Zen Garden Plants

Zen: a state of calm attentiveness in which one's actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort (Merriam-Webster). Plants have the ability to calm. To soothe. To help you breathe just that little bit easier in today's frantic world. Create your own tranquil idyll with the plants below and feel your troubles melt away.

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  • Flamingo Willow Tree | Salix integra 'Hakuro-Nishiki' Ornamental Trees
    From £15
    From £15

    Flamingo Willow Tree | Salix integra 'Hakuro-Nishiki'

    A riot of eyecatching colour

    • Charming bushy tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 2m
    • Variegated pink, cream and green foliage
    • Perfect for patio pots and front gardens

    8 options available

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  • Wisteria Sinensis | Chinese Wisteria | On a 90cm Cane in a 3L Pot Climbing Plants
    From £30
    From £30

    Chinese Wisteria | Wisteria sinensis

    Prolific flowers, fab fragrance

    • Plunging purple blooms (up to 30cm long)
    • Ideal for training up a pergola, wall or arch
    • Happy in full sun to partial shade
    • Blooms from May to June

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  • Flagpole Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Amanogawa' Ornamental Trees
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    £38 From £35

    Flagpole Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Amanogawa'

    For the smallest of gardens

    • Narrow columnar form with upswept branches
    • Ideal for small spaces, growing to just 4x1m
    • Semi-double, fluffy pink flowers
    • Blossoms in April-May

    6 options available

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  • 'Kilmarnock' Dwarf Weeping Willow Tree | Salix caprea Ornamental Trees
    From £35
    From £35

    'Kilmarnock' Dwarf Weeping Willow Tree | Salix caprea

    A weeping tree… On your patio?!

    • Proudly weeping tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 2m
    • Fuzzy grey-yellow catkins, deciduous foliage
    • Can easily be grown on a patio

    2 options available

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  • Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura' Ornamental Trees
    From £40
    From £40

    Patio Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Kiku-shidare-zakura'

    Cherry blossoms on the patio?!

    • Patio tree with pendulous, weeping branches
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m
    • Bronze to green foliage, double pink blossoms
    • Low-maintenance and fully hardy

    3 options available

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  • Black Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra Ornamental Trees
    From £50
    From £50

    Black Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra

    Talk about striking!

    • Vertical canes (bending slightly when mature)
    • Grows up to 4m (can be kept shorter)
    • Mid-green, narrow, evergreen leaves (running)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Dwarf White Weeping Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Snow Showers' Ornamental Trees
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    £36 From £34

    Dwarf White Weeping Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus 'Snow Showers'

    Perfect spring time feature tree

    • Elegant weeping tree
    • Can grow to 1.7m (depending on form)
    • Flurries of snowy white single flowers
    • Blossoms in March-April

    3 options available

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  • Red Weeping Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Garnet' Ornamental Trees
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    Red Weeping Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Garnet'

    The gem your garden deserves

    • Bushy, weeping tree
    • Small tree - grows to 2.5m
    • Jewel-toned, deeply-lobed foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    4 options available

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  • Ginkgo Biloba | Maidenhair Tree Ornamental Trees
    From £30
    From £30

    Ginkgo Biloba | Maidenhair Tree

    Older than the dinosaurs

    • Conical, columnar tree (spreading with age)
    • Large tree – grows up to 10m
    • Distinctive deciduous, fan-shaped leaves
    • Incredible golden autumn colour

    3 options available

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  • Red Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Red Emperor' Ornamental Trees
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    £40 From £35

    Red Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Red Emperor'

    Worthy of reigning any garden!

    • Bushy, broadly upright tree
    • Medium tree - grows to 5m
    • Serrated, wine-red, deciduous leaves
    • An excellent choice for smaller gardens

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  • Green Bamboo | Phyllostachys bisettii Ornamental Trees
    From £50
    From £50

    Green Bamboo | Phyllostachys bisettii

    Create a Japanese-style garden

    • Upright, woody, green stems (faintly arching)
    • Grows up to 5m (can be kept shorter)
    • Gecko-green, thin, evergreen leaves (running)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    1 option available

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  • Dwarf Fuji Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' Shrubs
    From £25
    From £25

    Dwarf Fuji Cherry Blossom Tree | Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai'

    Superb, compact cherry blossom

    • Neat, well-contained tree shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 2.5m
    • Delicate white (tinged pink) double blooms
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Columnar Gingko | Ginkgo biloba 'Menhir' Ornamental Trees
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    Columnar Ginkgo Tree | Ginkgo biloba 'Menhir'

    An upright burst of bright hues

    • Slender and compact columnar tree
    • Medium tree - grows up to 5m
    • Spectacular, golden-yellow autumn colour
    • Beautifully distinctive, fan-shaped leaves

    1 option available

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  • The Flamingo Willow Tree Gift Gift Option
    From £35
    From £35

    The Flamingo Willow Tree Gift

    A gift of happiness & personality

    • Joyful spring foliage
    • Thrives in a pot
    • Ideal for patio gardeners
    • A perfect new home gift

    3 options available

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  • Pink Pussy Willow Tree | Salix gracilistyla 'Mount Aso' Ornamental Trees
    From £15
    From £15

    Pink Pussy Willow Tree | Salix gracilistyla 'Mount Aso'

    An incomparably stylish willow

    • Cheery bushy tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 2m
    • Shimmering pink catkins in spring
    • RHS Plants for Pollinators

    4 options available

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  • Pink Weeping Winter Flowering Cherry Tree | Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea' Ornamental Trees
    From £36
    From £36

    Pink Weeping Flowering Cherry Tree | Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula Rosea'

    Bronze toned fresh foliage

    • Elegant weeping tree
    • Can grow to 2.2m (depending on form)
    • Semi-double, rose pink flowers
    • Blossoms in March

    3 options available

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  • Dwarf Weeping Willow Tree Gift Gift Option
    From £45
    From £45

    The Dwarf Weeping Willow Tree Gift

    A gift of strength & adaptability

    • Wonderful weeping habit
    • Known for attracting wildlife
    • Get a lot of rain? Get this tree
    • Makes for a touching memorial gift

    2 options available

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  • Western Red Cedar | Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens' Shrubs
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    Western Red Cedar | Thuja plicata 'Atrovirens'

    Lush evergreen cedar hedging

    • Dense, conical and neatly-tiered spire
    • Large tree (grows to 12m+)
    • Glossy, deep green aromatic scale-like leaves
    • Tolerates hard pruning and damp soils

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  • Patio Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Taylor' Ornamental Trees
    £30
    £30

    Patio Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Taylor'

    A touch of class for the terrace

    • Patio tree with a compact, upright habit
    • Small tree - grows up to 1.5m (when pruned)
    • Pink leaves turn green with white borders
    • Stunning variegated foliage

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  • Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Orangeola' Ornamental Trees
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    Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Orangeola'

    An explosion of orange, anyone?

    • Mounded, bushy tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 3m
    • Brilliant orange and red foliage shades
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Heavenly Bamboo | Nandina domestica 'Obsessed' Shrubs
    £45
    £45

    Heavenly Bamboo | Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'

    Bring the blaze!

    • Shapely, versatile shrub
    • Small shrub - grows up to 0.7m
    • Fiery foliage, conical white flowers
    • Featured in RHS Chelsea gardens

    1 option available

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  • Black Birch Tree | Betula nigra 'Black Star' Ornamental Trees
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    From £35

    Black Birch Tree | Betula nigra 'Black Star'

    Best in the constellation!

    • Airy, spreading tree
    • Large tree - grows to 12m+
    • Lush green foliage turning yellow in autumn
    • Fabulous peeling bark

    2 options available

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  • Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Ornatum' Ornamental Trees
    From £40
    From £40

    Japanese Maple Tree | Acer palmatum 'Ornatum'

    Incredible dissected foliage

    • Rounded, bushy tree
    • Small tree - grows up to 3m
    • Fabulous bronze, crimson and green hues
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    2 options available

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  • Wisteria floribunda 'Macrobotrys' | Japanese Wisteria | On a 90cm Cane in a 3L Pot Climbing Plants
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    From £30

    Japanese Wisteria | Wisteria floribunda 'Multijuga'

    Staggering metre-long blooms!

    • Sprawling lavender racemes (up to 1m long)
    • Delicately fragrant
    • Happy in full sun to partial shade
    • Blooms from May to June

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  • Japanese Wisteria | Wisteria floribunda 'Black Dragon' Climbing Plants
    From £30
    From £30

    Japanese Wisteria | Wisteria floribunda 'Black Dragon'

    Flowers roar to life each May

    • Striking violet trusses (up to 50cm long)
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Happiest in full sun, grows in partial shade
    • Flowers from May to June

    Currently out of stock

  • Red Bamboo | Fargesia scabrida 'Asian Wonder' Shrubs
    From £40
    From £40

    Red Bamboo | Fargesia scabrida 'Asian Wonder'

    An excellent screening plant

    • Upright stems which arch slightly at the top
    • Grows up to 4m (can be kept shorter)
    • Bluish, pointed, evergreen leaves (clumping)
    • Forms neatly-contained, dense clumps

    Currently out of stock

  • Woodland Fern Collection Perennial Bedding
    From £20
    £24 From £20

    Woodland Fern Collection

    Primal-feeling forest ferns

    • Includes a variety of distinct fern plants
    • Ideal for shady borders and woodland gardens
    • Colours to contrast and complement
    • A range of textures for maximum interest

    Currently out of stock

Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery

Meet Mike

Tree-growing skills honed right across the globe

Having started out in Australia, studied in Northern Ireland and volunteered at an organic farm in Sweden, it’s fair to say Mike’s done his fair share of travel on his horticultural journey, so far! Having happily laid down roots here at Roots, Mike is the don behind our tree-growing operation, imparting each and every one of his globally-honed skills to benefit your garden. Grown in our purpose-built nursery, in the ideal climatic conditions of the fertile Vale of Evesham, we’re proud to supply only the happiest, healthiest and hardiest trees.

Happy plants make happy customers

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Ornamental Colour Collection Pond Plants
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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