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.

Quick growing
Vegetable harvesting month
Ground cover
Available items
Showing Position : Back of border clear all
341 items
Morus alba Pendula
Morus alba 'Pendula'
£189.99 - £229.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Prunus Mikuruma-gaeshi
Prunus 'Mikuruma-gaeshi'
£159.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
quince Serbian Gold
quince 'Serbian Gold'
£34.99 - £169.99
12 litre pot | QA root stock |½ standard In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Sorbus carmesina Emberglow
Sorbus carmesina 'Emberglow'
£159.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
Sorbus wardii
Sorbus wardii
£159.99
12 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
Juncus maritimus
Juncus maritimus
£21.99 - £39.99
1 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
Lobelia siphilitica f. albiflora
Lobelia siphilitica f. 'albiflora'
£27.99
3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
Anemone hupehensis Ariel ('Ifanfa') (Fantasy Series)

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Anemone hupehensis Ariel ('Ifanfa') (Fantasy Series)
£22.99 - £54.99
2 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
3 × 2 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
Cephalaria gigantea
Cephalaria gigantea
£11.99 - £27.99
9cm pot shipped within 2 weeks
3 × 9cm pots shipped within 2 weeks
Clematis Mrs N. Thompson
Clematis 'Mrs N. Thompson'
£14.99 - £29.98
3 litre pot | 60cm cane shipped within 2 weeks
9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Clematis Propertius
Clematis 'Propertius'
£14.99 - £29.98
3 litre pot | 60cm cane shipped within 2 weeks
9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Corylus avellana Contorta
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
£49.99 - £99.99
5 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
12 litre pot | 80 - 125cm tall | grafted In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9 litre pot | 1.2m tall | tree available to order from autumn
Salix alba Tristis
Salix alba 'Tristis'
£164.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall shipped within 2 weeks
Solanum crispum Glasnevin
Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'
£17.99 - £32.99
3 litre pot | 60cm cane shipped within 2 weeks
9cm pot | 30cm cane available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
All year round colour conifer collection
All year round colour conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Award-winning conifer collection
Award-winning conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bright and bold sweet pea collection
Bright & bold sweet pea collection
£8.67
1 × collection In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Forsythia × intermedia Lynwood Variety
Forsythia 'Lynwood Variety' - Flowering hedging
£50.97
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Seedless dessert grape collection
seedless dessert grape collection
£34.99
1 × collection | 2 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Simple white cutting garden collection
Simple white cutting garden collection
£5.68
1 × collection In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Sugared almonds cutting garden collection
Sugared almonds cutting garden collection
£27.82
1 × collection In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale
£27.99 - £54.99
3 × 9cm pots Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
5 litre aquatic pot Delivery by trusted supplier within 1 week
3 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer
apple Red Devil
apple 'Red Devil'
£34.99 - £149.99
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
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.5m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1.5m available to order from autumn
apple Rosette
apple 'Rossete'
£39.99 - £169.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
12 litre pot | M26 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | M27 | top worked at 70cm In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Betula pendula
Betula pendula
£9.99 - £119.99
2 litre pot 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
9 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.8m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Campanula lactiflora Loddon Anna
Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
£8.99 - £44.99
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
Cercis canadensis Hearts of Gold (PBR)
Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold' (PBR)
£79.99 - £99.99
5 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
cherry Stella
cherry 'Stella'
£28.79 - £119.99
9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1.5m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
12 litre pot | Colt root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
12 litre pot | G5 | top worked at 70cm In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
bare root | G5 root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
cherry Summer Sun
cherry 'Summer Sun'
£34.99 - £179.99
12 litre pot | G5 | top worked at 70cm In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | Colt root stock | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 2m available to order from autumn
bare root | Colt root stock | ½ standard available to order from autumn
Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus sempervirens
£24.99 - £219.99
18 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.7m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1.5 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
5 litre pot | 1 - 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
damson Prune Damson
damson 'Prune Damson'
£34.99 - £119.99
12 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea pallida
£11.99 - £42.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
gage Reine-Claude Vraie
greengage 'Reine-claude Vraie'
£34.99 - £169.99
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
9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 2 - 2.5m available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1m available to order from autumn
Hippophae rhamnoides
Hippophae rhamnoides - Great Coastal Hedging
£7.99 - £15.98
2 litre pot | 60 - 70cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root plant | 60 - 90cm tall available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn
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
Malus × robusta Red Sentinel
Malus × robusta 'Red Sentinel'
£34.99 - £119.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.6m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | MM106 root stock | 1m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | MM106 | 1.5 - 1.8m tall available to order from autumn
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Muehlenbeckia complexa
£9.99 - £34.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Phyllostachys aurea
Phyllostachys aurea
£79.99 - £119.99
18 litre pot | 2.5 - 2.8m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
5 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.4m tall available to order from autumn
Phyllostachys bissetii
Phyllostachys bissetii
£34.99 - £99.99
9 litre pot | 1.6 - 1.8m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
Pittosporum tenuifolium Golf Ball (PBR)
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Golf Ball' (PBR)
£36.99 - £89.99
7.5 litre pot | 30 - 40cm tall 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
Pittosporum tobira Nanum
Pittosporum tobira 'Nanum'
£37.99 - £89.99
10 litre pot | 30 - 40cm tall 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
plum Herman
plum 'Herman'
£26.99 - £169.99
12 litre pot | VVA-1 root stock | 1m In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | SJA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Prunus avium Plena
Prunus avium 'Plena'
£39.99 - £129.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
Quercus robur
Quercus robur
£39.99 - £129.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
quince Vranja
quince 'Vranja'
£29.79 - £169.99
12 litre pot | QA root stock |½ standard In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | QA root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Sorbus aucuparia Beissneri
Sorbus aucuparia 'Beissneri'
£39.99 - £159.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Sorbus Autumn Spire ('Flanrock') (PBR)
Sorbus Autumn Spire ('Flanrock') (PBR)
£39.99 - £179.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Stipa gigantea
Stipa gigantea
£9.99 - £49.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn

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