13.99
approx 1000 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)
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Digitalis purpurea Dalmatian White (Dalmatian Series)
Digitalis purpurea 'Dalmatian White' (Dalmatian Series)
£8.99 - £36.99
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
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
Digitalis purpurea Pam's Choice
Digitalis purpurea 'Pam's Choice'
£3.49
approx 200 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Digitalis Spice Island

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Digitalis 'Spice Island'
£6.59 - £26.99
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 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Paulownia elongata Futuro (PBR)

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Paulownia elongata 'Futuro' (PBR)
£29.99
3 litre pot available to order from autumn
Eremurus Line Dance

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Eremurus 'Line Dance'
£8.99 - £24.00
1 × tuber Delivered during October
3 × tubers Delivered during October
Eremurus × isabellinus Cleopatra
Eremurus × isabellinus 'Cleopatra'
£7.79
1 × tuber Delivered during October
0 star 0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star
Eremurus robustus
Eremurus robustus
£15.99 - £45.00
1 × bulb available to order from autumn
3 × bulbs available to order from autumn
Eremurus collection
Foxtail lily collection
£24.95 - £49.90
1 × collection | 3 bulbs Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bulbs Delivered during October
Acer × freemanii Morgan

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Acer × freemanii 'Morgan'
£179.99 £125.99
12 litre pot | 2.4 - 2.6m tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jesffersred')
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jesffersred')
£89.99 - £179.99
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
gage Reine-Claude Vraie

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greengage 'Reine-claude Vraie'
£34.99 - £169.99
9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 2 - 2.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1m available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
gage Imperial Gage
gage 'Imperial Gage'
£34.99 - £49.99
9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 2 - 2.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Oenothera lindheimeri
Oenothera lindheimeri
£8.99 - £19.99
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
Oenothera lindheimeri Siskiyou Pink

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Oenothera lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'
£5.39 - £28.79
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 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
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
Cardiocrinum giganteum
Cardiocrinum giganteum
£24.99 - £60.00
1 × bulb available to order from winter
3 × bulbs available to order from winter
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)
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Alocasia macrorrhiza
£24.99 - £49.98
1 × bulb available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE bulbs available to order from winter
childrens grow bucket sunflower
childrens grow bucket 'sunflower'
£7.99
gift set available to order from winter
Hedychium collection
ginger lily collection
£26.95 - £33.90
1 × collection | 3 bulbs available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bulbs available to order from winter
Clematis tangutica Helios
Clematis tangutica 'Helios'
£24.95 £17.46
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
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)
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Ligustrum ovalifolium Aureum

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Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum'
£15.39 - £79.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
10 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Salix × sepulcralis var. chrysocoma
Salix × sepulcralis var. chrysocoma
£39.99 - £79.99
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Cryptomeria japonica Spiralis
Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiralis'
£24.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
grape Boskoop Glory
seedless grape 'Boskoop Glory'
£19.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
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
Crataegus × lavalleei Carrierei
Crataegus × lavalleei 'Carrierei'
£89.99
9 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.8m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
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