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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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Hamamelis × intermedia Diane
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Diane'
£42.39 - £111.99
3 litre pot | 30 - 40cm tall available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 60 - 100cm tall | grafted available to order from autumn
Hamamelis × intermedia Jelena
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Jelena'
£42.39 - £167.99
3 litre pot | 30 - 40cm tall available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 60 - 100cm tall | grafted available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1m tall available to order from autumn
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 12
Hamamelis × intermedia Arnold Promise
Hamamelis × intermedia 'Arnold Promise'
£42.39 - £103.99
3 litre pot | 30 - 40cm available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 60 - 100cm available to order from autumn
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)
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale
£27.99 - £54.99
3 × 9cm pots available to order from summer
3 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer
5 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
Lysichiton camtschatcensis
£21.99 - £39.99
1 litre aquatic pot available to order from summer
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 10
cobnut Kentish Cob
cobnut 'Kentish Cob'
£27.99 - £39.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 5
Hydrangea seemannii
Hydrangea seemannii
£49.99 £39.99
3 litre pot available to order from autumn
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 7
Itea ilicifolia

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Itea ilicifolia
£49.99 £39.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn hedging
£39.99 - £135.98
25 × bare root plants | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
25 × bare root plants | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
25 × bare root plants | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1
Corylus avellana Contorta

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Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
£39.99 - £79.99
5 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
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
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 2
Pinus mugo Winter Gold

20% off

Pinus mugo 'Winter Gold'
£49.99 £39.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
cherry Summer Sun

20% off

cherry 'Summer Sun'
£27.99 - £143.99
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 | 1.2m available to order from autumn
bare root | Colt root stock | ½ standard available to order from autumn
apple Katja
apple 'Katja'
£27.99 - £39.99
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
Cupressus sempervirens

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Cupressus sempervirens
£19.99 - £175.99
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
Corynabutilon × suntense

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Corynabutilon × suntense
£49.99 £39.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
apple Lord Lambourne
apple 'Lord Lambourne'
£21.59 - £39.99
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 Red Devil

20% off

apple 'Red Devil'
£27.99 - £119.99
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 | M26 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.2m available to order from autumn
Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris - Crab apple hedging
£39.99 - £71.98
25 × bare root plants | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
apple Beauty of Bath
apple 'Beauty of Bath'
£27.99 - £39.99
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
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