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Plants for Steep Banks

Gardening on a slope can make access tricky so you want to introduce plants that are relatively low maintenance - and may have the added bonus of stabilising the soil with their spreading roots.

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Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
Cottage garden showstoppers mini-border collection
£71.99
6 × 9cm plants
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)
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)
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)
Cornus alba Miracle ('Verpaalen2') (PBR)
Cornus alba Miracle ('Verpaalen2') (PBR)
From £24.75
2 litre pot
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall
3 × 2 litre pots
12 litre pot | 1 - 1.25m tall
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
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 Peppermintstick

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Tulipa 'Peppermintstick'
From £5.99
5 × bulbs
10 + 5 FREE bulbs
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 4.5 5 2 (2)
Geranium cinereum Jolly Jewel Raspberry ('Noortjjrab')
Geranium (Cinereum Group) Jolly Jewel Raspberry ('Noortjjrab)
From £12.99
available to order from summer
Tulipa Pinocchio
Tulipa 'Pinocchio'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn hedging
From £49.99
available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 2 (2)
Geranium (Cinereum Group) Rothbury Gem ('Gerfos') (PBR)

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