Bay kitchen plants provide fresh, aromatic leaves year‑round and are well suited to pots, patios, and sheltered positions in UK home gardens, offering both practical use and evergreen structure.
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Persicaria Plug Plants | Tough Ground Cover for UK Gardens
| 08 Apr, 2026
Persicaria are versatile perennials offering long-lasting interest, reliable performance, and excellent ground coverage in UK gardens.
Armeria plug plants are compact, hardy perennials with evergreen foliage and rounded flower heads in spring and early summer. Ideal for rockeries, containers, gravel gardens, and coastal planting, they thrive in free‑draining soil and require minimal...
Tiarella ‘Iron Butterfly’ is a shade‑loving perennial valued for its deeply cut, dark‑marked foliage and soft spring flowers. Ideal for woodland borders, containers, and underplanting, it thrives in moist, humus‑rich soil with minimal maintenance.
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Tiarella ‘Pink Skyrocket’ is a compact, shade‑loving perennial producing upright pink flower spikes above neatly patterned foliage in spring. Ideal for woodland borders, shaded beds, containers, and underplanting, it performs reliably in moist, humus‑rich...
Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ is a compact, spring‑flowering perennial valued for its delicate blooms and attractive foliage. Well suited to shaded borders and woodland planting, it provides dependable ground cover with minimal maintenance.
Zaluzianskya Plug Plants (Night Phlox): Scented Evening Summer Colour in the UK Garden
| 05 Apr, 2026
Zaluzianskya (often called Night Phlox) is a summer favourite for strong evening scent and starry flowers that open later in the day. Supplied as plug plants, it’s quick to establish and ideal for patio pots, window boxes, and sunny borders.
Verbena Plug Plants – Practical Growing Guide
| 05 Apr, 2026
Verbena plug plants are fast-growing, floriferous performers ideal for borders, patio containers, baskets, and pollinator-friendly planting. Supplied as plug plants, they establish quickly when potted on and offer long flowering from late spring through...
Uncinia plug plants are compact, evergreen ornamental grasses grown for their fine foliage and year‑round structure. Well suited to borders, containers, and mixed planting schemes, Uncinia performs reliably in UK garden conditions.
Bergenia ‘Harzkristall’ is a compact, evergreen perennial grown for its glossy foliage and early spring flowers. Well suited to borders, edging, and ground cover, it performs reliably in a wide range of UK garden conditions, including partial shade.
Primula chungensis is a hardy, moisture‑loving perennial grown for its elegant tiers of soft pink flowers held on upright stems in late spring and early summer. Part of the candelabra primula group, it is well suited to damp borders, pondsides, and woodland...
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Primula bulleyana is a hardy, moisture‑loving perennial grown for its tiered, orange flowers held on upright stems in late spring and early summer. Part of the candelabra primula group, it is well suited to damp borders, pondsides, and woodland gardens...
Penstemon ‘King George’ is a strong, long‑flowering perennial valued for its deep red tubular flowers and upright growth habit. Flowering from early summer into autumn, it provides reliable colour in sunny borders and mixed planting schemes. This variety...
Penstemon ‘Hewell’s Pink’ is a reliable, long‑flowering perennial producing soft pink, tubular flowers over an extended season from early summer into autumn. Well suited to borders, gravel gardens, and containers, it performs best in free‑draining soil...
