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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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Agastache Blue Fortune
Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
From £8.99
9cm pot
2 litre pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
+ 1 more available
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.7 5 44 (44)
Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
£71.99
6 × 9cm plants
Salvia nemorosa Ostfriesland

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Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland'
From £8.99
9cm pot
2 litre pot
3 × 9cm pots
3 × 2 litre pots
+ 1 more available
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 13 (13)
Achillea Walther Funcke

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Achillea 'Walther Funcke'
From £9.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 12 (12)
Epimedium × versicolor Sulphureum
Epimedium × versicolor 'Sulphureum'
From £11.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Epimedium × warleyense
Epimedium × warleyense
From £12.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 5 (5)
Euphorbia epithymoides
Euphorbia epithymoides
From £9.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 10 (10)
Kniphofia Redhot Popsicle (Popsicle series)
Kniphofia 'Redhot Popsicle' (Popsicle series)
From £14.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
Kniphofia Ember Glow ('Tneg') (PBR) (Glow Series)
Kniphofia Ember Glow ('Tneg') (PBR) (Glow Series)
From £14.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
Lewisia Sunset Glow ('Marianni') (PBR)

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Lewisia Sunset Glow ('Marianni') (PBR)
£12.99
1 litre pot
Potentilla Gibson's Scarlet
Potentilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
From £9.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
Agastache and Angelica plant combination
Agastache & Angelica plant combination
£65.94
6 × plants | 3 of each
Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection
Long flowering moody blues mini-border collection
£63.99
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
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Admiration (PBR)
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Admiration' (PBR)
From £25.99
2 litre pot
3 × 2 litre pots
6 × 2 litre pots
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.8 5 9 (9)
Phormium Maori Queen
Phormium 'Maori Queen'
£36.99
2 litre pot
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 2 (2)
Phormium Sundowner
Phormium 'Sundowner'
£38.99
2 litre pot
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.6 5 5 (5)
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
Venetian sky tulip collection

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Venetian sky tulip collection
From £28.95
1 × collection | 26 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 78 bulbs
Creme fraiche tulip collection

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Crème fraîche tulip collection
From £22.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Giant tulip collection

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Giant tulip collection
From £21.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Old masters tulip collection

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Old masters tulip collection
From £24.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Tutti frutti tulip collection

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Tutti frutti tulip collection
From £21.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Award-winning vibrant species tulip collection

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Award-winning vibrant species tulip collection
From £16.95
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Tulipa Ballerina

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Tulipa 'Ballerina'
From £6.49
7 × bulbs
7 × bulbs | organic
21 × bulbs
21 × bulbs | organic
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (30)
Tulipa Red Riding Hood

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Tulipa 'Red Riding Hood'
From £5.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Tulipa Gavota

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Tulipa 'Gavota'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Tulipa Peppermintstick

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Tulipa 'Peppermintstick'
From £5.99
5 × bulbs
10 + 5 FREE bulbs
Tulipa Red Impression (PBR)

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Tulipa 'Red Impression' (PBR)
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Tulipa Tinka

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Tulipa 'Tinka'
From £5.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha Tubergen's Gem

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Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha 'Tubergen's Gem'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa tarda

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Tulipa tarda
From £5.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Tulipa Fly Away

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Tulipa 'Fly Away'
From £8.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (4)
Convallaria collection
Lily of the valley collection
From £18.95
1 × collection | 3 bare roots
2 + 1 FREE collections | 9 bare roots
Oranges and lemons lily tulip collection

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Oranges & lemons lily tulip collection
From £22.49
1 × collection | 21 bulbs
2 + 1 FREE collections | 63 bulbs
Tulipa Princesse Charmante

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Tulipa 'Princesse Charmante'
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0 star 0 star 0.5 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Tulipa Apeldoorn

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Tulipa 'Apeldoorn'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
0 star 0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Tulipa Avignon

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Tulipa 'Avignon'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (221)
Tulipa Sunny Prince (PBR)

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Tulipa 'Sunny Prince' (PBR)
From £6.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Île de France

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Tulipa 'Île de France'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Tulipa acuminata

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Tulipa acuminata
From £14.99
3 × bulbs
9 × bulbs
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Tulipa Honky Tonk

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Tulipa 'Honky Tonk'
From £5.99
7 × bulbs
14 + 7 FREE bulbs
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Tulipa Quebec

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Tulipa 'Quebec'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Toronto

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Tulipa 'Toronto'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Tulipa Willem van den Akker

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Tulipa 'Willem van den Akker'
From £7.99
7 × bulbs
21 × bulbs
Hakonechloa macra Mulled Wine (PBR)
Hakonechloa macra 'Mulled Wine' (PBR)
From £14.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
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)
Gaillardia × grandiflora Burgunder

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Gaillardia × grandiflora 'Burgunder'
From £2.24
approx 20 seeds
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Tulipa sprengeri

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Tulipa sprengeri
£4.99 £3.74
approx 25 seeds
Helleborus × hybridus Pretty Ellen collection
Hellebore Pretty Ellen collection
From £29.99
available to order from summer
Geranium cinereum Jolly Jewel Raspberry ('Noortjjrab')
Geranium (Cinereum Group) Jolly Jewel Raspberry ('Noortjjrab)
From £12.99
available to order from summer
Viola Molly Sanderson

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Viola 'Molly Sanderson'
From £9.99
sold out
Neapolitan tulip collection
Neapolitan tulip collection
From £31.95
available to order from winter
Tulipa La vie en Rose
Tulipa 'La vie en Rose'
From £8.99
available to order from winter
Tulipa Pinocchio
Tulipa 'Pinocchio'
From £7.99
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
Scented begonia collection
Fragrant begonia collection
From £14.95
available to order from winter
Venetian gladioli collection
Venetian gladioli collection
From £18.95
available to order from winter
Gladiolus Black Star
Gladiolus 'Black Star'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
Ranunculus Paeony mixed
Ranunculus 'Paeony mixed'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
0 star 0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Persian wallflower collection
Persian wallflower collection
From £30.99
available to order from autumn
Erysimum ( wallflower ) Sweetly fragrant collection
Sweetly fragrant wallflower collection
From £22.99
sold out
Erysimum cheiri Vulcan
wallflower 'Vulcan'
From £10.99
available to order from autumn
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (17)
Begonia Nonstop Red

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Begonia 'Nonstop Red'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Begonia Nonstop White

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Begonia 'Nonstop White'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Coleus Watermelon
Coleus 'Watermelon'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Coleus scutellarioides Black Dragon
Coleus scutellarioides 'Black Dragon'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Coleus scutellarioides Flamethrower Chilli Pepper (Flamethrower Series)
Coleus scutellarioides 'Flamethrower Chilli Pepper' (Flamethrower Series)
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Coleus scutellarioides Flamethrower Habanero (Flamethrower Series)
Coleus scutellarioides 'Flamethrower Habanero' (Flamethrower Series)
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Coleus scutellarioides Trusty Rusty ('Uf06419')
Coleus scutellarioides 'Trusty Rusty ('Uf06419')'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Primula Eclipse Burgundy
Primula 'Eclipse Burgundy'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
Erysimum Sugar Rush Red (Sugar Rush Series)
wallflower 'Sugar Rush Red' F1
From £7.99
available to order from winter
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (4)
Geranium Red Shades
Geranium 'Red Shades'
From £7.99
sold out
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (17)
Geranium (Cinereum Group) Rothbury Gem ('Gerfos') (PBR)

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Geranium (Cinereum Group) Rothbury Gem ('Gerfos') (PBR)
£12.99
sold out

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