Plants for Kids

To make gardening as accessible (and entertaining) for children as possible, we recommend easy (plus fast) growing plants, fun edibles (we’re looking at you, cucamelon…) and plants that encourage more wildlife to visit your garden. So put those wellies on, pay a visit to the bug hotel and get prepared for clean clothes to be muddied.

Strawberry plants (21)Blueberry bushes and plants (19)Apple trees (50)Tomato plants (30)Bean and pea plants (10)
  • 'Bluecrop' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £16
    From £16

    'Bluecrop' Blueberry Bush

    As reliable as gravity

    • Dependable and balanced sweet-tart combo
    • An incredibly reliable cropper
    • Scatter over some freshly-made pancakes
    • Pick from July to August

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  • Sunshine Blue Evergreen Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £22
    From £22

    'Sunshine Blue' Evergreen Blueberry Bush

    Sunny sweetness in every bite

    • Sweet, tangy and deliciously juicy
    • Evergreen foliage for year-round interest
    • Eat fresh by the handful
    • Pick your blueberries from mid-July

    3 options available

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  • 'Gardeners Delight' Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Gardener's Delight' Tomato Plants

    A firm favourite since the 1800s

    • Deliciously sweet and tangy
    • Heavy-cropping on tidy trusses
    • Eat fresh or use in a Caprese salad
    • Fruits continuously from July to September

    2 options available

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  • Pink Lemonade Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £20
    From £20

    'Pink Lemonade' Blueberry Bush

    You won’t get this in the shops!

    • Delightfully sweet and tangy
    • Perfect for patio pots and raised beds
    • Eat fresh or use to make muffins
    • Harvest July to September

    3 options available

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  • All Season Blueberry Plants Collection Soft Fruit
    From £40
    £48 From £40

    All Season Blueberry Plants Collection

    More berries, more of the time

    • Sweet, tangy blueberries all summer long
    • Ideal for growing in pots or raised beds
    • Smoothies... Pies... Jams... Endless recipes!
    • Pick your blueberries from July to September

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  • Issai Hardy Kiwi Plant Soft Fruit
    From £25
    From £25

    'Issai' Hardy Kiwi Plant

    Mini kiwi plant, maximum yields!

    • Gooseberry-like sweetness with a lovely tang
    • Self-fertile (no pollination partner needed)
    • Eat fresh or make a kiwi pavlova
    • Harvest from August

    2 options available

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  • 10 Organic 'Tendergreen' Dwarf French Green Bean Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £9 From £5

    'Tendergreen' Dwarf French Green Bean Plants

    Grows beautifully on the patio

    • Deliciously fresh and tender beans
    • A self-supporting, early-cropping variety
    • Serve with garlic, balsamic vinegar and mint
    • Harvest from July to September

    2 options available

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  • Tumbling Tom Red' Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Tumbling Tom Red' Tomato Plants

    Trailing red cherry tom trusses

    • Snackable hits of sweet, juicy flavour
    • Brilliant for growing in hanging baskets
    • Make your own tomato and basil pizzas
    • Harvest from June to October

    2 options available

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  • 'Patriot' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £16
    From £16

    'Patriot' Blueberry Bush

    A true-blue super fruit

    • Outstanding sweet flavour
    • Fantastic autumn display and snowy blossoms
    • Make an American-style blueberry pie
    • Harvest in July and August

    2 options available

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  • 'Enorma' Runner Bean Plants Vegetables
    From £8
    £12 From £8

    'Enorma' Runner Bean Plants

    Pods up to half a metre long!

    • Sumptuous, buttery bean flavour
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators
    • Toss in salt and oil, roast in the air fryer
    • Pick from July to September

    2 options available

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  • 'Duke' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £16
    From £16

    'Duke' Blueberry Bush

    One of the first to ripen

    • A wonderfully delicate blueberry
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Prepare a sticky blueberry jam
    • Ready to harvest in June and July

    2 options available

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  • 'Moneymaker' Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Moneymaker' Tomato Plants

    Loved since the '60s

    • Well-balanced flavour with floral notes
    • A traditional, reliable salad tomato
    • Great for salads, roasting or sun-drying
    • Harvest from June to October

    2 options available

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  • Cucumber 'Mini Hana F1' Plant Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Mini Hana F1' Cucumber Plant

    The perfect size for lunch boxes

    • Smooth-skinned with superb flavour
    • F1 variety (better performance and yields)
    • Spiralise, then pickle in sugar and vinegar
    • Harvest from July to October

    2 options available

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  • Cucamelon Plants Vegetables
    From £7
    From £7

    Cucamelon Plants

    The cucumber x melon hybrid!

    • Distinctive tangy, citrusy flavour
    • Incredibly fast-growing
    • Perfect for pickling
    • Harvest from July to October

    2 options available

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  • 'Goldtraube' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £16
    From £16

    'Goldtraube' Blueberry Bush

    A glorious German variety

    • Decadent, sweet and moreish
    • Wonderful autumn colour
    • Use to make a jammy compote
    • Pick your blueberries from July to August

    2 options available

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  • Gourmet Courgette Collection Vegetables
    £8
    £12 £8

    Gourmet Courgette Collection

    Chef's kiss courgettes

    • Includes 'El Greco' and 'Summer Ball'
    • Reliably heavy croppers
    • Make a creamy courgette lasagne
    • Harvest from June to October

    1 option available

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  • Autumn Allotment in a Box | Best Autumn Vegetables Vegetables
    From £15
    £22 From £15

    Autumn Allotment in a Box | Best Autumn Vegetables

    Fresh veg throughout autumn

    • Includes beetroot, broccoli, kale and more
    • Four sizes available to fit any garden
    • Freshen up your autumn diet with fab flavour
    • Harvest throughout autumn, winter and spring

    2 options available

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  • Herbert Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £16
    From £16

    'Herbert' Blueberry Bush

    This blueberry does it all

    • Beautifully-balanced sweetness
    • Considered among the best-flavoured varieties
    • Dip in melted chocolate for a tasty snack
    • Pick your blueberries in August

    2 options available

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  • Tomato 'Roma' Plant Vegetable Plants
    From £6
    £10 From £6

    'Roma' Tomato Plant

    The classic Italian tomato

    • Tangy, meaty and intensely flavourful
    • Heavy yields of almost seedless fruit
    • Ideal for traditional sauces and soups
    • Harvest your tomatoes from July to September

    2 options available

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  • 'Beefmaster' Tomato Plant Vegetables
    From £6
    £10 From £6

    'Beefmaster' Tomato Plant

    Go big or go home...

    • Huge, meaty tomatoes (up to 1kg each)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • The best topping for your burger
    • Harvest from July through to September

    2 options available

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  • Ultimate Tomato Plant Collection Vegetables
    From £25
    £36 From £25

    Ultimate Tomato Plant Collection

    All the toms you could ever want

    • Includes 'Gourmansun', 'Moneymaker' and more
    • Reliable, heavy-cropping and flavourful
    • Perfect for homemade tomato soup
    • Harvest from June to October

    2 options available

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  • Grafted 'Supersweet' Cherry Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £10
    £14 From £10

    'Supersweet' Cherry Tomato Plants

    The cherry tom flavour bomb

    • As the name suggests - wonderfully sweet!
    • One seriously prolific fruiter
    • Brilliant in a puff pastry tomato tart
    • Harvest right from July to October

    2 options available

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  • 'Spartan' Apple Tree Fruit Trees
    From £32
    From £32

    'Spartan' Apple Tree

    Perfect for kids!

    • Sweet apple taste with a crisp bite (eating)
    • A stoic variety that crops reliably
    • Ideal for snacking, perfect for lunchboxes
    • Harvest from early October

    1 option available

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  • Tumbling Tom Yellow' Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Tumbling Tom Yellow' Tomato Plants

    Cascading yellow cherry toms

    • Punchy pops of sun-kissed sweetness
    • Incredibly easy to grow
    • Toss in a fresh Panzanella salad
    • Harvest from July to October

    2 options available

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  • Sungold' Tomato Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Sungold' Tomato Plants

    High-yielding, highly flavourful

    • Bright tomato flavour with lovely sweetness
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Mix with manchego in a Spanish salad
    • Pick regularly from July to October

    3 options available

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  • 'Chocolate Cherry' Tomato Plant Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Chocolate Cherry' Tomato Plant

    Who needs choccies, eh?

    • Jam-packed with fine, fruity flavour
    • Get 150-200 fruits from just one plant
    • Puree and add to bolognese sauce
    • Pick from July until September

    2 options available

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  • Hortblue Petite' Blueberry Bush Soft Fruit
    From £20
    From £20

    'Hortblue Petite' Blueberry Bush

    A double-fruiting blueberry!

    • Punchy blueberry taste with lovely sweetness
    • Perfect for growing in pots
    • Make a batch of blueberry overnight oats
    • Harvest in July and again in September

    2 options available

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Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery

Meet Mike

Fruit plants grown with love (and serious knowhow!)

Mike’s our guy when it comes to growing soft fruits. He’s our grape guru. Our gooseberry genius. Our blueberry boffin. What Mike doesn’t know about soft fruits? Well, it simply isn’t worth knowing. Having traversed the world from Australia to Northern Ireland – and even undertaking a horticultural stint in Sweden – Mike combines his enthusiasm, technical expertise, state-of-the-art facilities and favourable climatic conditions of the Cotswolds to grow only the very juiciest, sweetest soft fruits.

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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