Plants For Chalky Soil

Chalky soils (or those based on limestone) are usually alkaline, so have a pH above 7. They tend to be freely draining, stony and don’t hold onto nutrients very well. Therefore, to help your plants flourish, you should water regularly and dig in lots of composted organic matter as often as you can.

Bulb divisions
Ready made borders
Planting combinations
Ground cover
Used at Chelsea
bean (runner) Moonlight (PBR)
bean (runner) 'Moonlight' (PBR)
£3.79
approx 45 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bean (runner) White Lady (PBR)
bean (runner) 'White Lady' (PBR)
£3.19
approx 45 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Berberis darwinii
Berberis darwinii
£24.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
Berberis thunbergii Orange Rocket (PBR)
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Rocket' (PBR)
£24.99 - £56.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Admiration (PBR)

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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Admiration' (PBR)
£13.00 - £54.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Harlequin

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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Harlequin'
£13.00 - £29.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea Helmond Pillar

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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Helmond Pillar'
£25.99 £15.59
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Abendglut
Bergenia 'Abendglut'
£9.99 - £42.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Angel Kiss (Dragonfly Series)
Bergenia 'Angel Kiss' (Dragonfly Series)
£12.99 - £49.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Baby Doll

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Bergenia 'Baby Doll'
£6.00 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Bressingham White

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Bergenia 'Bressingham White'
£6.59 - £26.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Overture

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Bergenia 'Overture'
£13.99 - £33.59
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia Silberlicht

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Bergenia 'Silberlicht'
£9.99 - £39.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bergenia cordifolia Purpurea
Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea'
£9.99 - £42.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Betula Fascination

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Betula 'Fascination'
£90.99 - £99.99
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9 litre pot | 2 - 2.5m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
Betula pendula
Betula pendula
£9.99 - £119.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
9 litre pot | 1.5 - 1.8m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 60 - 80cm tall | hedging available to order from autumn
3 × bare root | 60 - 80cm tall | Hedging available to order from autumn
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii Doorenbos

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Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii 'Doorenbos'
£49.99 - £159.99
bare root | 1.2m tall available to order from autumn
9 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | multistem | 1.2 - 1.5m available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
Big bold allium collection
Big bold allium collection
£28.75 - £57.50
1 × collection | 30 bulbs Delivered during September
2 + 1 FREE collections | 90 bulbs Delivered during September
Bistorta affinis Superba
Bistorta affinis 'Superba'
£9.99 - £22.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bistorta amplexicaulis Alba

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Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Alba'
£9.50 - £23.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bistorta amplexicaulis Blackfield (PBR)

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Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Blackfield' (PBR)
£13.29 - £34.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Bistorta amplexicaulis Firetail
Bistorta amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bistorta amplexicaulis Orange Field ('Orangofield') (PBR)
Bistorta amplexicaulis Orange Field ('Orangofield') (PBR)
£12.99 - £39.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bistorta officinalis Superba
Bistorta officinalis 'Superba'
£10.99 - £45.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
blackberry Loch Ness
blackberry 'Loch Ness'
£21.99 - £43.98
3 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 3 litre pots available to order from autumn
blackcurrant Baldwin
blackcurrant 'Baldwin'
£10.99 - £21.98
bare root plant available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn
blackcurrant Ben Connan
blackcurrant 'Ben Connan'
£10.99 - £21.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
bare root plant available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn
blackcurrant Ben Lomond
blackcurrant 'Ben Lomond'
£10.99 - £19.98
bare root plant available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE bare root plants available to order from autumn
blackcurrant Big Ben (PBR)
blackcurrant 'Big Ben' (PBR)
£21.99 - £43.98
3 litre pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 3 litre pots available to order from autumn
Borago officinalis
borage | Borago officinalis
£2.19 - £15.98
approx 75 organic seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Briza media
Briza media
£9.99 - £16.75
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
broccoli Claret F1
broccoli 'Claret' F1 (purple sprouting)
£2.49
approx 25 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Brunnera macrophylla Alexanders Great (PBR)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Alexanders Great' (PBR)
£11.75 - £25.75
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Brunnera macrophylla Betty Bowring

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Brunnera macrophylla 'Betty Bowring'
£6.50 - £14.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Brunnera macrophylla Jack Frost (PBR)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (PBR)
£12.99 - £49.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Brunnera macrophylla Mister Morse (PBR)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Mister Morse' (PBR)
£14.99 - £35.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Brunnera macrophylla Sea Heart (PBR)
Brunnera macrophylla 'Sea Heart' (PBR)
£19.99 - £54.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
brussels sprout Brodie F1
brussels sprout 'Brodie' F1
£3.49
approx 50 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
brussels sprout Maximus F1
brussels sprout 'Maximus' F1
£3.79
approx 30 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
brussels sprout Red Bull
brussels sprout 'Red Bull'
£2.79
approx 100 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja Lochinch
Buddleja 'Lochinch'
£19.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
Buddleja Morning Mist (PBR)
Buddleja 'Morning Mist' (PBR)
£24.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja Pink Delight
Buddleja 'Pink Delight'
£10.00 - £69.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Buddleja alternifolia
Buddleja alternifolia
£29.99
3 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja Berries and Cream ('Pmoore14') (PBR)

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Buddleja Berries and Cream ('Pmoore14') (PBR)
£24.99 £12.50
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja davidii Black Knight
Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight'
£19.99 - £69.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Buddleja davidii Grand Cascade
Buddleja davidii 'Grand Cascade'
£26.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
Buddleja davidii Royal Red
Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red'
£22.99 - £69.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Buddleja davidii White Profusion
Buddleja davidii 'White Profusion'
£19.99 - £69.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
10 litre pot | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Buddleja globosa
Buddleja globosa
£19.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
Buddleja Little Purple (’BotEx 001’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series)

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Buddleja Little Purple (’BotEx 001’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series)
£29.99 £17.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja Little White (’BotEx 003’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series)

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Buddleja Little White (’BotEx 003’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series)
£29.99 £17.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja Sugar Plum ('Lonplum') (PBR)

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Buddleja Sugar Plum ('Lonplum') (PBR)
£24.99 £14.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja × pikei Unique ('Pmoore12') (PBR)

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Buddleja × pikei Unique ('Pmoore12') (PBR)
£22.99 £16.09
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buddleja × weyeriana Bicolor

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Buddleja × weyeriana 'Bicolor'
£21.99 £15.39
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Bulbs for pots - Blues and pinks
Bulbs for pots - Blues & pinks
£21.95 - £43.90
1 × collection | 37 bulbs Delivered during September
2 × collections | 124 bulbs Delivered during September
Buxus sempervirens
Buxus sempervirens
£7.99 - £49.99
9cm pot | 10 - 15cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots | 10 - 15cm tall In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Buxus sempervirens
Buxus sempervirens
£39.99 - £64.99
3 litre pot | 20cm ball available to order from autumn
2 × 3 litre pots | 20cm balls available to order from autumn
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Calamagrostis brachytricha
£9.99 - £16.95
9cm pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
Calamagrostis × acutiflora Karl Foerster

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Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
£5.00 - £47.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Calamagrostis × acutiflora Overdam

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Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Overdam'
£5.00 - £25.00
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta Blue Cloud

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Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta 'Blue Cloud'
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot shipped within 2 weeks
3 × 9cm pots shipped within 2 weeks
Calibrachoa Cabaret Bright Red ('Balcabrite') (PBR) (Cabaret Series)

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Calibrachoa Cabaret Bright Red ('Balcabrite') (PBR) (Cabaret Series)
£3.50 - £19.98
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Callicarpa bodinieri Magical Snowstar ('Kolmsnostar') (PBR)
Callicarpa bodinieri 'Magical Snowstar ('Kolmsnostar') (PBR)
£24.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii Profusion

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Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'
£13.50 - £74.99
2 litre pot shipped within 2 weeks
3 × 2 litre pots shipped within 2 weeks
12 litre pot | 1 - 1.25m tall available to order from autumn
Callicarpa dichotoma Issai

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Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'
£22.99 £11.50
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Campanula Sarastro

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Campanula 'Sarastro'
£4.50 - £17.49
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Campanula glomerata Superba

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Campanula glomerata 'Superba'
£4.50 - £25.00
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Campanula glomerata var. alba Schneekrone

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Campanula glomerata var. alba 'Schneekrone'
£5.39 - £22.79
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Campanula lactiflora Loddon Anna

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Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
£4.50 - £44.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Campanula lactiflora Prichard's Variety

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Campanula lactiflora 'Prichard's Variety'
£5.39 - £49.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Campanula persicifolia
Campanula persicifolia
£8.99 - £44.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
6 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Campanula persicifolia var. alba

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Campanula persicifolia var. alba
£8.99 - £37.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Campanula poscharskyana
Campanula poscharskyana
£8.99 - £35.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Canna Phasion
Canna 'Phasion'
£9.99 - £19.98
1 × rhizome available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE rhizomes available to order from winter
Canna Wyoming
Canna 'Wyoming'
£6.99 - £13.98
1 × rhizome available to order from winter
2 + 1 FREE rhizomes available to order from winter
Canna × generalis Cannova Bronze Scarlet ('Fcaa35') (Cannova Series)
Canna × generalis Cannova Bronze Scarlet ('Fcaa35')
£9.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex buchananii Red Rooster
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex morrowii Boott Everglow (PBR) (EverColor Series)

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Carex morrowii Boott 'Everglow' (PBR) (EverColor Series)
£11.99 - £29.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex morrowii Vanilla Ice ('Vanice') (PBR)
Carex morrowii Vanilla Ice ('Vanice') (PBR)
£9.99 - £24.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex oshimensis Evergold

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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
£6.99 - £31.79
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex oshimensis Everillo (PBR) (EverColor Series)
Carex oshimensis 'Everillo' (PBR) (EverColor Series)
£12.99 - £54.99
9cm pot available to order from autumn
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 9cm pots available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Carex oshimensis Eversheen (PBR) (Evercolor Series)

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Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen' (PBR) (Evercolor Series)
£11.99 - £29.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex oshimensis Everest ('Fiwhite') (PBR)

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Carex oshimensis Everest ('Fiwhite') (PBR)
£10.00 - £49.99
2 litre pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 2 litre pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carex testacea
Carex testacea
£9.50 - £24.99
2 litre pot available to order from autumn
3 × 2 litre pots available to order from autumn
Carex testacea Prairie Fire
Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire'
£9.99 - £39.99
9cm pot In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
3 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
6 × 9cm pots In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus - Hornbeam hedging
£69.99 - £199.98
25 × bare root plants | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
10 × bare root plants | 1 - 1.25m tall available to order from autumn
25 × bare root plants | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
25 × bare root plants | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 40 - 60cm tall available to order from autumn
20 + 10 FREE bare root | 1 - 1.25m tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 60 - 80cm tall available to order from autumn
50 + 25 FREE bare root | 80 - 100cm tall available to order from autumn
Carpinus betulus Rockhampton Red ('Lochglow') (PBR)

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Carpinus betulus Rockhampton Red ('Lochglow') (PBR)
£49.99 - £149.99
9 litre pot | 1.8 - 2m tall In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
bare root | 1.5 - 1.8m tall available to order from autumn
12 litre pot | 1.6m tall available to order from autumn
carrot Eskimo F1
carrot 'Eskimo' F1
£2.89
approx 400 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)
carrot Flyaway F1
carrot 'Flyaway' F1
£2.99
approx 500 seeds In stock (shipped within 2-3 working days)

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