Woodland Garden Plants

Shady area of the garden? Escape to a cool haven of dappled light and multi-level planting with this natural, relaxed woodland look. You can almost hear the trickle of a stream…

Woodland planting is huge at this summer's flower shows - choose a mix of flowering and foliage perennials for underplanting trees, next to ponds or creating a wildlife-friendly border.

Perennial plants (496) Trees (429)Climbing plants for shade (48)Ferns (34)Garden shrubs (337)Hedging plants (87)
  • Scarlet Japanese Rowan Tree | Sorbus commixta 'Embley' Ornamental Trees
    From £65
    £70 From £65

    Scarlet Japanese Rowan Tree | Sorbus commixta 'Embley'

    Incredible autumn colour!

    • Upright, bushy tree
    • Medium tree - grows up to 8m
    • Autumnal hues of purple, red and orange
    • Attracts all manner of birds to your garden

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Athyrium Metallicum Pond Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Japanese Painted Fern | Athyrium metallicum

    Year-round texture and interest

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • An elegant colour-changing fern
    • Blue, green, maroon and silver tones
    • Standout choice for adding texture and interest

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • European Honeysuckle | Lonicera periclymenum 'G.S. Thomas' Climbing Plants
    From £36
    From £36

    European Honeysuckle | Lonicera periclymenum 'G.S. Thomas'

    Cascading, pearly-white blooms

    • Flaxen yellow, tubular flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Dappled or part shade is preferred
    • Blooms from July to September

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • 90cm Honeysuckle 'Dropmore Scarlet' | Lonicera x Brownii | 3L Pot Climbing Plants
    From £30
    From £30

    Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle | Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'

    Instant cottage garden charm

    • Scarlet-orange, funnel-like flowers
    • Dramatic blue-green foliage
    • Grows in full sun but prefers a bit of shade
    • Yields blooms from July to September

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Painted Lady Fern | Athyrium Niponicum 'Pictum' Perennial Bedding
    £8
    £8

    Painted Lady Fern | Athyrium Niponicum 'Pictum'

    Award winning foliage, flushed with silver

    • Grey-green fronds with a silver and purple shimmer
    • Ideal for a shady patio or woodland border
    • Long lasting, fully hardy foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Crested Wood Fern | Cristata The King Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Crested Wood Fern | 'Cristata The King'

    Regal fern, majestic presence

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Arching fronds with crested tips
    • Rich green
    • Create a sense of enchantment

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Astilbe 'Spotlight' | 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Astilbe 'Spotlight'

    Blush pink for shady borders

    • Densely packed Blush pink flowers
    • Flowers in July and August
    • Equally eye catching in drifts or cottage garden beds
    • Shade and damp loving perennial

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Japanese Lace fern | Polystichum polyblepharum Perennial Bedding
    £8
    £8

    Japanese Lace fern | Polystichum polyblepharum

    Evergreen fern for year-round colour

    • Emerald green fronds that emerge with golden hairs
    • Grow in pots on a shady patio or as part of a woodland border
    • Fully pest and disease resistant
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • 3 Japanese Tassel Ferns | 9 cm Pots Pond Plants
    £23
    £23

    Japanese Tassel Ferns

    Fresh colours all year round

    • Zone 1 - Pondside
    • Unfurling foliage looks like tassels
    • Dark green fronds
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Common Polypodium Fern | Polypodium vulgare Perennial Bedding
    £8
    £8

    Native Evergreen Fern | Polypodium vulgare

    UK native fern that stays fresh all year round

    • Lush green fronds dotted with distinctive spores
    • Perfect for shady borders and woodland gardens
    • A fully hardy, drought tolerant evergreen
    • Pest and disease proof

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • 3 Autumn Ferns | 9cm Pots Pond Plants
    £23
    £23

    Pondside Fern Pack

    Collection of dark green ferns

    • Zone 1 - Pondside
    • Arching triangular foliage
    • Coppery tint in spring
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Sedum 'Rose Carpet' Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Sedum 'Rose Carpet'

    A colourful, low growing succulent

    • Blue green succulent with raspberry pink flowers
    • Flowers from July to September
    • Plant in sunny borders in drifts
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Paper Birch Tree | Betula Papyrifera Ornamental Trees
    From £60
    From £60

    Paper Birch Tree | Betula papyrifera

    Bark like peeling parchment

    • Broadly conical tree
    • Large tree - grows up to 12m
    • Green foliage, white bark and yellow catkins
    • Distinctive orange inner bark

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Polystichum rigens Perennial Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Rigid Shield Fern | Polystichum rigens

    Architectural form, rugged beauty

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Rigid, leathery foliage with overlapping leaflets
    • Bold, dark green fronds
    • Tolerant of drier conditions

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Astilbe 'Purple Rain' | 3L Pot Perennial Bedding
    From £15
    £18 From £15

    Astilbe 'Purple Rain'

    Shade-loving Violet spears

    • Fluffy violet flowers on upright stems
    • Flowers from July to August
    • Adds height and colour to borders
    • Perfect for Pollinators

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Yellow Japanese Camellia | Camellia japonica 'Brushfield's Yellow' Shrubs
    £35
    £35

    Camellia japonica 'Brushfield's Yellow'

    Glorious anemone-like flowers

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Butter yellow blooms, evergreen foliage
    • Exceptional colour contrast

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • 3 Eared Lady Fern | Athyrium otophorum okanum | 9cm Pots Pond Plants
    £23
    £23

    Eared Lady Fern | Athyrium otophorum okanum

    Unique colour combination

    • Zone 1 - Pondside
    • Arching foliage
    • Yellow and green with purple midribs
    • Brightens a shady border

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Pink Japanese Camellia | Camellia japonica 'William Bartlett' Shrubs
    £38
    £38

    Camellia japonica 'William Bartlett'

    Brilliant paint-flecked blooms

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Small shrub - grows up to 3m
    • Marbled pink double blooms, evergreen foliage
    • Distinctive colour patterning

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Autumn Fern | Dryopteris erythrosora Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Autumn Fern | Dryopteris erythrosora

    Captivating seasonal foliage

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Classic fern form
    • Fronds emerge coppery-red, maturing to deep green
    • Stunning colour transformation

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Pink Japanese Camellia | Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl' Shrubs
    £38
    £38

    Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

    A spectrum of pink hues

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Gradated pink double blooms, evergreen leaves
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Athyrium filix femina Pond Plants
    From £8
    From £8

    Lady Fern | Athyrium filix femina

    An elegant, lacy, native fern

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Feathery arching fronds
    • Soft green
    • Easy to grow deciduous fern

    2 options available

    Trustpilot
  • Gift Wrap Gift Option
    £40
    £40

    Camellia japonica 'Lady Campbell'

    A lesson in planting elegance

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Small shrub - grows up to 2.5m
    • Pinkish-red double blooms, evergreen foliage
    • A prolific flowerer

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Pink Japanese Camellia | Camellia japonica 'Doctor King' Shrubs
    From £50
    £55 From £50

    Camellia japonica 'Doctor King'

    Flowers like rhubarb and custard

    • Upright and bushy habit
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Rosy semi-double blooms, evergreen foliage
    • Suitable for container growing

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • 'Chester' Blackberry Plant Soft Fruit
    £15
    £15

    'Chester' Blackberry Plant

    Thornless canes, punchy flavour

    • Intensely sweet and juicy
    • Spineless stems for easy picking
    • Make a delicious blackberry coulis
    • Harvest from August to early October

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Tassel Fern | Polystichum polyblepharum Perennial Bedding
    £15
    £15

    Tassel Fern | Polystichum polyblepharum

    Tassel-like elegance in green

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Foliage forms a cascade of tassels
    • Lush dark green fronds
    • Tolerant of drier conditions

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Alpine Wood Fern | Dryopteris Wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold' Perennial Bedding
    £8
    £8

    Alpine Wood Fern | Dryopteris Wallichiana 'Jurassic Gold'

    Straight outta Dorset

    • Fronds emerge golden orange and mature to green
    • Show off in patio pots or use to underplant trees
    • Fully hardy and disease resistant
    • Discovered on the Jurassic coast

    1 option available

    Trustpilot
  • Lace Fern | Dryopteris Linearis Polydactila Perennial Bedding
    From £8
    From £8

    Lace Fern | Dryopteris Linearis Polydactila

    Lace-like texture, stunning form

    • Adds interest to shady borders, ponds or woodland gardens
    • Lacy foliage
    • Vibrant green
    • British native fern, perfect cover for wildlife

    2 options available

    Trustpilot

Hereford

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

Trustpilot
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

Fighting plastic waste

Delivering fresh from the nursery

Supporting UK growers