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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  • Delphinium elatum 'Faust' Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    From £16

    Delphinium elatum 'Faust'

    Worth selling your soul for!

    • A big fan of full sunshine
    • Ideal for cottage gardens and herbaceous beds
    • Gorgeous flower towers from June to September
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

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

    Echinacea 'SunSeekers Coral'

    Adds a tropical touch

    • Likes full sun (at least 6-8 hours daily)
    • Ideal for a border crammed with colour
    • Stylish flowers from July 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

    • Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade
    • Perfect for both borders and pots
    • Cheery flowers from July to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    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

  • Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies'

    A flight of floral butterflies

    • Delicate white flowers opening from pink buds
    • Summer blooming from June to September
    • Grow in a sunny border or in patio pots
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

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

    Dahlia 'Karma Amora'

    Deep scarlet waterlily dahlias

    • Long lasting open double blooms in a deep burgudy-scarlet
    • Flowers from July to October
    • Grow in sunny borders or patio pots
    • Open form attracts bees and butterflies

    Currently out of stock

  • Canna 'Cannova Rose' Perennial Bedding
    £15
    £15

    Canna Cannova 'Rose'

    A bright blast of summer pink

    • Vivid pink, tropical flowers on tall stems
    • Repeat flowering all summer long
    • Brightens up borders, pots and patios
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit

    Currently out of stock

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Perennials born in Herefordshire, blooming in your garden

Our perennials start life in the rolling Herefordshire hills, where Jack and his team trial over 250 new varieties each year to bring you the best performing and most sustainable plants in the UK. With over forty years of excellence, it’s no surprise that they’ve won the HTA Plant Grower of the Year award two years running.

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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