Garden Shrubs

Shrubs are the building blocks of the garden, providing shape, structure and a natural backdrop for seasonal flowers and foliage - but they’re so much more than that! You can have spectacular flowers all year round, attracting those all important pollinators, or even edible crops. Our shrubs are field grown and raised in the UK, so you won’t find hardier or healthier plants for the British climate.

Rose bushes (193)Ceanothus plants (13)Escallonia plants (6)Pittosporum plants (2)Euonymus plants (11)
  • The Ultimate Coastal Hedge Shrubs
    From £60
    £75 From £60

    The Ultimate Coastal Hedge

    Thrives in wind, salt and sand

    • Vibrant flowers and foliage
    • Improves soil stability & benefits wildlife
    • RHS picks for salt air, wind & sandy soil
    • Hardy and easy to maintain

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  • Hydrangea macrophylla 'Expression' Shrubs
    £16
    £18 £16

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Expression'

    Talk about flower power...

    • A relatively compact, bushy shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 1.5m
    • Incredible double pink blooms
    • Easy to grow and fully hardy

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  • Pink Japanese Camellia | Camellia japonica 'Doctor King' Shrubs
    From £50
    £55 From £50

    Camellia japonica 'Doctor King'

    Flowers like rhubarb and custard

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Rosy semi-double blooms, evergreen foliage
    • Suitable for container growing

    1 option available

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  • Eglantine Rose Hedging | Rosa rubiginosa Shrubs
    £5
    £5

    Eglantine Rose Hedging | Rosa rubiginosa

    Native wildlife magnet

    • Sprays of open pink flowers
    • Wonderful fragrance
    • Once flowering: June to July
    • Grows to 2m, easily maintained at 1-2m

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  • Wayfarer Hedging | Viburnum lantana Shrubs
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    Wayfarer Hedging | Viburnum lantana

    Attractive and informal

    • Large pompom white flowers & berries
    • Attracts butterflies and birds
    • Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
    • Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

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  • Clair Renaissance®' Shrub Rose Shrubs
    £20
    £22 £20

    'Clair Renaissance®' Shrub Rose

    An old romantic

    • Ruffled apricot flowers
    • Classic Old Rose fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • Thrives in a sunny border

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  • Mum in a Million' Hybrid Tea Rose Shrubs
    £18
    £0 £18

    'Mum in a Million' Hybrid Tea Rose

    A rose as special as she is

    • Fully double pink roses
    • Strong, sweet rose fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: June to October
    • Hardy and disease-resistant

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  • All Seasons Hedging | Growers' Choice Shrubs
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    £80 From £60

    All Seasons Hedging | Growers' Choice

    Looks great all year round

    • Flowers, berries and vibrant stems
    • Packed with colour and wildlife benefits
    • Premium varieties handpicked by our grower
    • Easy to plant and prune

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  • Common Box Hedging | Buxus sempervirens Shrubs
    From £3
    £6 From £3

    Common Box Hedging | Buxus sempervirens

    The UK's most versatile hedge

    • Dense evergreen foliage with small flowers
    • Ideal for topiary or formal hedging
    • Slow growth rate - up to 10cm per year
    • Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

    3 options available

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  • Japanese Meadowsweet | Spiraea japonica 'Froebelii' Shrubs
    £4
    £8 £4

    Japanese Meadowsweet Hedging | Spiraea japonica 'Froebelii'

    Repeat flowering all summer long

    • Clusters of tiny, deep pink flowers
    • Loved by bees
    • Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
    • Grows up to 2m or keep trimmed at 1-2m

    1 option available

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  • English Oak Hedging | Quercus robur Shrubs
    From £3
    £4 From £3

    English Oak Hedging | Quercus robur

    The ultimate wildlife hedge

    • Rich autumn colour and acorns
    • Supports hundreds of wildlife species
    • Fast growth rate - 40-60cm per year
    • Grows up to 10m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

    2 options available

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  • Love Knot' Climbing Rose Shrubs
    From £23
    From £23

    'Love Knot' Climbing Rose

    Perfect around your door

    • Clusters of vibrant red double roses
    • Subtly scented
    • Repeat flowering: June to October
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Common Alder Hedging | Alnus glutinosa Shrubs
    £4
    £6 £4

    Common Alder Hedging | Alnus glutinosa

    Hardy wildlife magnet

    • Dense foliage, long catkins and cones
    • Supports over 90 wildlife species
    • Fast growth rate - over 60cm per year
    • Grows up to 5m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

    1 option available

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  • Novalis®' Nostalgia Shrub Rose
    £20
    £22 £20

    'Novalis®' Nostalgia Shrub Rose

    Unusual and impossible to ignore

    • Lilac, cup shaped blooms with frilled edges
    • Lightly scented
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • This rose will tolerate a little shade

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  • Royal Parfuma®' Scented Hybrid Tea Rose
    £20
    £21 £20

    'Royal Parfuma®' Scented Hybrid Tea Rose

    One of the best roses for scent

    • Dark red roses with a violet flush
    • Fabulous fragrance with honey and myrrh notes
    • Repeat flowering: June to September
    • Hardy and disease resistant

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  • Fast Growing Evergreen Hedging Wildlife Mix Shrubs
    From £60
    £0 From £60

    Fast Growing Hedging Mix | Growers' Choice

    The perfect screening

    • A mix of evergreen & deciduous plants
    • Benefits insects, birds and mammals
    • Premium varieties handpicked by our grower
    • Hardy, fast growing and low maintenance

    3 options available

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  • Sun Hit®' Patio Shrub Rose
    £20
    £23 £20

    'Sun Hit®' Patio Shrub Rose

    A ray of sunshine for your patio

    • Golden yellow, semi double flowers
    • Lightly scented
    • Repeat flowering: June to September
    • Compact and perfect for pots

    1 option available

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  • Athena®' Hybrid Tea Rose | Bouquet Rose
    £20
    £22 £20

    'Athena®' Hybrid Tea Rose | Bouquet Rose

    Fill your vases with fragrance

    • Cream-coloured roses with crinkled pink edges
    • Delightful, lingering fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: June to October
    • Grow in borders, beds and large containers

    1 option available

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  • Silver Anniversaryâ„¢' Hybrid Tea Rose
    From £18
    From £18

    'Silver Anniversaryâ„¢' Hybrid Tea Rose

    A prize-winning celebration rose

    • Bright, fully double white roses
    • Lightly fragranced
    • Repeat flowering: July to October
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Lombardy Poplar Hedging | Populus nigra 'Italica' Shrubs
    £4
    £7 £4

    Lombardy Poplar Hedging | Populus nigra 'Italica'

    Strikingly tall and slender

    • Bright green leaves and scarlet catkins
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
    • Grows up to 30m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

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  • Patio Camellia Tree | Camellia 'Spring Festival' Shrubs
    From £30
    £40 From £30

    Patio Camellia Tree | Camellia 'Spring Festival'

    The finest spring flowers

    • Elegant, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Dark evergreen foliage, glorious pink blooms
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Patio Photinia Tree | Photinia 'Little Red Robin' Shrubs
    From £25
    £35 From £25

    Patio Photinia Tree | Photinia 'Little Red Robin'

    A small tree with *big* intensity

    • Fabulous, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Incredible crimson-red foliage
    • Evergreen for year-round interest

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  • Hydrangea macrophylla 'Little White' Shrubs
    £38
    £40 £38

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Little White'

    Snowballs on the terrace

    • Sturdy and compact dwarf shrub
    • Small shrub - grows up to 0.75m
    • Abundant white, snowball-like blooms
    • Particularly free-flowering

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  • Patio Ceanothus Tree | Ceanothus thrysiflorus 'Repens' Shrubs
    From £25
    £35 From £25

    Patio Ceanothus Tree | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus 'Repens'

    Brilliant blue patio blooms

    • Glorious, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1m (when pruned)
    • Evergreen leaves, blue bonbon flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Ruby Wedding' Hybrid Tea Rose
    £20
    £22 £20

    'Ruby Wedding' Hybrid Tea Rose

    Gorgeous anniversary gift

    • Ruby red double blooms
    • Light, sweet fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: June to September
    • Disease resistant

    1 option available

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  • White Poplar Hedging | Populus alba Shrubs
    £4
    £4

    White Poplar Hedging | Populus alba

    Hardy plant with striking leaves

    • Distinctive green and white foliage
    • Ideal for wet, exposed and coastal areas
    • Fast growth rate - 30-60cm per year
    • Grows up to 9m or keep trimmed at 1-5m

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  • White Cover®' Ground Cover Rose
    £22
    £28 £22

    'White Cover®' Ground Cover Rose

    Drifts of snowy blooms

    • White semi-double flowers
    • Subtly scented
    • Repeat flowering: June to November
    • Fill out a border

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Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery

Meet Alice

Putting shrubs in the starlight (and boy do they shine…)

From tending Shakespeare’s gardens to nurturing citrus plants in National Trust orangeries, Alice has a wealth of knowledge and experience working at some of the very finest spaces. With a team of dedicated growers on hand to help, Alice utilises our industry-leading nursery (and the lovely, fertile conditions of the Cotswolds) to grow shrubs that aren’t just good-looking, they’re good-growing too.

Happy plants make happy customers

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Ornamental Colour Collection Pond Plants
five star rating on Trustpilot

Plants arrived in great condition and very promptly. Well established - much better than the ones I got at my local garden centre.

Monica Spence

| 24 May
Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides Climbing Plants
five star rating on Trustpilot

Yet again this company delivered good healthy plants, exactly as shown in photos, well packaged and within delivery time quoted. Recommend!

Jacqueline Burgess

| 2 Jun
five star rating on Trustpilot

I continue to be so impressed with Roots. Their customer care, knowledge of their subject: from planting hedges to pruning roses and more, has been a great support.

Judy Lane

| 23 Oct
E 'Black Hamburgh' Indoor Grape Vine Soft Fruit
five star rating on Trustpilot

The plant arrived looking vigorously healthy, which brings a smile to your face, extremely well protected in its packaging.

Martyn Hill

| 5 Jul
E 'Braeburn Hillwell' Apple Tree Fruit Trees
five star rating on Trustpilot

As a non-gardener, I found my whole experience brilliant. Great information & advice available on the website, great range of products & prices are brilliant.

John-Paul

| 22 May
five star rating on Trustpilot

Wonderful plants and great customer service... really surprised to find that the plants are better than those you would get at your local garden centre.

Gavin Wilcock

| 8 Nov

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