Plants For West-facing Gardens

If your garden faces west, the chances are it will not get much sun in the morning, but it will be bathed in it all afternoon - and into the evening.

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Ground cover

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Santolina chamaecyparissus

£7.99 - £19.99

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2 litre pot available to order from autumn

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Arctic Snow'

£7.99 - £39.99

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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

Alchemilla erythropoda

£7.99 - £32.99

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Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Lemon Fizz'

£7.99 - £19.99

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Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'

£7.99 - £79.99

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Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'

£7.99 - £32.99

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Buxus sempervirens

£7.99 - £49.99

9cm pot | 10 - 15cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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5 × 1 litre pots | 15 - 20cm tall Unavailable

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lavender - common

£7.99 - £15.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn

Lavandula × intermedia 'Grosso'

£7.99 - £32.99

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Vinca minor 'Illumination'

£7.99 - £44.99

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Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'

£7.99 - £49.95

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Teucrium × lucidrys

£7.99 - £34.99

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Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas f. rosea 'Kew Red'

£7.99 - £19.99

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Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii 'Alba'

£7.90 - £19.99

5 × bulbs Delivered during September

15 × bulbs Delivered during September

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Narcissus 'Thalia'

£7.49 - £119.99

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

5 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

15 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

30 × bulbs Delivered during September

200 × bulbs Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from winter

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Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'

£6.99 - £29.99

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Ajuga reptans 'Burgundy Glow'

£6.99 - £27.99

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Fuchsia 'Patricia Hodge' (Buds of May Series)

£6.99 - £13.98

9cm pot available to order from autumn

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn

Viburnum tinus

£6.99 - £89.99

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12 litre pot | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn

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Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant'

£6.99 - £27.99

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Vinca minor

£5.99 - £14.99

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Narcissus 'Minnow'

£5.99 - £13.98

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

20 + 10 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from winter

1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star

Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête'

£5.49 - £20.94

10 × bulbs Delivered during September

5 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

20 + 10 FREE bulbs Delivered during September

15 × bulbs | organic Delivered during September

9cm pot | 3 per pot available to order from winter

6 × 9cm pots available to order from winter

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Lavish & lush sweet pea collection

~~£7.27~~ £4.92

1 × collection available to order from autumn

Dark & rich sweet pea collection

~~£7.27~~ £4.92

1 × collection available to order from autumn

50% off

Fuchsia 'Snowcap'

£3.50 - £89.99

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Cobaea scandens

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 15 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Ajuga reptans

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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Campanula trachelium

~~£2.99~~ £2.24

approx 150 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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rosemary

£1.87 - £17.99

approx 60 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

2 litre pot available to order from autumn

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