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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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Gladiolus White Prosperity
Gladiolus 'White Prosperity'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.4 5 14 (14)
Gloriosa superba Rothschildiana
Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 7 (7)
Hemerocallis Stafford
Hemerocallis 'Stafford'
From £19.99
available to order from summer
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.5 5 6 (6)
Hesperantha coccinea f. alba
Hesperantha coccinea f. alba
From £6.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Heuchera Heucherette Pink

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Heuchera 'Heucherette Pink'™
From £12.99
available to order from summer
Hosta Monster Ears

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Hosta 'Monster Ears'
From £12.99
available to order from autumn
Hosta Party Streamers (PBR)
Hosta 'Party Streamers' (PBR)
From £14.99
available to order from summer
Hosta Siberian Tiger ('Amime Tachi')

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Hosta 'Siberian Tiger ('Amime Tachi')'
From £9.99
available to order from autumn
Hosta Silly String (PBR)
Hosta 'Silly String' (PBR)
From £14.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.0 5 2 (2)
Hosta Voices in the Wind (Shadowland Series) (PBR)
Hosta 'Voices in the Wind' (Shadowland Series) (PBR)
From £14.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 5.0 5 1 (1)
Iris Harmony (Reticulata)
Iris 'Harmony' (Reticulata)
From £7.49
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 4.9 5 13 (13)
Iris J.S. Dijt (Reticulata)
Iris 'J.S. Dijt' (Reticulata)
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Iris Maid of Orange
Iris 'Maid of Orange'
From £7.99
available to order from winter
Iris Pauline (Reticulata)
Iris 'Pauline' (Reticulata)
From £7.99
available to order from summer
Iris Alida and pot combination
Iris Alida and pot combination
£54.97 £45.22
Iris Alida and pot combination
Iris Alida and pot combination
£37.96 £34.06
Iris Alida and pot combination
Iris Alida and pot combination
£35.97 £30.72
Iris Alida and pot combination
Iris Alida and pot combination
£51.97 £41.47
Iris Alida and pot combination
Iris Alida and pot combination
£76.97 £64.22
Leucojum aestivum
Leucojum aestivum
From £9.99
available to order from summer
Leucojum aestivum Gravetye Giant
Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant'
From £7.99
available to order from summer
Leucojum vernum
Leucojum vernum
From £8.99
available to order from summer
0 star 0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (4)
Convallaria collection
Lily of the valley collection
From £18.95
available to order from winter
Lucy Willcox’s bulb collection

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Lucy Willcox’s bulb collection
From £37.75
available to order from summer
Marvellous muscari grape hyacinth collection
Marvellous muscari grape hyacinth collection
From £20.95
available to order from summer
Monet's sunrise tulip collection
Monet's sunrise tulip collection
From £25.95
available to order from summer
Multi-flowered daffodil collection
Multi-flowered daffodil collection
From £18.27
available to order from summer
Multi-flowered daffodils and pot combination
Multi-flowered daffodils and pot combination
£74.96 £61.46
Muscari Peppermint
Muscari 'Peppermint'
From £5.99
available to order from summer
Muscari armeniacum
Muscari armeniacum
From £7.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (12)
Muscari armeniacum Touch of Snow
Muscari armeniacum 'Touch of Snow'
From £5.99
available to order from summer
Muscari aucheri Ocean Magic
Muscari aucheri 'Ocean Magic'
From £6.99
available to order from summer
Muscari aucheri White Magic
Muscari aucheri 'White Magic'
From £5.99
available to order from summer
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (16)
Muscari comosum
Muscari comosum
From £6.99
available to order from summer
Muscari latifolium
Muscari latifolium
From £4.99
available to order from summer
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Muscari macrocarpum Golden Fragrance (PBR)
Muscari macrocarpum 'Golden Fragrance' (PBR)
From £5.99
available to order from winter
Muscari neglectum
Muscari neglectum
From £5.99
available to order from summer
Muscari Touch of Snow and pot combination
Muscari Touch of Snow and pot combination
£24.98 £21.23
Myosotis sylvatica
Myosotis sylvatica
From £2.79
approx 175 seeds
3 × packets of seeds
Myosotis sylvatica Ultramarine
Myosotis sylvatica 'Ultramarine'
£2.99
approx 175 seeds
Narcissus Night Life
Narcissus 'Night Life'
From £9.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Narcissus Tête-à-Tête

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Narcissus 'Tête-à-tête'
From £5.49
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (35)
New baroque tulip collection
New Baroque tulip collection
From £21.95
available to order from summer
New beginnings daffodil collection
New beginnings daffodil collection
From £34.95
available to order from summer
Omphalodes cappadocica Cherry Ingram
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
From £15.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Oranges and lemons lily tulip collection
Oranges & lemons lily tulip collection
From £23.95
available to order from summer
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
From £3.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (5)
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Ornithogalum umbellatum
From £4.99
available to order from summer
Paeonia lactiflora Red Sarah Bernhardt
Paeonia lactiflora Red Sarah Bernhardt
From £10.99
available to order from winter
Viola × wittrockiana Frizzle Sizzle Blue F1 (Frizzle Sizzle Series)
pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle Blue' (Frizzle Sizzle Series) F1
From £3.49
available to order from summer
Viola × wittrockiana Frizzle Sizzle Burgundy F1 (Frizzle Sizzle Series)
pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle Burgundy' (Frizzle Sizzle Series) F1
From £4.99
approx 25 seeds
Viola × wittrockiana Frizzle Sizzle Yellow Blue Swirl F1 (Frizzle Sizzle Series)
pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle Yellow Blue Swirl' (Frizzle Sizzle Series) F1
From £2.09
sold out
Peachy daffodil collection
Peachy daffodil collection
From £28.95
available to order from summer
Pleione formosana
Pleione formosana
From £8.99
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Pleione Tongariro
Pleione Tongariro
From £9.99
available to order from winter
0.25 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Polianthes tuberosa The Pearl
Polianthes tuberosa 'The Pearl'
From £8.99
available to order from winter
0 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
potato Maris Peer
potato 'Maris Peer'
From £4.99
5 × seed potatoes | summer planting
15 × seed potatoes | summer planting
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
potato Maris Piper
potato 'Maris Piper'
From £3.49
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Primula Bonneli Flame
Primula 'Bonneli Flame'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
Primula Showstopper White
Primula 'Showstopper White'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Primula denticulata
Primula denticulata
From £8.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Primula vulgaris Raspberry Rose
Primula vulgaris 'Raspberry Rose'
From £6.99
available to order from winter
Pulmonaria Opal ('Ocupol')
Pulmonaria Opal ('Ocupol')
From £9.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (8)
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)
Ranunculus Purple Heart
Ranunculus 'Purple Heart'
From £8.99
available to order from winter
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Ranunculus asiaticus Aviv Red (Aviv Series)
Ranunculus asiaticus 'Aviv Red' (Aviv Series)
From £5.99
available to order from winter
0 star 0 star 0 star 0 star 1 star (1)
Ranunculus asiaticus Aviv Rose (Aviv Series)
Ranunculus asiaticus 'Aviv Rose' (Aviv Series)
From £5.99
available to order from winter
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Ranunculus asiaticus Aviv White (Aviv Series)
Ranunculus asiaticus 'Aviv White' (Aviv Series)
From £5.99
available to order from winter
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (1)
Ranunculus Aviv collection
Ranunculus aviv collection
From £17.95
available to order from winter
Scilla Blue Giant
Scilla 'Blue Giant'
From £9.99
available to order from summer
Scilla Pink Giant
Scilla 'Pink Giant'
From £5.99
available to order from summer
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
Scilla forbesii Violet Beauty
Scilla forbesii 'Violet Beauty'
From £4.99
available to order from summer
Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta
Scilla luciliae (Boiss.) Speta
From £7.99
available to order from summer
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (7)
Scilla siberica
Scilla siberica
From £7.99
available to order from summer
0 star 0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (3)
Skimmia japonica Fragrans
Skimmia japonica 'Fragrans' (male)
£19.99
2 litre pot
Spring promise daffodil collection
Spring promise daffodil collection
From £32.95
available to order from summer
Spring sunshine daffodil collection
Spring sunshine daffodil collection
From £28.95
available to order from summer
Striking allium collection
Striking allium collection
From £13.75
available to order from summer
Summer pudding tulip collection
Summer Pudding tulip collection
From £23.95
available to order from summer
Sunrise Zantedeschia collection
Sunrise Zantedeschia collection
From £20.95
available to order from winter
Sunset Zantedeschia collection
Sunset Zantedeschia collection
From £20.95
available to order from winter
Sweet and fragrant daffodil collection
Sweet & fragrant daffodil collection
From £21.45
available to order from summer
Sweet and fragrant daffodils and pot combination
Sweet and fragrant daffodils and pot combination
£78.97 £66.22
Erysimum ( wallflower ) Sweetly fragrant collection
Sweetly fragrant wallflower collection
From £22.99
sold out
The bold & brilliant daffodil collection
The bold & brilliant daffodil collection
From £29.95
available to order from summer
The dawn light daffodil collection
The dawn light daffodil collection
From £29.95
available to order from summer
The Garden Gate black forest tulip collection
The Garden Gate black forest tulip collection
From £16.95
available to order from summer
The lemon daffodil collection
The lemon daffodil collection
From £29.90
available to order from summer
The ruffles daffodil collection
The ruffles daffodil collection
From £32.95
available to order from summer
The ultimate cutting gladioli collection

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The ultimate cutting gladioli collection
From £35.95
available to order from winter
Tulipa Ballerina

Best Seller

Tulipa 'Ballerina'
From £6.49
available to order from summer
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (30)
Tulipa Fly Away
Tulipa 'Fly Away'
From £7.99
available to order from autumn
1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (4)
Tulipa Ice Cream
Tulipa 'Ice Cream'
From £4.99
available to order from summer
Tulipa La Belle Époque

Best Seller

Tulipa 'La Belle Époque'
From £7.99
available to order from summer
0.75 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (6)
Tulipa humilis var. pulchella Albocaerulea Oculata Group
Tulipa humilis var. pulchella Albocaerulea Oculata Group
From £11.99
available to order from summer
Tulipa sprengeri

New

Tulipa sprengeri
£4.99
approx 25 seeds
Venetian gladioli collection

New

Venetian gladioli collection
From £18.95
available to order from winter
Veronica gentianoides
Veronica gentianoides
From £8.99
9cm pot
3 × 9cm pots
6 × 9cm pots
Vibrant gladioli collection

New

Vibrant gladioli collection
From £19.95
available to order from winter
Erysimum Sugar Rush Primrose (Sugar Rush Series)
wallflower 'Sugar Rush Primrose' F1
From £3.99
available to order from winter
0.5 star 1 star 1 star 1 star 1 star (2)
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