Best Plants for Pots & Containers

Brighten up your balcony or dress your doorway with the best summer container plants. One type of flower, or a selection of upright and trailing plants? A single colour or a riot of different shades?

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  • Echinacea 'SunSeekers Coral' Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    From £16

    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Coral'

    Adds a tropical touch

    • Wants as much sun as possible
    • Ideal for a border crammed with colour
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Works wonderfully in a bouquet

    Currently out of stock

  • Echinacea 'Mooodz Sympathy' Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    From £16

    Echinacea 'Mooodz Sympathy'

    Glorious rusty orange cones

    • Thrives in full sun
    • Perfect for both borders and pots
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Provides late summer colour

    Currently out of stock

  • Camassia 'Maybelle' Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    From £15

    Camassia 'Maybelle'

    Vivid violet-blue spring stars

    • Enjoys sun or light, dappled shade
    • Perfect for naturalising in grass
    • Graceful blooms in May and June
    • Dainty, blue-tipped white bells

    Currently out of stock

  • Campanula 'Sago' Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    From £15

    Campanula 'Sago'

    Beautiful blue bell bloooms

    • Grows in both sun and part shade
    • Ideal for beds, borders and pathway edges
    • Flowers from June to August
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Moroccan Daisy | Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech' Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    From £15

    Moroccan Daisy | Rhodanthemum 'Marrakech'

    A true happy chappy

    • Let this plant soak up the sun
    • Perfect for sun-baked rock gardens
    • Flowers from May to September
    • Suitable for container growing

    Currently out of stock

  • Dianthus 'Scented Sugar Plum' Perennial Bedding
    From £10
    £15 From £10

    Dianthus 'Scented Sugar Plum'

    As magical as fairies

    • Thrives in sunny spots
    • An excellent choice for pathway edges
    • Flowers from May to September
    • Lovely perfume

    Currently out of stock

  • Lomandra longifolia White Sands
    From £10
    From £10

    Lomandra longifolia 'White Sands'

    Unkilllable - is this the perfect garden plant?

    • Upright tufts of grey-green and white evergreen foliage
    • Fast growing and easy to care for
    • Plant in patio pots or mixed borders
    • Frost, heat, drought and floodproof

    Currently out of stock

  • Dahlia 'Karma Amora' Perennial Bedding
    £15
    £15

    Dahlia 'Karma Amora'

    Deep scarlet waterlily dahlias

    • Does best when grown in full sun
    • Grow in sunny borders or patio pots
    • Flowers from July to October
    • Open form attracts bees and butterflies

    Currently out of stock

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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
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
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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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