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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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Dinner plates dahlia collection
Dinner plates dahlia collection
£13.20 - £26.40
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Favourite salvia collection

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Favourite salvia collection
£25.58 - £47.95
1 × collection | 3 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × collections | 9 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Forsythia × intermedia Lynwood Variety

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Forsythia 'Lynwood Variety' - Flowering hedging
£50.97 £40.78
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Eremurus collection

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Foxtail lily collection
£19.96 - £39.92
1 × collection | 3 bulbs Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bulbs Delivered during October
Hedychium collection
ginger lily collection
£21.56 - £27.12
1 × collection | 3 bulbs available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bulbs available to order from winter
Lavish and lush sweet pea collection
Lavish & lush sweet pea collection
£7.27 £4.92
1 × collection available to order from autumn
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia White 'MicJur05' (PBR)
Magnolia Fairy Magnolia White - Magnolia hedging
£109.99 £87.99
3 × 3 litre pots | 30cm tall available to order from autumn
Native hedgerow collection
Native hedgerow collection
£127.99 - £319.95
75 × bare root plants | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
225 × bare root plants | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
Passion flower collection
Passion flower collection
£53.97 £43.18
1 × collection | 3 plants available to order from autumn
Pastel antique dahlia collection
Pastel antique dahlia collection
£12.79 - £25.58
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Peach dahlia collection
Peach dahlia collection
£12.79 - £25.58
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Pink champagne dahlia collection
Pink champagne dahlia collection
£21.96 - £43.92
1 × collection | 5 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Seedless dessert grape collection

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seedless dessert grape collection
£34.99 £27.99
1 × collection | 2 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Simple white cutting garden collection

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Simple white cutting garden collection
£5.68 £4.26
1 × collection In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Soft pinks dahlia collection
Soft pinks dahlia collection
£12.79 - £25.58
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Sugared almonds cutting garden collection

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Sugared almonds cutting garden collection
£27.82 £20.86
1 × collection In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Summer nights dahlia collection
Summer nights dahlia collection
£13.00 - £26.00
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
The Amistad salvia collection

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The Amistad salvia collection
£17.58 - £31.97
1 × collection | 2 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × collections | 6 plants In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Vibrant dahlia collection
Vibrant dahlia collection
£12.79 - £25.58
1 × collection | 3 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 tubers available to order from winter
Whites dahlia collection
Whites dahlia collection
£17.56 - £35.12
1 × collection | 4 tubers available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE collections | 12 tubers available to order from winter
Winter flowering clematis collection
Winter flowering clematis collection
£53.97 £43.18
1 × collection | 3 plants available to order from autumn
Allium Gladiator

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Allium 'Gladiator'
£14.39 - £37.60
5 × bulbs Delivered during September
15 × bulbs Delivered during September
2 litre pot | 1 per 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
Allium giganteum

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Allium giganteum
£6.39 - £16.80
1 × bulb Delivered during September
3 × bulbs Delivered during September
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Eremurus Line Dance

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Eremurus 'Line Dance'
£7.19 - £19.20
1 × tuber Delivered during October
3 × tubers Delivered during October
Eremurus stenophyllus

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Eremurus stenophyllus
£6.39 - £12.78
1 × tuber Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE tubers Delivered during October
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Eremurus × isabellinus Cleopatra

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Eremurus × isabellinus 'Cleopatra'
£7.79 £6.23
1 × tuber Delivered during October
0 star 0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star
Lilium Anastasia

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Lilium 'Anastasia'
£3.99 - £9.60
1 × bulb Delivered during October
3 × bulbs Delivered during October
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Raspberry Red

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rhubarb 'Raspberry Red'
£3.99 - £11.20
1 × crown Delivered during October
3 × crowns Delivered during October
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Strawberry

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rhubarb 'Strawberry'
£4.79 - £9.58
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
rhubarb Timperley Early

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rhubarb 'Timperley Early'
£4.79 - £9.58
1 × crown Delivered during October
2 + 1 FREE crowns Delivered during October
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star
Echium pininana
Echium pininana
£34.99 £27.99
2 litre pot available to order from late spring
Ilex aquifolium Silver Queen
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Queen'
£32.99 £26.39
3 litre pot available to order from late spring
Magnolia grandiflora Exmouth
Magnolia grandiflora 'Exmouth'
£199.99 £159.99
10 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from late spring
Zizia aurea

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Zizia aurea
£3.49 £2.62
approx 20 seeds available to order from late spring
Lobelia siphilitica f. albiflora
Lobelia siphilitica f. 'albiflora'
£27.99 £22.39
3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer
Verbascum Clementine
Verbascum 'Clementine'
£10.39 - £23.19
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
Abutilon Canary Bird
Abutilon 'Canary Bird'
£32.99 £26.39
3 litre pot | 60cm cane available to order from autumn
Acer palmatum Skeeter's Broom

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Acer palmatum 'Skeeter's Broom'
£79.99 - £103.99
5 litre pot | ½ standard | 0.8 - 1m tall available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 0.9 - 1.2m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
Acer platanoides Princeton Gold ('Prigo') (PBR)
Acer platanoides Princeton Gold ('Prigo') (PBR)
£139.99 £111.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Acer rubrum Red Sunset ('Franksred')
Acer rubrum Red Sunset ('Franksred')
£179.99 £143.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall | grafted available to order from autumn
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jeffersred')
Acer × freemanii Autumn Blaze ('Jeffersred')
£71.99 - £143.99
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
Aconitum napellus
Aconitum napellus
£10.39 - £23.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
almond Princess
almond 'Princess'
£39.99 - £47.99
bare root | Mont Clare rootstock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | Mont Clare root stock 1.2m available to order from autumn
almond Sultane
almond Sultane
£33.59 - £47.99
bare root | Mont Clare rootstock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | Mont Clare root stock 1.2m available to order from autumn
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