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Plants for the Front of the Border

Front or border plants are often the most prominent, so it is worth making sure they are just right. You can also use them to line a pathway or drive, and because most of them are relatively compact, they also do well in pots.

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Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
£71.99
6 × 9cm plants
Sanguisorba Tanna

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Sanguisorba 'Tanna'
From £11.99
2 litre pot
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
3 × 2 litre pots
+ 1 more available
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 15 (15)
Heuchera Plum Pudding (PBR)
Heuchera 'Plum Pudding' (PBR)
From £12.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.7 5 3 (3)
Papaver (Oriental Group) Patty's Plum
Papaver (Oriental Group) 'Patty's Plum'
From £11.99
2 litre pot
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 14 (14)
Penstemon Midnight

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Penstemon 'Midnight'
From £8.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
Centaurea Jordy
Centaurea 'Jordy'
From £10.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 12 (12)
Verbascum Sugar Plum (PBR)
Verbascum 'Sugar Plum' (PBR)
From £12.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
× Heucherella Sweet Tea (PBR)
× Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' (PBR)
From £12.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.3 5 12 (12)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination
Agastache & Angelica plant combination
£65.94
6 × plants | 3 of each
Classic cottage mini-border collection
Cottage garden mini-border collection
£64.99
6 × 9cm plants
Tom's Chelsea Woodland Sanctuary mini-border collection 'Cool & Calm'
Tom's Chelsea Woodland Sanctuary mini-border collection 'Cool & Calm'
From £57.99
6 × 9cm plants
with large zinc dolly pot Ø46 × H40cm
with tall zinc dolly pot - Ø46 × H50cm
Vinca minor Atropurpurea
Vinca minor 'Atropurpurea'
From £7.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 3.7 5 3 (3)
Berberis thunbergii Tiny Gold (PBR)
Berberis thunbergii 'Tiny Gold' (PBR)
£22.99
2 litre pot
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 5 (5)
Weigela Ebony and Ivory ('Velda') (PBR)
Weigela Ebony and Ivory ('Velda') (PBR)
£24.99
2 litre pot
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 5 (5)
Burning embers tulip collection

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Burning embers tulip collection
From £26.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Burning embers tulip collection 4 varieties

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Burning embers tulip collection 4 varieties
From £33.95
1 × collection | 28 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 84 bulbs
Jo Thompson's Cottage garden bulb collection

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Jo Thompson's Cottage garden bulb collection
From £42.45
1 × collection | 34 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 102 bulbs
Leah's Secret garden tulip collection

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Leah's Secret garden tulip collection
From £21.95
1 × collection | 19 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 57 bulbs
Leah's Secret garden tulip collection 5 varieties

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Leah's Secret garden tulip collection 5 varieties
From £40.95
1 × collection | 31 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 93 bulbs
Lucy Wilcox's Contemporary pastel bulb collection

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Lucy Wilcox's Contemporary pastel bulb collection
From £33.95
1 × collection | 28 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 84 bulbs
Lucy Willcox’s 5 months of spring bulbs bulb collection 11 varieties

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Lucy Willcox’s 5 months of spring bulbs bulb collection 11 varieties
From £139.95
1 × collection | 76 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 228 bulbs
Lucy Willcox’s 5 months of spring bulbs bulb collection 5 varieties

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Lucy Willcox’s 5 months of spring bulbs bulb collection 5 varieties
From £44.75
1 × collection | 42 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 126 bulbs
Lucy Willcox’s Spring border bulb collection

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Lucy Willcox’s Spring border bulb collection
From £24.95
1 × collection | 24 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 72 bulbs
Award-winning repeat flowering tulip collection

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Award-winning repeat flowering tulip collection
From £21.45
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Double tulip collection

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Double tulip collection
From £26.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Plum pudding tulip collection

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Plum pudding tulip collection
From £16.95
1 × collection | 14 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 42 bulbs
Repeat flowering and award-winning quartet tulip collection

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Repeat flowering and award-winning quartet tulip collection
From £29.45
1 × collection | 28 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 84 bulbs
The dreamer tulip collection

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The dreamer tulip collection
From £22.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Turner's sunset tulip collection

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Turner's sunset tulip collection
From £22.95
1 × collection | 17 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 51 bulbs
Ashley's repeat flowering tulip collection

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Ashley's repeat flowering tulip collection
From £20.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Ashley's rum punch tulip collection

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Ashley's rum punch tulip collection
From £20.95
1 × collection | 19 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 57 bulbs
Award-winning sunset tulip collection

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Award-winning sunset tulip collection
From £23.45
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Bring the joy tulip collection

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Bring the joy tulip collection
From £21.95
1 × collection | 19 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 57 bulbs
John's double jewels tulip collection

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John's double Jewels and orange tulip collection
From £34.95
1 × collection | 28 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 84 bulbs
La reine de la belle tulip collection

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La reine de la belle tulip collection
From £16.95
1 × collection | 12 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 36 bulbs
Tequila sunrise tulip collection

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Tequila sunrise tulip collection
From £15.95
1 × collection | 14 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 42 bulbs
The artist's tulip collection

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The artist's tulip collection
From £23.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
The night before tulip collection

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The night before tulip collection
From £24.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Vintage peony tulip collection

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Vintage peony tulip collection
From £28.95
1 × collection | 19 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 57 bulbs
Summer pudding tulip collection

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Summer Pudding tulip collection
From £25.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Sunshine & clouds pot collection

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Sunshine & clouds pot collection
From £41.95
1 × collection | 39 bulbs
1 × collection | 123 bulbs & pot
The Garden Gate blackcurrant ripple tulip collection

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The Garden Gate blackcurrant ripple tulip collection
From £16.95
1 × collection | 14 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 42 bulbs
Black forest tulip collection

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Black Forest tulip collection
From £41.95
1 × collection | 38 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 114 bulbs
Tulipa La Belle Époque

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Tulipa 'La Belle Époque'
From £9.99
5 × bulbs
15 × bulbs
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Tulipa Queen of Night

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Tulipa 'Queen of Night'
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (30)
Tulipa Spring Green

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Tulipa 'Spring Green'
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (8)
Tulipa Amber Glow

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Tulipa 'Amber Glow'
From £9.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Blue Diamond

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Tulipa 'Blue Diamond'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (55)
Tulipa Couleur Cardinal

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Tulipa 'Couleur Cardinal'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Tulipa Louvre Orange

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Tulipa 'Louvre Orange'
From £8.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Renegade

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Tulipa 'Renegade'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Anemone coronaria (De Caen Group) Bordeaux
Anemone coronaria (De Caen Group) 'Bordeaux'
From £17.49
20 × bulbs
40 + 20 FREE bulbs
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (8)
Hyacinthus orientalis Woodstock

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Hyacinthus orientalis 'Woodstock'
From £8.49
5 × bulbs | garden
15 × bulbs | garden
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Tulipa Brown Sugar

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Tulipa 'Brown Sugar'
From £8.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Tulipa Green Wave

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Tulipa 'Green Wave'
From £8.99
5 × bulbs
10 + 5 FREE bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Tulipa Passionale

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Tulipa 'Passionale'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Tulipa Uncle Tom

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Tulipa 'Uncle Tom'
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Catherina

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Tulipa 'Catherina'
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7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Amethyst combination

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Amethyst combination
£29.95
1 × combination | 24 bulbs
Bupleurum rotundifolium Griffithii

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Bupleurum rotundifolium 'Griffithii'
£2.99 £2.24
approx 125 seeds
Erysimum cheiri Fire King

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Erysimum cheiri 'Fire King'
From £2.24
approx 500 seeds
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (17)
Papaver somniferum Lauren's Grape

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Papaver somniferum 'Lauren's Grape'
From £2.62
approx 100 seeds
3 × packets of 100 seeds
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Papaver somniferum Lilac Pompom

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Papaver somniferum 'Lilac Pompom'
£2.19 £1.64
approx 200 seeds
0 star 0 star 0 star 0 star 1 star (1)
Papaver somniferum (Paeoniiflorum Group) Black Paeony

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Papaver somniferum (Paeoniiflorum Group) 'Black Paeony'
£3.49 £2.62
approx 500 seeds
Cherry creme brûlée cutting garden collection

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Cherry créme brûlée cutting garden collection
£25.33 £19.00
1 × collection
Heuchera Green Spice
Heuchera 'Green Spice'
From £10.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Penstemon Pensham Bilberry Ice (Pensham Series)

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Penstemon 'Pensham Bilberry Ice' (Pensham Series)
From £8.99
available to order from spring 2027
Dusky violet shade mini-border collection

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Dusky violet shade mini-border collection
From £54.99
available to order from summer
Helleborus × hybridus Double Ellen collection (3 varieties)
hellebore double Ellen collection
From £38.99
available to order from summer
Pensham Penstemon collection

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Pensham Penstemon collection
From £26.97
available to order from spring 2027
Astrantia major Gill Richardson Group

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Astrantia major 'Gill Richardson Group'
From £14.99
available to order from spring 2027
Helleborus Sugar Plum

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Helleborus 'Sugar Plum'
From £14.99
available to order from spring 2027
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Salvia × jamensis Violette de Loire ('Barsal') (PBR)

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Salvia × jamensis Violette de Loire ('Barsal) (PBR)
From £11.99
available to order from spring 2027
Salvia Blue Note (PBR)

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Salvia 'Blue Note' (PBR)
From £5.00
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Veronica Caledonia
Veronica 'Caledonia'
£24.99
available to order from spring 2027
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (11)
The copper tulip collection
The copper tulip collection
From £24.95
available to order from winter
Neapolitan tulip collection
Neapolitan tulip collection
From £31.95
available to order from winter
Coffee and cream 5 varieties dahlia collection
Coffee & cream 5 varieties dahlia collection
From £29.95
available to order from winter
Favourite gladioli collection
Favourite gladioli collection
From £19.95
available to order from winter
Gladiolus for cutting collection
Gladioli for cutting collection
From £19.95
available to order from winter
Sunset Zantedeschia collection
Sunset Zantedeschia collection
From £20.95
available to order from winter
The ultimate cutting gladioli collection
The ultimate cutting gladioli collection
From £35.95
available to order from winter
Venetian gladioli collection
Venetian gladioli collection
From £18.95
available to order from winter
Gladiolus Green Star
Gladiolus 'Green Star'
From £5.99
available to order from winter
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Gladiolus Plum Tart
Gladiolus 'Plum Tart'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (20)
Pleione formosana
Pleione formosana
From £8.99
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Zantedeschia Odessa (PBR)
Zantedeschia 'Odessa' (PBR)
From £6.99
available to order from winter
Carex oshimensis Everillo (PBR) (EverColor Series)
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo' (PBR) (EverColor Series)
From £12.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Persian wallflower collection
Persian wallflower collection
From £30.99
available to order from autumn
Erysimum cheiri Primrose Dame
wallflower 'Primrose Dame'
From £10.99
available to order from autumn
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (10)
Fuchsia Thalia
Fuchsia 'Thalia'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Osteospermum Soleo Glow

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Osteospermum 'Soleo Glow'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Comfortably Plum - Easyplanter for hanging baskets & patio pots

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Comfortably Plum - Easyplanter for hanging baskets & patio pots
£26.99
sold out
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Rosa Burgundy Ice ('Prose') (PBR)
Rosa Burgundy Ice ('Prose') (PBR) | Floribunda Bush Rose
£32.99
available to order from autumn
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)

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