Slug Resistant Plants

These are the plants that slugs don’t like to eat - or better still, those that actively work to keep the slimy menace away. For more information, read our guide to slug resistant plants.

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  • White Cover®' Ground Cover Rose
    £28
    £28

    'White Cover®' Ground Cover Rose

    Drifts of snowy blooms

    • White semi-double flowers
    • Subtly scented
    • Repeat flowering: June to November
    • Fill out a border

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  • Odelia Renaissance®' Shrub Rose Shrubs
    £23
    £23

    'Odelia Renaissance®' Shrub Rose

    Sunset tones with a heady scent

    • Clusters of bright, full orange-red roses
    • Heady, classic rose fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • Hardy and versatile

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  • 'Glacier' Ivy | Hedera helix Climbing Plants
    From £30
    From £30

    'Glacier' Ivy | Hedera helix

    Grows anything but glacially

    • Mottled, lightly-lobed, silver-green foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Grows in all light conditions (sun to shade)
    • Perfect for covering a drab fence

    2 options available

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  • Eye of the Tiger' Bee Friendly Floribunda Rose
    £28
    £28

    'Eye of the Tiger' Bee Friendly Floribunda Rose

    Bees aim for the bullseye

    • Single yellow blooms with a deep pink centre
    • Lightly scented
    • Repeat flowering: June to October
    • Gold Standard award winner

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  • Sensory Garden Plants l Tactile, Bright & Fragrant Perennial Bedding
    From £45
    £48 From £45

    Sensory Garden Plants | Tactile, Bright & Fragrant

    Plants to delight the senses

    • A wide-ranging variety of hardy perennials
    • Fill your pots with tactile, fragrant plants
    • Blooms from May to October
    • Boost wellbeing by engaging the senses

    3 options available

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  • Aquilegia Barlow White Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Aquilegia 'Barlow White'

    Some of the earliest spring flowers

    • Bright white double flowers on tall slender stems
    • Flowers from April right through to July
    • Brings colour and contrast to borders
    • Attractive to bees and butterflies

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  • Hydrangea macrophylla 'Libelle' Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Libelle'

    One of the loveliest lacecaps!

    • Dense, charmingly bushy shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 2m
    • Flat lacy sprays in snow white and blue/pink
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • 'Marlon' Snow Rose | Hellebore Gold Collection® Perennial Bedding
    From £28
    From £28

    '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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  • My Valentine' Hybrid Tea Rose Shrubs
    £28
    £28

    'My Valentine' Hybrid Tea Rose

    The gift that actually lasts!

    • Rich crimson red double roses
    • Subtly scented
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

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  • Hydrangea paniculata Vanille Fraise Shrubs
    From £35
    From £35

    Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanille Fraise'

    Fluffy ice-cream blooms!

    • Delightfully bushy shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 2.5m
    • Pyramidal panicles turn from cream to pink
    • Great for cut flower gardens

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  • White Garden Climbing Plants Collection Climbing Plants
    From £85
    £90 From £85

    White Garden Climbing Plants Collection

    Snowy blooms from a height

    • A variety of linen-white, showy flowers
    • Train your climbers up a wall or obelisk
    • Full sun to partial shade (variety dependent)
    • Selected for colour, strength and performance

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  • Dryopteris filix mas Perennial Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Male Fern | Dryopteris Filix Mas

    Robust and timeless greenery

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Upright arching fronds
    • Vibrant green
    • Happy in many soil conditions

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  • Flirt 2011' Patio Shrub Rose Shrubs
    From £30
    From £30

    'Flirt 2011' Patio Shrub Rose

    Perfectly pink patio rose

    • Clusters of candy-pink double flowers
    • Slightly scented
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • ADR winner for health and strength

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  • Evergreen Climbers Collection Climbing Plants
    From £85
    £90 From £85

    Evergreen Climbers Collection

    Wonderful year-round interest

    • Gorgeous foliage and flowers through the year
    • Train up a wall, fence, pergola or trellis
    • Attract pollinators to your garden
    • Enhance privacy and muffle noise

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  • Contemporary Window Box Collection Perennial Bedding
    From £21
    £24 From £21

    Contemporary Window Box Collection

    Modernise your window box game

    • Features trendy perennials (eg. dahlia)
    • Easily fill a window-sized planter
    • Bloom times vary depending on selection
    • Refreshes your home's facade

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  • All Year Round Window Box Collection Perennial Bedding
    From £21
    £24 From £21

    All Year Round Window Box Collection

    Visual interest for every month

    • Plants for year-round interest (eg. hosta)
    • Position on a sunny, sheltered exterior sill
    • Flower and foliage interest all year long!
    • Bring pollinators to your window

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  • Fast Growing Climbers Collection Climbing Plants
    From £85
    £90 From £85

    Fast Growing Climbers Collection

    Super-speedy climbers

    • An array of climbers with fast growth rates
    • Wonderful variety of foliage and flowers
    • Cover an ugly wall or fence
    • Quickly add privacy to your garden

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  • Silver Ghost' Shrub Rose Shrubs
    From £30
    From £30

    'Silver Ghost' Shrub Rose

    Simple and elegant shrub rose

    • Clusters of single white roses
    • Lightly fragranced
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Pink & Purple Climbing Plants Collection Climbing Plants
    From £90
    £98 From £90

    Pink & Purple Climbing Plants Collection

    A warm and nostalgic collection

    • Create a beautifully co-ordinated display
    • Flowers from May right through to October
    • The best colour, strength and performance
    • Easy to grow on a trellis, wall or pergola

    3 options available

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  • Pearâ„¢' Culinary Shrub Rose
    £23
    £23

    'Pearâ„¢' Culinary Shrub Rose

    Petals that taste of pear drops

    • Blush pink double roses with edible petals
    • Mild, spicy fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: June to September
    • Use in drinks, desserts, salads and sweets

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  • Early Flowering Aquilegia Collection Perennial Bedding
    £40
    £45 £40

    Early Flowering Aquilegia Collection

    Start flowering season early

    • Features stunning columbine varieties
    • Plant in a sunny, sheltered border
    • Flowers from April into summer
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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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

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  • 100 Wildflower Meadow Plug Plants Vegetables
    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

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  • 6 x 20cm Lavender 'Hidcote Improved' | 10.5cm Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Lavender 'Hidcote Improved'

    Blooms for months and months

    • Loves a spot in full sun
    • Great in beds, borders, hedges and pots
    • Flowers from May to September
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

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  • Honeysuckle 'Halliana' | Lonicera Japonica | On a 90cm Cane in a 3L Pot Climbing Plants
    From £25
    £30 From £25

    Hall's Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica 'Halliana'

    Fragrant evergreen diva

    • Butter yellow and white, horn-shaped blooms
    • Ideal for training up a pergola or fence
    • A woodland plant that likes part shade
    • Prolific flowers from July to September

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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

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  • 'Green Globe' Artichoke Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £10 From £5

    'Green Globe' Artichoke Plants

    Both delicious and ornamental!

    • Fresh earthy and nutty flavour
    • Stunning flowers if left unharvested
    • Perfect for chargrilling!
    • Harvest from July to September

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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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