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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  • 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

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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

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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 Peach Tree | Prunus Persica 'Pink Peachy' Trained Fruit Trees
    £90
    £90

    Patio Peach Tree | Prunus persica 'Pink Peachy'

    Incredible pink blossoms

    • Peaches with incredible sweetness
    • Ideal for patios and balconies
    • Whip up a scrummy peach cobbler
    • Harvest from August to September

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  • Patio Redbud Tree | Cercis Chinensis 'Avondale' Ornamental Trees
    £80
    £80

    Patio Redbud Tree | Cercis chinensis 'Avondale'

    Abundant blooms on your doorstep

    • Upright, vase-shaped patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Enticing pink flowers, heart-shaped foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • 'Tahiti' Patio Lime Tree Trained Fruit Trees
    £50
    £65 £50

    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

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  • Golden Bamboo | Phyllostachys aurea Shrubs
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    £30 From £25

    Golden Bamboo | Phyllostachys aurea

    The fishpole bamboo

    • Vertical culms which arch a little with age
    • Grows up to 5m (can be kept shorter)
    • Chartreuse, slim, evergreen leaves (running)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Lavender BeeZee White Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    White Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia 'BeeZee White'

    Bright white English lavender

    • Plant in full sun (at least 6 hours per day)
    • Grows well in both pots and dry soil
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Look great interplanted with blue varieties

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  • Heuchera 'Indian Summer Cranberry' | 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £18
    From £18

    Heuchera 'Indian Summer Cranberry'

    Juicy-red leaves for year-round colour

    • Rich red foliage with a hint of berry purple
    • Low-growing, amazing for vigorous ground-cover
    • Buy an almost mature plant of significant size
    • Produces tiny pink flowers in the summer

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  • Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade' Perennial Bedding
    From £18
    From £18

    Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade'

    Add a dash of lime to your garden space

    • Stunningly vibrant lime-green leaves all year round
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
    • Adds year-round vibrance to your garden space
    • Buy an almost mature plant of significant size

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  • Heuchera 'Wildberry' Perennial Bedding
    From £18
    From £18

    Heuchera 'Wildberry'

    Superb purple leaves year-round

    • Happiest in partial shade
    • Add dramatic purple to pots and borders
    • Flowers June to August
    • Evergreen for genuine year-round interest

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  • 3 Hosta 'Patriot Ball 84' Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Hosta 'Patriot'

    Bright and fresh cream and green foliage

    • Olive green leaves with a cream margin with lavender blue flowers
    • Flowers throughout July and August
    • Show off in pots or in a shady border
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Gaura 'Gambit Variegata Rose' | 3L Pot Perennial Plants
    From £16
    £18 From £16

    Gaura 'Gambit Variegata Rose'

    A cloud of Candy-pink butterflies

    • Butterfly shaped Candy-pink flowers on upright stems
    • Long flowering season from May to October
    • Plant in the centre of a sunny border
    • Ideal for Cottage Garden or Prairie planting schemes

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  • 'Osborn's Prolific' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £22
    £24 From £22

    '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

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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

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  • Calamondin Orange Tree | Citrus calamondin Trained Fruit Trees
    £45
    £60 £45

    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

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  • 'Yummy' Patio Raspberry Plant Soft Fruit
    From £30
    From £30

    'Yummy' Patio Raspberry Plant

    Small but bloomin' mighty

    • Juicy and sweet with subtly tart undertones
    • Compact, thornless variety ideal for pots
    • Pick from the bush and eat straight away!
    • Harvest from July

    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

    2 options available

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  • 'Avalon Pride' Patio Peach Tree Fruit Trees
    £65
    £65

    'Avalon Pride' Patio Peach Tree

    Peaches from your doorstep!

    • Deliciously juicy fruit
    • Compact enough for small spaces
    • Enjoy fresh with cream or baked in a pie
    • Harvest from August

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  • Patio Orange Tree | Sweet Orange Trained Fruit Trees
    £40
    £60 £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

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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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  • Red Bamboo | Fargesia scabrida 'Asian Wonder' Shrubs
    From £65
    From £65

    Red Bamboo | Fargesia scabrida 'Asian Wonder'

    An excellent screening plant

    • Upright stems which arch slightly at the top
    • Grows up to 4m (can be kept shorter)
    • Bluish, pointed, evergreen leaves (clumping)
    • Forms neatly-contained, dense clumps

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  • Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' | Nepeta Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' | Nepeta

    Indigo blue flowers all summer long

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Add a long lasting splash of blue to your borders
    • Flowers May to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Heuchera 'Wild Rose' | 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    £18 From £16

    Heuchera 'Wild Rose'

    Powerfully purple, all year long

    • Happy in full sun to partial shade
    • Add purple to pots and borders
    • Flowers June to August
    • Hardy and evergreen for year-round interest

    2 options available

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  • White Jasmine | Jasmine polyanthum Climbing Plants
    From £30
    From £30

    White Jasmine | Jasmine polyanthum

    Abundant flowers? Not half!

    • Glorious clusters of fragrant white blooms
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Happy in sun (and partial shade)
    • Flowers from March to April

    2 options available

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  • Patio Citrus Collection Soft Fruit
    From £150
    £165 From £150

    Patio Citrus Tree Collection

    Bring the Med to your doorstep

    • Perfect, patio-sized citrus trees
    • Zesty, colourful fruits to get your mouth watering
    • Fabulously fragrant flowers
    • Waxy evergreen leaves offer interest all year

    2 options available

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  • Patio Mulberry Tree | Morus Rotundiloba 'Mojo Berry' Trained Fruit Trees
    £40
    £40

    Patio Mulberry Tree | Morus rotundiloba 'Mojo Berry'

    The juiciest, jammiest berries

    • Sweet and succulent mulberries
    • RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2017
    • Serve with sugar and whipped cream!
    • Pick from May to September

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Ornamental Colour Collection Pond Plants
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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