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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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Pinus mugo Winter Gold
Pinus mugo 'Winter Gold'
£49.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
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
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Taxus baccata Fastigiata Robusta
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta'
£24.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Thuja occidentalis Fire Chief ('Congabe') (PBR)
Thuja occidentalis Fire Chief ('Congabe') (PBR)
£15.99
1 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Thuja plicata Atrovirens

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Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens'
£5.39 - £20.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
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Taxus baccata David
Taxus baccata 'David'
£99.99
12 litre pot | 0.7 - 1m tall shipped within 2 weeks
All year round colour conifer collection
All year round colour conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
Award-winning conifer collection
Award-winning conifer collection
£49.99
4 × 1 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Hippophae rhamnoides

New

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
cherry Summer Sun
cherry 'Summer Sun'
£34.99 - £179.99
9 litre pot | Colt root stock | 2m In stock (shipped within 3-5 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 | Colt root stock | ½ standard available to order from autumn
Morus alba Pendula

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Morus alba 'Pendula'
£189.99 - £229.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | 0.8 - 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
Musa basjoo
Musa basjoo
£12.99 - £24.00
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
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