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Happy, Healthy Plants Guaranteed
Expertly Grown In The UK
Carefully Hand Delivered
Happy, Healthy Plants Guaranteed
Expertly Grown In The UK
Carefully Hand Delivered

Perfect Plants for Shade | Woodland Wonderland

Everything you need to bring a shady border to life

Grown by Jack

Hereford

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£45

£48

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Perfectly happy plants, or your money back

Specialist overnight plant delivery

The highlights

  • Shade loving plants of all heights in a variety of colours
  • Perfect collection for a border or bed
  • Hardy perennials with flowers from April to November
  • Includes RHS Award of Garden Merit and Plants for Pollinators winners

Description

  • Wondering what to do with that dark, shady corner of the garden? We have the answer! This collection of shade-tolerant perennials refreshes the borders other plants cannot reach.
  • Our growers will select a beautiful mix of shade-loving plants such as heucheras, hostas, foxgloves, campanulas, poppies, aquilegia and more to provide you with a ready made shady oasis. Varieties will vary as we will pick the best performing plants of the season.
  • You'll receive everything you need to fill a shady border (or several containers) with colour, flowers, foliage and texture. Plant once and you're done - these are low maintenance plants that are easy to grow and will come back bigger and better every year
  • Ideal for woodland planting schemes, wildlife gardens and underplanting trees
  • Hardy perennials providing interest at different points of the year from April right through to November

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What To Expect

Supplied as:

6 Garden Ready Plants in 1L Pots
9 Plants in 1L Pots
18 Plants in 1L Pots
3 Large Plants Perfect for shade in 2/3L Pots
6 Large Plants in 2/3L Pots
9 Large Plants in 2/3L Pots

Height on arrival:

10-30cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm
10-30cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm
10-30cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm
30-60cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm
30-60cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm
30-60cm
Your plants will be supplied at heights between 10-30cm

Eventual height:

30cm-1.5m
30cm-1.5m
30cm-1.5m
30cm-1.5m
30cm-1.5m
30cm-1.5m

Eventual spread:

40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm
40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm
40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm
40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm
40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm
40cm-90cm
Plants in this collection will reach a spread of between 40-90cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac
Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac
Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac
Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac
Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac
Ruby Red, Cream, Violet Purple, Indigo Blue, Summer Blue, Snow White,Lilac

Habit:

Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.
Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.
Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.
Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.
Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.
Bushy/Upright/Clump forming
Heuchera and Hosta are clump-forming, making them ideal for ground cover. Their flowers grow upright on stems. Digitalis, Aquilegia and Campanula have upright flowers with slightly bushy foliage.

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters
Fully Hardy
Will endure even the harshest of British winters

Rootstock:

Spacing:

How To Grow

Planting Calendar

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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.

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Good to know

Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We’re here to help
at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

Perfect plants, guaranteed

We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

Digging deep to answer your questions

How do I know I'm getting quality plants?

All of our plants are grown in specialist nurseries with the highest standards of plant care and sustainability. We guarantee you'll love them as much as we do! Don't just take our word for it - we've got thousands of great reviews on Trustpilot.

When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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