Balcony Garden Plants

Balcony gardening is becoming more popular, with living space increasingly at a premium and highrise-dwelling gardeners determined to get the best out of every inch of growing space. Your balcony garden can provide a relaxing space for you to unwind after work, somewhere to entertain guests, a welcome haven for urban wildlife and even a source of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs - the sky's the limit! 

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  • Evergreen Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides Climbing Plants
    From £25
    From £25

    Evergreen Star Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides

    Myriad scented stars!

    • Starry white blooms with notes of vanilla
    • Evergreen for year-round interest
    • Happy in full sun to partial shade
    • Flowers from June to September

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  • Brown Turkey Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £35
    From £35

    UK Hardy Fig Tree | 'Brown Turkey'

    By far the best fig for the UK

    • Boasts a traditional, sweet figgy taste
    • Fully hardy and well-suited to the UK climate
    • Caramelise and serve with balsamic vinegar
    • Pick in August and September

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  • Bay Laurel Tree | Laurus Nobilis Ornamental Trees
    From £22
    £35 From £22

    Bay Laurel Tree | Laurus nobilis

    Perfect for formal gardens

    • Upright tree (can also be topiaried)
    • Expertly grown in a range of shapes and sizes
    • Deep green, tactile, evergreen foliage
    • Award of Garden Merit winner

    9 options available

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  • Patio Apple Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Apple Tree

    All-time greats, grown for pots

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes heavy-cropping varieties
    • Eat fresh, bake in crumbles and cakes
    • Juicy apples, stunning flowers

    4 options available

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  • Hardy Eucalyptus Tree | Eucalyptus gunnii Ornamental Trees
    From £200
    £300 From £200

    Hardy Eucalyptus Bush | Eucalyptus gunnii

    Superb silvery, fragrant foliage

    • Can be shaped in various ways!
    • Can be kept as short as you want
    • Scented, glaucous leaves, dainty white blooms
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Grafted Patio Lemon Tree | 4 Seasons Lemon Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    From £30
    From £30

    Grafted Patio Lemon Tree | 4 Seasons Lemon

    Zingy lemons all year round

    • Evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers
    • Grafted for stronger growth
    • Make the best lemon meringue pie!
    • Fresh, zesty fruits throughout the year

    7 options available

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  • 'Discovery' Apple Tree Fruit Trees
    From £30
    From £30

    'Discovery' Apple Tree

    Loved by pollinators and the RHS

    • Sweet with a slight acidity (dual)
    • Incredibly easy to grow
    • Eat fresh, puree or press for juice
    • Harvest from August (keeps for two months)

    4 options available

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  • Patio Olive Tree | Olea europaea Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Olive Tree | Olea europaea

    Bring the Med to your back door

    • Charming, bushy patio tree
    • Small tree - fits every patio
    • Lanceolate, evergreen, silver-sheened foliage
    • Boasts good drought tolerance

    6 options available

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  • Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura' Ornamental Trees
    From £40
    From £40

    Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'

    Cherry blossoms on the patio?!

    • Patio tree with pendulous, weeping branches
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Bronze to green foliage, double pink blossoms
    • Low-maintenance and fully hardy

    3 options available

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  • Black Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra Ornamental Trees
    From £60
    £75 From £60

    Black Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra

    Talk about striking!

    • Vertical canes (bending slightly when mature)
    • Grows up to 4m (can be kept shorter)
    • Mid-green, narrow, evergreen leaves (running)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Calamondin Orange Tree | Citrus calamondin Trained Fruit Trees
    £40
    £45 £40

    Calamondin Orange Tree | Citrus calamondin

    Step aside lemon and lime...

    • A combination of sweet and sour
    • Perfect for patio growing
    • Eat fresh, use in drinks or make a marmalade
    • Harvest from July to November

    1 option available

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  • Makrut Lime Tree | Citrus hystrix Soft Fruit
    From £55
    From £55

    Kaffir Lime Tree | Citrus hystrix

    Zest to impress

    • Intensely fragrant, citrusy taste
    • Self-fertile (no cross-pollination needed)
    • Add the leaves and zest to Thai curries
    • Harvest the fruit and leaves all year round

    1 option available

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  • Patio Crabapple Tree | Malus 'Evereste' Ornamental Trees
    £30
    £35 £30

    Patio Crabapple Tree | Malus 'Evereste'

    The pinnacle of patio pomes

    • Delightful clear-stemmed patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Dark green foliage turning orange in autumn
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

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  • Patio Pear Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £32
    £35 From £32

    Patio Pear Tree

    Lush pears from the doorstep

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes award-winning varieties
    • Eat fresh, poach or use in baking
    • Melt-in-the-mouth pears, magical blossoms

    4 options available

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  • Patio Cherry Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Cherry Tree

    Small in stature, big on impact

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes disease-resistant varieties
    • Eat from the tree, bake in pies and cobblers
    • Flavourful cherries, fantastic flowers

    5 options available

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  • Patio Plum Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Plum Tree

    Your fave varieties, kept small

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes very hardy varieties
    • Pick and eat fresh or make a sticky plum jam
    • Sweet plums, sensational flowers

    4 options available

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  • Cordon Cherry and Plum Trees | Perfect Partners Fruit Trees
    From £55
    £67 From £55

    Cordon Cherry and Plum Trees | Perfect Partners

    Big flavours from limited spaces

    • Columnar cordons are ideal for small gardens
    • Two incredibly flavourful varieties
    • Productive trees you can grow in pots
    • Loved by pollinators

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  • Patio Apricot Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Patio Apricot Tree

    A little tree goes a long way!

    • Expertly grown to keep nice and small
    • Includes heavy-cropping varieties
    • Eat straight after picking or dry for a snack
    • Refreshing apricots, charming flowers

    2 options available

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  • Patio Apple and Pear Trees | Perfect Partners Fruit Trees
    From £60
    £70 From £60

    Patio Apple and Pear Trees | Perfect Partners

    Your own patio orchard

    • Iconic varieties you can grow in small spaces
    • Fruits with unparalleled flavour
    • Nice and easy to look after
    • Both RHS Award of Garden Merit winners

    1 option available

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  • Blood Orange Tree | Citrus sinensis Soft Fruit
    £45
    £60 £45

    Blood Orange Tree | Citrus sinensis

    Vampires love 'em!

    • Big, bold sweetness and tartness
    • Oranges with vibrant, ruby-coloured flesh
    • Eat as wedges or use to make sticky marmalade
    • Harvest from December to April

    1 option available

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  • Hand of Buddha Citron Tree | Citrus medica digitata Soft Fruit
    £55
    £65 £55

    Hand of Buddha Citron Tree | Citrus medica digitata

    Reach fruiting enlightenment

    • Like lemon zest without the bitterness
    • One of the most unusually-shaped fruits!
    • Use for zesting and making syrupy marmalades
    • Fruits most often harvested from late summer

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  • Patio Orange Tree | Sweet Orange Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    From £40
    £60 From £40

    Patio Orange Tree | Sweet Orange

    Scented blossoms, juicy fruits

    • Sumptuously sweet and juicy
    • Wonderfully fragrant flowers
    • Eat fresh, juice or slice and candy in sugar
    • Glossy evergreen foliage

    1 option available

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  • Tahiti Patio Lime Tree Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    £40
    £50 £40

    Tahiti Patio Lime Tree

    Zesty limes from your own patio!

    • Punchy acidity with subtle citrus flavour
    • Glorious, glossy foliage and fragrant flowers
    • Use in G&Ts and key lime pie!
    • Known to fruit throughout the year

    1 option available

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  • Half-Standard Fig Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    Half-Standard Fig Tree

    Grow figs from your patio!

    • Lovely sweetness and that classic fig flavour
    • One of the hardiest varieties
    • Eat fresh, bake with honey or use to make jam
    • Usually ready to pick in August and September

    2 options available

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  • 'Osborn's Prolific' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £35
    From £35

    'Osborn's Prolific' Fig Tree

    One heck of a lot of figs!

    • Rich, sweet, melt-in-the-mouth flavour
    • Among the most heavily-fruiting fig trees
    • Try making a scrummy fig tarte tatin
    • Figs ready to pick from August to September

    1 option available

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  • Sunshine Blue Evergreen Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £12
    From £12

    'Sunshine Blue' Evergreen Blueberry Bush

    Sunny sweetness in every bite

    • Sweet, tangy and deliciously juicy
    • Evergreen foliage for year-round interest
    • Eat fresh by the handful
    • Pick your blueberries from mid-July

    3 options available

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  • Hydrangea macrophylla 'Little Pink' Shrubs
    £50
    £50

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Little Pink'

    Small in stature, big on impact!

    • Dwarf shrub with bushy growth
    • Small shrub - grows up to 0.75m
    • Hot pink flower domes and lush foliage
    • Ideal for container growing

    1 option available

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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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