South Downs National Park
Meet Josh
Slow grown veg from the sunny South Downs
Our vegetable plants are sown on a family farm in Lancashire, then nurtured into strong young plants by Josh in the sunny South Downs before they rock up in your garden. By selecting only the strongest and tastiest varieties, Josh makes sure you get a headstart on your plot, with impressive crops and no waste.
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Growing with Roots
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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.
The herb garden
Lemon thyme
Lemon thyme is a delicious herb with the earthy flavour of classic thyme, lifted by a citrus kick. Lemon thyme is not just for flavouring savoury dishes, but sweet ones too! Chef Jess loves to bake lemon thyme shortbread, or one of her personal favourties, a delicious lemon thyme drizzle cake.
The herb garden
Mint
Mint, known as the 'good herb' in Mexico, is an absolute classic for the kitchen garden. Whether it's sweet treats or savoury delights, Chef Jess has cracked the code for versatile use of this humble ingredient. It is super easy to grow and very abundant, so you'll get tons from one plant to use in a variety of dishes. A true chef's herb!
The herb garden
Oregano Hot & Spicy
This oregano has a high tolerance to heat, meaning it maintains that spicy kick when cooked. It is perfect to roast in a hot oven alongside your favourite meat or vegetables. Jess loves to roast chicken, stuffed with this flavoursome oregano, butter and lemon, under the skin. Resulting in delicious crispy skin, and juicy chicken - bliss!
The herb garden
Bronze fennel
Bronze fennel has edible stems, foliage, & flowers that will add a delicacy to your plate. From salads with a burst of aniseed flavour to rich meat or fish dishes, chef Jess swears by it. And the best part? It can even be brewed into a refreshing tea. Who says gourmet has to be expensive?
Learn from our experts
For growing advice that's clear and easy to follow

Growing Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide
Starting a herb garden is an easy way to add flavour and freshness to your cooking as well as colour and fragrance to your garden. Here's how!
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Best plants you will ever get online
I have ordered plants from them twice this year. They arrived well packaged, on time and looked strong and healthy. I feel the staff from Roots plants deal with their plants and customers with passion and care. I can’t wait to order again, price is good as well.
Highly recommended all round
Delivered quickly, perfectly packaged and the tree was in excellent condition. Really healthy and taken to the garden with no problems. Can't recommend highly enough. 5 stars isn't enough!
Satisfied customer
Unlike other online sellers, this company are well ahead in the quality stakes. My plant arrived promptly as per their promise and the plant was much more established and healthy than I had expected. It’s the second time I have ordered from them and I have faith in their promise. Excellent service.
A really good quality tree
A really good quality tree, delivered on time and very well packaged. But the emailed planting advice and supporting information was what really impressed me. Thoroughly recommended.
Exceptional quality
The quality of the plants was exceptional, unlike ones I have had before from local garden centres. Thank you so much. I will definitely be using you again.
Marvellous!
Marvellous service, great plants and fast delivery. Very useful information on how to care for the plants I bought. Easy to use website that makes it far too easy to overindulge in fabulous plants 😂🌱
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