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?

Perennial plants (496) Lavender plants (10)Peony plants (32)Agapanthus plants (21)Dahlia plants (53)Heuchera plants (12)
  • 'Frosted Rose' Snow Rose | 'Ice N' Roses®' Series | Hellebore Gold Collection® Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ20
    From ÂŁ20

    'Frosted Rose' Snow Rose | 'Ice N' Roses®' Series | Hellebore Gold Collection®

    Colour to melt the winter frost

    • Plant in partial or dappled shade
    • Ideal for containers, beds and borders
    • Late-flowering from January to spring
    • Wonderfully easy to look after

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  • 'Marlon' Snow Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection® Perennial Bedding
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    From ÂŁ28

    'Marlon' Snow Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection®

    Early blooming and prolific

    • Grows best in part shade (tolerates full sun)
    • Perfect for winter balconies and terraces
    • Early-flowering from November to early spring
    • A great source of nectar for pollinators

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  • 'Brunello' Snow Rose | 'Ice N' Roses®' Series | Hellebore Gold Collection® Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ28

    'Brunello' Snow Rose | 'Ice N' Roses®' Series | Hellebore Gold Collection®

    Abundant, wine-dark blooms

    • Plant your snow rose in partial shade or sun
    • A must have for darker borders or pots
    • Late-flowering from January to spring
    • A seriously tough, hardy perennial

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  • 'Diva' Christmas Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection® Perennial Bedding
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    From ÂŁ20

    'Diva' Christmas Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection®

    Showstopping blooms

    • Grows best in a position with dappled shade
    • Plant in a woodland border or in containers
    • Long flowering period from December to March
    • Compact and evergreen

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  • 100 Wildflower Meadow Plug Plants Vegetables
    From ÂŁ50
    From ÂŁ50

    Bee & Butterfly Friendly Wildflower Meadow Plants

    Bring all the pollinators!

    • Grows best in full sun (tolerates part shade)
    • Transform your lawn, beds and borders
    • Flowers from May to October
    • Highly attractive to pollinating insects

    Currently out of stock

  • English Lavender | Lavandula Angustifolia Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ18

    English Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia

    As iconic as they come!

    • Give it as sunny a spot as possible
    • Thrives in beds and borders in dry soil
    • Flowers from June to August
    • Hardier than French and Spanish lavenders

    Currently out of stock

  • Heuchera 'Wildberry' Perennial Bedding
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    From ÂŁ18

    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

    Currently out of stock

  • Catmint 'Purrsian Blue' | Nepeta Perennial Bedding
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    From ÂŁ8

    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

    Currently out of stock

  • Delphinium 'Light Blue White Bee' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Delphinium 'Light Blue White Bee'

    Sky blue with a white 'bee' centre

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Create height in containers and borders
    • Flowers June to August
    • Bigger and better dispalys ever year

    Currently out of stock

  • Verbena bonariensis Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Verbena bonariensis

    Tall, swaying stems of warm lilac

    • Tightly clustered lilac flowers on stems up to 180cm high
    • Long flowering from June to September
    • Plant in borders to attract butterflies
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Eryngium 'Big Blue' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Eryngium 'Big Blue'

    The deepest blue, with extra texture

    • Blue, thimble-shaped flowerheads circled by a ruff of spiky, silvery bracts
    • Flowers throughout July and August
    • Perfect for borders, pots and cut flower gardens
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Knautia 'Melton Pastels' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Knautia 'Melton Pastels'

    Wildlife-friendly pops of colour

    • Pincushion-shaped flowers in a cheerful mix of reds, pinks and purples
    • Long blooming from May to September
    • Ideal for sunny borders
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Tiarella 'Pink Skyrocket' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Tiarella 'Pink Skyrocket'

    Shade loving starry spires

    • Star-shaped pale pink flowers on upright stems
    • Flowers from May to July
    • A shade loving plant ideal for cool borders
    • Perfect for pots

    Currently out of stock

  • Salvia 'Lyrical White' 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ18 From ÂŁ16

    Salvia 'Lyrical White'

    This season's must-have, in White

    • Clusters of Cotton White flowers on upright spires
    • Flowers from June to October
    • Stunning as a feature in pots
    • Adds height to a Cottage Garden border

    Currently out of stock

  • Ultimate Fragrant Lavender Collection Perennial Bedding
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    Ultimate Fragrant Lavender Collection

    Packs a properly-perfumed punch

    • Includes wonderful English lavender plants
    • Plant en masse or use to break up borders
    • Flowers from June to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Lavender BeeZee White Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    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

    Currently out of stock

  • The All Year Round Heuchera Collection Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ48 From ÂŁ45

    The All Year Round Heuchera Collection

    Frilled foliage in happy hues

    • Heucheras in colours from lime to purple
    • Excellent for woodland-style schemes
    • Flowers from June to August
    • Well-suited to shady conditions

    Currently out of stock

  • Best Ever Hosta Collection Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ30 From ÂŁ25

    Best Ever Hosta Collection

    Our very best hostas!

    • Features a range of variegated sensations
    • Perfect for Japanese and woodland gardens
    • Blooms from July to August
    • Grows nicely in shadier locations (and pots)

    Currently out of stock

  • Hardy Geranium Collection | 3 x 1L Pots Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ24 From ÂŁ20

    Hardy Ground-Cover Geraniums Collection

    Create a carpet of flowers

    • Geraniums in shades of pink, purple and blue
    • An excellent choice for underplanting trees
    • Blooms from May to September
    • Easily withstands even severe British winters

    Currently out of stock

  • Lobelia 'Queen Victoria' | 10.5cm Pot Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Lobelia 'Queen Victoria'

    Scarlet spires towering from purple leaves

    • Towers of red flowers in Late Summer and Autumn
    • RHS Award for Garden Merit Winner
    • Provides late colour to take you right into Autumn
    • Stunning purple foliage gives an exotic aesthetic

    Currently out of stock

  • Lavender BeeZee Dark Blue Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Dark Blue Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia 'BeeZee Dark Blue'

    Evocative and sumptously-scented

    • Plant in a sheltered, sunny position
    • Perfectly-sized for patios and balconies
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Flowers in its first year

    Currently out of stock

  • Lavender BeeZee Pink Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Pink Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia 'BeeZee Pink'

    Superb pink flower spikes

    • Does best in full sun
    • Looks equally at home in a pot, bed or hedge
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Incredibly floriferous

    Currently out of stock

  • Delphinium 'Rose White Bee' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ8
    From ÂŁ8

    Delphinium 'Rose White Bee'

    The delphinium you can grow in pots

    • Dusky rose pink blooms with a white bee-shaped centre
    • Flowers for weeks in June and July
    • A compact dwarf delphinium to just 45cm high
    • Needs no support and can be grown in pots

    Currently out of stock

  • Red Camellia Japonica Plant Perennial Bedding
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    ÂŁ10

    Red Camellia japonica Plant

    Spring flowers in scarlet

    • Deep red fragrant flowers
    • Evergreen for year-round interest
    • Decorative glossy green foliage
    • Great in pots or borders

    Currently out of stock

  • Sedum 'Chocolate Cherry' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ16
    ÂŁ18 From ÂŁ16

    Sedum 'Chocolate Cherry'

    Gold-tinted purple foliage with summer flowers

    • Glossy purple foliage, tinted gold in summer, with purple-red flowers
    • Blooms from August to October
    • Grows in any conditions
    • Attracts pollinators to your garden

    Currently out of stock

  • Alstroemeria 'Inticancha Maya' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ16
    ÂŁ18 From ÂŁ16

    Alstroemeria 'Inticancha Maya'

    Pollen-rich and perfect for pots

    • Bright white flowers with a coral pink throat
    • Long flowering from May to October
    • Plant in pots for a wildlife friendly patio
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Astrantia 'Star of Love' Perennial Bedding
    From ÂŁ16
    ÂŁ18 From ÂŁ16

    Astrantia 'Star of Love'

    A star performer for pots and borders

    • Starry burgundy red flowers on tall purple stems
    • Flowers from June to September
    • Adds height and texture to borders or pots
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    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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