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Cottage Garden Plants


Cottage gardens encompass all sorts of plants, from herbaceous perennials to shrubs and annuals, all planted closely together to create an informal, random appearance. They are often valued for their attractiveness to wildlife and informal growth habit. Try growing climbing plants over arbours and throw in a few herbs and fruit plants for a genuine look! We have a fabulous range of cottage garden plants, all representing excellent value for money. For tips and advice see our guide to growing perennial plants and view our informative video.

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Spectacular Perennials Collection

A collection of 12 stunning hardy perennials - just perfect for creating a cottage garden or filling in gaps in your borders! These popular perennial plants are exceptional value for money and will get bigger and better each year, filling your garden with colour as well as attracting bees and butterflies. Supplied as plug tray plants.


  • Collection comprises:
  • Aquilegia 'Swan Mixed' - Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 25cm (10").
  • Carnation 'Ever-blooming Mix' - Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 40cm (16").
  • Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunray' - Height and spread: 45cm (18").
  • Delphinium 'Pacific Giants' - Height: 150cm (60"). Spread: 75cm (30").
  • Echinacea 'Magic Box' - Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 45cm (18").
  • Foxglove 'Dalmatian Peach' - Height: 50cm (20"). Spread: 40cm (16").
  • Gaillardia 'Arizona Apricot' - Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").
  • Heuchera villosa 'Palace Purple' - Height and spread: 60cm (24").
  • Lavender 'Munstead' - Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 60cm (24").
  • Poppy 'Pizzicato' - Height: 50cm (20"). Spread: 30cm (12").
  • Scabiosa 'Blue Jeans' - Height and spread: 45cm (18").
  • Silene 'Jack Flash' - Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 30cm (12").
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    • 72 plug tray plants - 6 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
    • SAVE £55  
    • £16.88
    • 144 plug plants - 12 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
    • SAVE £118.78  
    • £24.98

Penstemon 'Symphony Mixed'

For outstanding colour in your border year after year, look no further than these hardy perennial penstemons, our large pack sizes will ensure your garden is brimming in gorgeous colours from June right through to October, and the bees will love you for it! Leave them in over winter and watch them grow again the following year. Height 30-45cm. Supplied as plug tray plants. More info
    • 24 plug tray plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £14.99
    • 48 plug tray plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £10  
    • £19.98

Lupin 'Street Party Collection'

Lupinus

  • Red, white and blue blooms
  • Long flowering period
  • Unbeatable garden performance
Vivid strong flower spikes of patriotic red, white and blue that are ideal for creating a celebratory atmosphere in your garden. The Lupin 'Street Party Collection' are long flowering and offer unbeatable performance, multiplying from year to year to give you a swathe of glorious colour. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 75cm (30"). Bareroot plants supplied.
  • Collection comprises:
  • 3 x Lupin 'My Castle' - Vibrant red blooms bring height and grandeur to summer borders.
  • 3 x Lupin 'Noble Maiden' - Pure white flower spikes that put on a magnificent display year after year with the minimum of attention.
  • 3 x Lupin 'The Governor' - Bicolour pea-like flowers are tightly packed on tall architectural spires.
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    • 9 bareroot plants

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
    • 6 plants + 3 FREE - SAVE £5.99  
    • £11.98
    • 15 bareroot plants

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
    • SAVE £11  
    • £9.97

Asclepias syriaca 'Green Parrot'

(Common Milkweed, Virginian Silk, Silkweed)

A fantastic perennial for the garden, with spherical heads of lightly-fragrant, mauve-pink blooms in summer, which are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. The flowers are followed by fascinating, softly spiny seed pods which give rise to the name ‘Green Parrot’! Also known as ‘Virginian Silk’, in the autumn the large seed pods split open to reveal seeds adorned with masses of silky white hairs. Asclepias syriaca is a fantastic, easy-to-grow plant for borders and wildlife gardens where it gives a long season of interest. The bright blooms also make an unusual and striking cut flower. Height and spread: 100cm (39"). Supplied in a 7cm pot. More info
    • 3 plants in 7cm pots

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 6 plants in 7cm pots

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
    • SAVE £5  
    • £14.98

Heuchera 'Ever-Colour Collection'

(Coral Flower, Coral Bells)

These vibrant Heucheras are fantastic for all-year-round interest in the garden thanks to their semi-evergreen foliage. To add to their considerable charm they also produce delicate flowers on tall wiry stems from May to July, which are particularly attractive to bees. Heuchera ‘Ever-colour Collection’ makes a fabulous addition to patio containers, the front of borders, or planted in drifts as ground cover. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 40cm (16"). Supplied as plug plants.


  • Collection comprises 1 plant each of:
  • Heuchera 'Midnight Bayou' - Mounds of large, rounded purple-red foliage, with distinctive black veins that gradually age to a rich shade of purple.
  • Heuchera 'Obsidian' - Smooth jet black leaves with a glassy polish that persists throughout the growing season.
  • Heuchera 'Autumn Leaves' - Mounds of large, rich red foliage, taking on a subtle tan colour in the summer before turning a brilliant ruby red in the autumn.
  • Heuchera 'Green Spice' - Striking, silver-green leaves with contrasting red-purple veins.
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    • 4 plug plants - 1 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • Less than Half Price - SAVE £19.98  
    • £14.98 £9.98

Foxglove 'Illumination Pink'

Digitalis

An exciting new foxglove, with parentage from the little known Isoplexis (Canary Island Foxglove) giving this variety its attractive tropical colouring. The densely packed flower spikes are sterile and won't set seed, so the plants will bloom from June right through until November! A well-branched habit allows for a continuous show of flowers. Foxglove 'Illumination Pink' is ideal for cottage or woodland gardens, where it will thrive in sun or part shade. Unlike many other foxgloves this variety is a true perennial so you will be able to enjoy the flowers for many years to come. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 45cm (18"). Supplied as plug plants. More info
    • 3 plug plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £14.99
    • 6 plug plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £10  
    • £19.98

Geum 'Blazing Sunset'

(Avens)

  • New in 2013
  • Good addition to cottage garden
  • Excellent cut flower
This free-flowering perennial produces large, double, bright crimson flowers in early summer, above attractive scalloped clumps of foliage. A popular plant for the front of cottage garden borders where its fiery flowers make a bold impression. Geum 'Blazing Sunset' also makes a striking cut flower too. Height and Spread: 60cm (24"). Supplied as plug tray plants.
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    • 24 plug tray plants

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    • £6.99
    • Out of stock
    • 48 plug tray plants

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    • £9.98
    • Out of stock

Antirrhinum 'Rocky Rainbow'

(Snapdragon)

A new generation of top-quality, fragrant snapdragons in a bright range of summery colours. Antirrhinum 'Rocky Rainbow' brings a modern twist to this traditional cottage garden annual and makes a superb cut flower too. Perfect for adding bold contemporary colour to beds, borders and containers. Height: 40cm (16"). Spread: 30cm (12"). Supplied as plug tray plants. More info
    • 24 plug tray plants

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
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    • £6.99
    • 48 plug tray plants

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
    • SAVE £4  
    • £9.98
    • 72 plug tray plants

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
    • SAVE £8  
    • £12.97

Anemone 'Wild Swan'

(Windflower)

Unique new cross between an early and a late flowering lanemone, its delicate petals are white on one side and blue-purple underneath, it'll flower from April to October. If it looks familiar, that's because it was awarded the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year in 2011. Ht. 60cm. Supplied in 7cm pots. More info
    • 1 plant in 7cm pot

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    • £12.99
    • Out of stock
    • 2 plants in 7cm pots

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    • £18.98
    • Out of stock

Lavender Collection

Lavandula angustifolia 'Little Lady', Lavandula stoechas subsp.stoechas f. rosea 'Kew Red', Lavandula 'Papillon' (English lavender, French Lavender)

Let this collection of specially selected lavender varieties fill your garden with their beguiling perfume. The delicate flowers, carried on stiff stems in summer, attract bees and other insects. Cut some lavender flowers for a wonderful scented posy, or dry them for a bowl of home-made pot pourri. Perfect for fragrant path edges, patio containers and borders. Supplied as 40mm plugs.
  • Collection comprises:
  • Lavender Little Lady - Smaller than her cousins but no less fragrant. Produces masses of light blue flowers all summer. Height and spread: 35cm (14").
  • Lavender Kew Red - A superb variety of lavender with bold cherry flowers topped with pink ears. Height and spread: 60cm (24").
  • Lavender Papillon - Grey green foliage topped with rounded lilac-purple bracts. Height and spread: 60cm (24").

Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.

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    • 15 plug plants - 5 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • 10 plants + 5 FREE - SAVE £8.99  
    • £17.98

Astrantia major 'Venice'

(Hattie's Pincushion, Masterwort)

Richly coloured pincushion flower heads of deep ruby-red look superb among damp garden borders, and nestled in moist soils next to ponds. Hardy perennial Astrantia 'Venice' is more vigorous than other varieties forming attractive clumps palmate foliage. The long lasting summer blooms make an interesting cut flower for drying or using in fresh arrangements. Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 45cm (18"). Size 1 bare root supplied. More info
    • 3 bareroot plants

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
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    • £11.99
    • 6 bareroot plants

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
    • SAVE £6  
    • £17.98

Heuchera 'Crème Brulée'

(Coral Flower)

Mounds of vibrant foliage in glowing shades of caramel, bronze and gold. This semi evergreen perennial is outstanding when grown in containers, at the front of borders, or planted as ground cover in bold drifts. The dainty sprays of delicate white flowers are also particularly attractive to bees. Height: 45cm (18") Spread: 40cm (16"). Supplied as 45mm plug plants. More info
    • 1 plug plant

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £7.49