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

    'Tigerella' Tomato Plants

    Tomatoes striped like a tiger!

    • Refreshingly juicy, classic tomato flavour
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Perfect for livening up summer salads
    • Can crop for from June to September!

    Currently out of stock

  • Proven Winners Tomato Plants Collection Vegetables
    From £13
    £18 From £13

    Proven Winners Tomato Plants Collection

    Tomatoes you can trust

    • Includes 'Moneymaker', 'Gourmansun' and more
    • Incredible taste and productivity
    • Eat fresh or use in a Caprese salad
    • Harvest from July to October

    Currently out of stock

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

    'Moneymaker' Tomato Plants

    A firm favourite 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

    Currently out of stock

  • Mixed Beetroot Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £10 From £5

    Mixed Beetroot Plants

    All the beets you could want

    • A unique range of different flavours
    • All superb, reliable croppers
    • Try your hand at some beetroot burgers
    • Harvest from June to October

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • Allotment in a Box | Best Vegetables Collection Vegetables
    From £30
    £40 From £30

    Allotment in a Box | Homegrown Heroes Collection

    Fill your veg patch in one click

    • Includes all the heroes of the veg patch
    • Delicious, reliable and heavy-cropping
    • Carve your own slice of the good life
    • Harvest from June to November

    Currently out of stock

  • Heuchera 'Paris' Perennial Bedding
    From £10
    From £10

    Heuchera 'Paris'

    Fantastic pink flower spires for added summer delight

    • Happy in full sun to partial shade
    • Create evergreen interest in borders
    • Flowers June to August
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit

    Currently out of stock

  • Digitalis 'mertonensis Summer King' Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Pink Foxglove | Digitalis x mertonensis 'Summer King'

    A cottage garden must-have

    • Happy in full sun or partial shade
    • Adds height and drama to borders
    • Flowers June to August
    • RHS Plant for Pollinators

    Currently out of stock

  • Beginner's Allotment in a Box | Easiest Vegetables to Grow Vegetables
    From £30
    £42 From £30

    Beginner's Allotment in a Box | Easiest Vegetables Collection

    New to gardening? Start here

    • Includes garlic, carrots, spinach and more
    • Easy growing, tasty and a good variety
    • Use to make refreshing summer salads
    • Harvest at various points throughout the year

    Currently out of stock

  • 30cm Heuchera 'Huckleberry' | 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Heuchera 'Huckleberry'

    Colour changing silver and purple tones

    • Unique purple with silver-hue foliage
    • Low-growing, amazing for vigorous ground-cover
    • Adds year-round vibrance to your garden space
    • Creates a brilliant canvas for summer flowers

    Currently out of stock

  • Climbing Rose 'Parade' | 4.5L Pot Shrubs
    From £25
    From £25

    'Parade' Climbing Rose

    Old Rose fragrance

    • Large clusters of deep carmine pink blooms
    • Strong Old Rose fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • Perfect for doorways, walls and large arches

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • '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

    Currently out of stock

  • 30cm Geranium 'Rozanne' | 1L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    £18 From £16

    Geranium 'Rozanne'

    An RHS Award winning hardy Geranium

    • Delicate blooms of violet through summer
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
    • Fully Hardy in the UK–flowers year after year
    • Flowers from June-September

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • Best Mixed Native Wildlife Hedging | Growers' Choice Shrubs
    From £45
    £60 From £45

    Best Mixed Native Wildlife Hedging | Growers' Choice

    An ecological haven

    • Packed with colour, flowers & fruit
    • Food and shelter for insects, birds & mammals
    • UK native varieties handpicked by our grower
    • Hardy and easy to maintain

    Currently out of stock

  • 30cm Salvia 'Blue Marvel' |3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £16
    £18 From £16

    Salvia 'Blue Marvel'

    An award winning Salvia with massive blooms

    • Uniquely large violet purple flower spikes
    • Flowers all summer long and into Autumn!
    • Hardy and very easy to grow and care for
    • Buy an almost mature plant ready to bloom!

    Currently out of stock

  • 'Darko' Beetroot Plants Vegetables
    From £5
    £9 From £5

    Beetroot Plants

    Ridiculously easy to grow

    • The perfext mix of sweet and earthy
    • Perfect for raised beds and suitable for pots
    • Boil or pickle (you can eat the leaves, too!)
    • Harvest from June to August

    Currently out of stock

  • 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

    Currently out of stock

  • 30cm Salvia 'Rose Marvel' | 10.5cm Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Salvia 'Rose Marvel'

    Rose towers of bloom from Spring to Autumn

    • Large, vibrant magenta pink flowers all summer
    • Flowers from May to October!
    • Hardy and very easy to grow and care for
    • Compact, neat growth of dark green foliage

    Currently out of stock

  • '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

    Currently out of stock

  • 'Brandy Wine' Heritage Tomato Plant Vegetables
    From £5
    £8 From £5

    'Brandy Wine' Heritage Tomato Plant

    A real heavyweight!

    • Intensely aromatic and wonderfully rich
    • An old Amish variety from the USA
    • Slow roast with olive oil and sea salt
    • Harvest from August to September

    Currently out of stock

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

    Henry's Honeysuckle | Lonicera henryi

    Vigorous and utterly beautiful

    • Red and yellow, horn-shaped flowers
    • Heavenly scent grows stronger in full sun
    • Part shade preferred (full sun tolerable)
    • Flowers in July and August

    Currently out of stock

  • A Completely Edible Hedge Shrubs
    From £65
    £95 From £65

    A Completely Edible Hedge

    Turn borders into fruit gardens!

    • Packed with fruit, nuts and berries
    • Spring flowers loved by pollinators
    • Tasty varieties handpicked by our grower
    • Hardy, productive and easy to look after

    Currently out of stock

  • Shrub Rose 'Don Juan' | 4.5L Pot Shrubs
    From £28
    From £28

    'Don Juan' Climbing Rose

    Seductive red climbing rose

    • Large red full flowers
    • Strong, sweet fragrance
    • Repeat flowering: May to October
    • Spectacular when trained on pergolas

    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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