Dry Garden Plants

Have you got particularly dry soil in your garden? It can be difficult knowing what to plant if your soil's natural composition is particularly chalky or dry. It needn't be, though. The plants in this collection are all highly-tolerant of drier soils, and are often found growing in Mediterranean-style gardens where rainfall is less frequent.

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  • Brown Turkey Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £22
    From £22

    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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  • '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

    2 options available

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  • Patio Olive Tree | Olea europaea Fruit Trees
    From £20
    From £20

    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

    7 options available

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  • 'Madeleine Des Deux Saisons' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £22
    From £22

    'Madeleine des Deux Saisons' Fig Tree

    Grown in the Versailles gardens!

    • Sweet with undertones of strawberry
    • Often produces two crops per season
    • Bake a fig, coffee and hazelnut cake
    • Harvest in July and again in September

    2 options available

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  • 'Little Miss Figgy' Patio Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £30
    From £30

    'Little Miss Figgy' Patio Fig Tree

    Brilliantly compact fig tree

    • Classic fig taste with a moreish sweetness
    • Often produces two crops per year
    • Rustle up a batch of homemade fig rolls
    • Pick your crop in August and September

    4 options available

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  • Rouge De Bordeaux Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £20
    £25 From £20

    'Rouge De Bordeaux' Fig Tree

    A gourmet, heritage French fig

    • Jammy and sweet with full-bodied flavour
    • Vigorous but still suitable for pot growing
    • Whip up a sticky fig and caramel pudding
    • Your figs will be ready to pick in August

    2 options available

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  • English Lavender 'Hidcote' | Lavandula angustifolia Perennial Bedding
    From £5
    From £5

    English Lavender 'Hidcote' | Lavandula angustifolia

    The nation's favourite

    • Best grown in a bright, sunny spot
    • Stunning in poor, dry soil spots
    • Flowers July to September
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit plant

    4 options available

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  • Panachée' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £25
    From £25

    'Panachée' Fig Tree

    The 17th century 'Tiger Fig'

    • Notes of raspberry and strawberry!
    • Unusual and distinctive striped figs
    • Bake some blue cheese and fig tarts
    • Harvest in August and September

    2 options 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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  • Brunswick Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    £13
    £20 £13

    'Brunswick' Fig Tree

    Trugfuls of delicious figs

    • Good sweetness with hints of melon
    • Self-fertile (no pollination partner needed)
    • Roast your figs with honey and Marsala wine
    • Ready to harvest in August and September

    1 option available

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  • 'Goutte d'Or' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £65
    From £65

    'Goutte d'Or' Fig Tree

    The drop of gold fig

    • Decadent, juicy and sweet
    • Perfect for pots!
    • Roast with honey or bake in a pie
    • Biferous (harvests in June and August)

    1 option available

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  • 'Ice Crystal' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £12
    £18 From £12

    'Ice Crystal' Fig Tree

    Stunning jagged foliage

    • Subtly sweet flavour
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Prepare a fig and almond loaf cake
    • Harvest your delicous figs in August

    3 options available

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  • 'Sultane' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    £20
    £24 £20

    'Sultane' Fig Tree

    One of the finest French figs

    • Sweet, jammy and juicy
    • Incredibly easy to grow
    • Dry for a handy (and tasty!) snack
    • Harvest in September

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  • English Lavender Patio Tree | Lavendula 'Munstead' Perennial Bedding
    From £25
    £35 From £25

    English Lavender Patio Tree | Lavendula 'Munstead'

    Lavender... In tree form?!

    • Fragrant, upright patio tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 1m (when pruned)
    • Purple flower spikes, evergreen foliage
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    2 options available

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  • The Fig Tree Gift Gift Option
    From £32
    From £32

    The Fig Tree Gift

    A gift of wisdom & success

    • Jammy, honeyed figs
    • Sometimes fruits twice in a year
    • Perfect for the gourmands in your life
    • Makes a lovely christening gift

    3 options available

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  • Olive Tree Gift Gift Option
    From £40
    From £40

    The Olive Tree Gift

    A gift of peace & friendship

    • Silvery evergreen foliage
    • Grows wonderfully in a container
    • An excellent present for busy gardeners
    • Fabulous as a housewarming gift

    3 options available

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  • 'Bornholm's Diamond' Fig Tree Soft Fruit
    From £65
    From £65

    'Bornholm's Diamond' Fig Tree

    The world's hardiest fig

    • Nutty, sweet and wonderfully rich
    • Fantastic weather tolerance
    • Toss in a salad or bake with nuts in a cake
    • Harvest from August to September

    1 option available

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  • Best Fruit Trees For Beginners Fruit Trees
    From £100
    £125 From £100

    3 Super Easy to Grow Fruit Trees | Apple, Fig & Plum

    Your orchard shortcut

    • Sweet and juicy fruits
    • Grow these compact trees in any size garden
    • Eat fresh or make into jams
    • Harvest from July to September

    1 option available

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  • The 3 Best Fruit Trees for Small Gardens | Apple, Cherry & Fig Fruit Trees
    From £95
    £110 From £95

    The 3 Best Fruit Trees for Small Gardens | Apple, Cherry & Fig

    Tight on space? Not a problem

    • Chosen for outstanding flavour
    • Reliable and easy to grow
    • Compact varieties suitable for pots
    • Pick fruit from July to September

    1 option available

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  • 'White Marseilles' Fig Tree Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    £65
    £65

    'White Marseilles' Fig Tree

    Some of the very sweetest figs!

    • Superb levels of sweetness and flavour
    • A reliable cropper
    • Try our fig, walnut and olive chutney recipe
    • Harvest from August to September

    1 option available

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  • 'Violette Dauphine' Fig Tree Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    From £20
    From £20

    'Violette Dauphine' Fig Tree

    As reliable as they come

    • Rich and jammy
    • Highly-productive and fast-growing
    • Use with walnuts in a fresh salad
    • Harvest from July to October

    2 options available

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  • 'Ronde de Bordeaux' Fig Tree Mediterranean Fruit Trees
    £65
    £65

    'Ronde de Bordeaux' Fig Tree

    A Mediterranean superstar

    • Decadent and moreish
    • Vigorous, fast-growing tree
    • Eat fresh or bake in honey
    • Harvest from August to September

    1 option available

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  • Cordyline australis | New Zealand Palm Shrubs
    £25
    £45 £25

    Cordyline australis | New Zealand Palm

    Shining blades of foliage

    • Tufted to upright shrub
    • Large shrub - grows up to 8m
    • Exuberant evergreen with blade-like rosettes
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Bee & Butterfly Friendly Wildflower Meadow Plants Perennial Bedding
    From £50
    From £50

    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

  • Lavender 'Hidcote Improved' Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Lavender 'Hidcote Improved'

    Supercharges the original!

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Great in beds, borders, hedges and pots
    • Flowers from May to September
    • Better colour retention and longer-flowering

    Currently out of stock

  • English Lavender | Lavandula Angustifolia Perennial Bedding
    £18
    £18

    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

  • Agapanthus 'Fireworks' Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Agapanthus 'Fireworks'

    Light up your beds and borders!

    • Loves a sunny spot
    • A brilliant feature plant for patio pots
    • Flowers from June to September
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

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Meet Jack

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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