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Plants For North-facing Gardens

North-facing gardens tend to get the least amount of sun. That doesn’t mean your garden will be boring though as there are loads of shade-loving plants that will thrive.

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Carex acuta
Carex acuta
From £24.99
1 litre aquatic pot
3 × 9cm pots
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots
Typha minima
Typha minima
From £24.99
1 litre aquatic pot
3 × 9cm pots
3 litre aquatic pot
3 × 1 litre aquatic pots
Chamaemelum nobile

25% off

common chamomile
From £2.39
approx 400 seeds
9cm pot
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
Symphytum officinale

25% off

comfrey - common
£2.99 £2.24
approx 40 seeds
Myrrhis odorata

25% off

sweet cicely
£2.29 £1.72
approx 5 seeds
Ilex aquifolium
Ilex aquifolium
From £7.99
9cm pot
6 × 9cm pots
redcurrant Jonkheer van Tets
redcurrant 'Jonkheer van Tets'
From £10.99
3 litre pot
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Malus Jelly King ('Mattfru')
Malus Jelly King ('Mattfru')
From £34.99
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m
Malus × atrosanguinea Gorgeous
Malus × atrosanguinea 'Gorgeous'
From £34.99
9 litre pot | MM111 | 1.2 - 1.5m tall
apple Tickled Pink ('Baya Marisa') (PBR)
apple Tickled Pink ('Baya Marisa')
From £59.99
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1m
Cucamelon

25% off

Cucamelon
£2.99 £2.24
approx 20 seeds
Over-winter green manure

New

25% off

Over winter green manure
£2.99 £2.24
16m² pack
Welsh onion

25% off

Welsh onion
From £2.24
approx 250 seeds
9cm pot
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Malus Comtesse de Paris
Malus 'Comtesse de Paris'
From £34.99
9 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.2m
12 litre pot | MM106 root stock | 1.6m
Seedballs artists meadow seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs artists meadow
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
0 star 0 star 0 star 0 star 1 star 1.0 5 1 (1)
Seedballs bee matchboxes seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs bee matchboxes
£12.99 £9.74
set of 3 matchboxes
Seedballs blue meadow seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs blue meadow
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs cornflower seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs cornflower
From £5.24
20 seedballs in gift tube
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 1 (1)
Seedballs for bees seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs for bees
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs for butterflies seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs for butterflies
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs hedgehog mix seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs hedgehog mix
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs make your own native flowers seedbombs kit

25% off

Seedballs make your own native flowers seedbombs kit
£12.99 £9.74
makes 50 - 60 seedballs
Seedballs native annual wildflowers seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs native annual wildflowers
From £11.99
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs native wildflowers for a garden meadow - seedbombs (URBAN)

25% off

Seedballs native wildflowers for a garden meadow
From £5.99
20 seedballs in gift tin
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Seedballs native wildflowers for shade -seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs native wildflowers for shade
From £11.99
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs native wildflowers for wildlife - seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs native wildflowers for wildlife
From £11.99
100 seedballs in gift pouch
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs ox-eye daisy seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs ox-eye daisy
From £5.24
20 seedballs in gift tube
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
500 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs red campion seedbombs

25% off

Seedballs red campion
From £5.24
20 seedballs in gift tube
250 seedballs gardener's bulk box
Seedballs wildlife collection

25% off

Seedballs wildlife collection
£16.99 £12.74
set of 6
Empathy mini wildflower meadow with rootgrow

25% off

Mini wildflower meadow with rootgrow
From £5.99
0.5 litres | covers 3m²
1.2 litres | covers 10m²
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Astrantia major Gill Richardson Group

New

Astrantia major 'Gill Richardson Group'
From £14.99
available to order from spring 2027
Astrantia major Venice (PBR)
Astrantia major 'Venice' (PBR)
From £17.99
available to order from spring 2027
Disporum longistylum Green Giant
Disporum longistylum 'Green Giant'
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
Disporum longistylum Night Heron
Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Erysimum Night Skies (Sky Series)
Erysimum 'Night Skies' (Sky Series)
From £9.99
available to order from spring 2027
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Euphorbia Walberton's Embers Glow

New

Euphorbia 'Walberton's Embers Glow'
From £13.99
available to order from spring 2027
Geranium nodosum Fielding's Folly
Geranium nodosum 'Fielding's Folly'
From £12.99
available to order from spring 2027
Geranium pratense Black Beauty ('Nodbeauty') (PBR)

New

Geranium pratense Black Beauty ('Nodbeauty') (PBR)
From £9.99
available to order from spring 2027
Hosta Red Ninja (PBR)

New

Hosta 'Red Ninja' (PBR)
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
Iris Benton Diedre
Iris 'Benton Diedre'
From £24.99
available to order from spring 2027
Meconopsis (Infertile Blue Group) Slieve Donard
Meconopsis (Infertile Blue Group) 'Slieve Donard'
From £19.99
available to order from spring 2027
Meconopsis baileyi
Meconopsis baileyi
From £19.99
available to order from spring 2027
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Paeonia Pink Hawaiian Coral
Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
Salvia Blue Butterflies

New

Salvia 'Blue Butterflies'
From £9.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Sanguisorba Blackthorn

New

Sanguisorba 'Blackthorn'
From £17.99
available to order from spring 2027
Saxifraga Alpino Red ('Saxz0014') (x arendsii)
Saxifraga Alpino Red ('Saxz0014') (x arendsii)
From £8.99
available to order from spring 2027
Saxifraga Touran White Improved ('Saxz0004') (PBR) (× arendsii)
Saxifraga Touran White Improved ('Saxz0004') (PBR) (× arendsii)
From £9.99
available to order from spring 2027
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Helen Picton
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Helen Picton'
From £9.99
available to order from spring 2027
Diascia Monhop Pink

New

Diascia 'Monhop Pink'
From £10.99
available to order from summer
Epimedium grandiflorum Lilafee
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
From £11.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Epimedium × perralchicum Fröhnleiten
Epimedium × perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten'
From £11.99
available to order from summer
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (11)
Epimedium × youngianum Niveum
Epimedium × youngianum 'Niveum'
From £12.99
available to order from summer
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (9)
Erysimum Paint Box (Artist Series)
Erysimum 'Paint Box' (Artist Series)
From £9.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Helleborus × hybridus Harvington Black
Helleborus × hybridus Harvington black
From £27.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (8)
Oenothera lindheimeri Cherry Brandy ('Gauchebra') (PBR)
Oenothera lindheimeri Cherry Brandy ('Gauchebra')
From £8.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Phlox divaricata Clouds of Perfume
Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'
From £8.99
available to order from summer
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Pulmonaria Silver Bouquet (PBR)
Pulmonaria 'Silver Bouquet' (PBR)
From £12.99
available to order from summer
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Andenken an Alma Pötschke
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Andenken an Alma Pötschke'
From £19.99
available to order from summer
Verbascum Chantilly
Verbascum 'Chantilly'
From £14.99
available to order from summer
Disporopsis pernyi
Disporopsis pernyi
From £12.99
sold out
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum 'Laura' (PBR)

New

Geranium pratense var. pratense f. albiflorum 'Laura' (PBR)
From £11.99
sold out
Award-winning spring flowering clematis collection
Award-winning spring flowering clematis collection
£44.97
available to order from spring 2027
Award-winning summer flowering clematis collection
Award-winning summer flowering clematis collection
£44.97
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Blue Eclipse
Clematis 'Blue Eclipse'
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Duchess of Edinburgh
Clematis 'Duchess of Edinburgh'
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Fujimusume
Clematis 'Fujimusume'
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Kokonoe (PBR)
Clematis 'Kokonoe' (PBR)
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Clematis Miss Christine
Clematis 'Miss Christine'
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Clematis Avant-garde ('Evipo033') (PBR)
Clematis Avant-garde ('Evipo033') (PBR)
£35.99
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Pompeii ('Evipo116') (Boulevard Series)
Clematis Pompeii ('Evipo116') (Boulevard Series)
£31.95
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Rollercoaster ('Zo16170') (PBR)
Clematis Rollercoaster ('Zo16170')
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Hedera colchica
Hedera colchica
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
Hedera colchica Dentata Variegata
Hedera colchica 'Dentata Variegata'
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Hedera helix Goldchild
Hedera helix 'Goldchild'
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Lonicera caprifolium
Lonicera caprifolium
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
Clematis Jan Lindmark
Clematis 'Jan Lindmark'
£27.99
available to order from summer
Hydrangea hydrangeoides var. hydrangeoides Roseum
Hydrangea hydrangeoides var. hydrangeoides 'Roseum'
£34.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Hydrangea seemannii
Hydrangea seemannii
£49.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (8)
Cornus kousa var. chinensis
Cornus kousa var. chinensis
From £29.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (14)
Hydrangea macrophylla Blushing Bride
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blushing Bride'
£17.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Hydrangea macrophylla Zebra (PBR) (Black Steel Series)
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Zebra' (PBR) (Black Steel Series)
£19.99 £13.99
available to order from summer
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (20)
Hydrangea macrophylla White
Hydrangea macrophylla 'White'
£19.99
available to order from summer
Acer palmatum Uki-gumo
Acer palmatum 'Uki-gumo'
From £49.99
available to order from spring 2027
Camellia Black Lace
Camellia 'Black Lace'
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Camellia japonica Brushfield's Yellow
Camellia japonica 'Brushfield's Yellow'
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Camellia rosthorniana Cupido ('Elina') (PBR)
Camellia rosthorniana Cupido ('Elina') (PBR)
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Camellia × williamsii Debbie
Camellia × williamsii 'Debbie'
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Camellia × williamsii Donation
Camellia × williamsii 'Donation'
From £24.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Camellia × williamsii 'Les Jury'
Camellia × williamsii 'Les Jury'
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Hydrangea macrophylla Dark Angel Red
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Dark Angel Red'
£17.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (10)
Hydrangea macrophylla Koria (PBR)
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Koria' (PBR)
£19.99
available to order from spring 2027
Hydrangea serrata Choco White ('Darwhite') (PBR)

New

Hydrangea serrata Choco White ('Darwhite') (PBR)
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
Ilex aquifolium Silver Queen
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Queen'
£32.99
available to order from spring 2027
Loropetalum chinense Ruby Snow ('Iwai') (PBR)
Loropetalum Ruby Snow ('Iwai') (PBR)
£27.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Lupinus chamissonis Silver Fleece

New

Lupinus chamissonis 'Silver Fleece'
£36.99
available to order from spring 2027
Photinia Blackberry Gem

New

Photinia 'Blackberry Gem'
£34.99
available to order from spring 2027
Prunus laurocerasus On Fire (PBR)

New

Prunus laurocerasus 'On Fire' (PBR)
£34.99
available to order from spring 2027
Rhododendron Encore Autumn Prince

New

Rhododendron 'Encore Autumn Prince'
£29.99
available to order from spring 2027
Rhododendron Mother's Day (Kurume)
Rhododendron 'Mother's Day' (Kurume)
£19.99
available to order from spring 2027
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Rhododendron Nancy Evans
Rhododendron 'Nancy Evans'
From £19.99
available to order from spring 2027
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