Spring Bulbs & Plants

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Duchesse de Nemours’ is an enduring favourite: a herbaceous peony of great poise, producing sumptuous, fully double white blooms with the faintest greenish nuance and a refined perfume. In early summer the flowers rise above handsome, deeply divided dark-green foliage, bringing quiet luxury to borders and cutting gardens alike.

Once established, it settles into a long-lived clump and becomes more generous with each passing season. Particularly lovely when threaded through roses and shrubs, where its sculptural flowers feel perfectly at home.

• Flowering: May–June
• Height: 80cm
• Spread: 50–100cm
• Position: Sheltered
• Supplied as: Bare root

Crocus sativus is the saffron crocus: a quietly luxurious little autumn-flowering corm, bringing soft lilac, goblet-shaped blooms just as the garden begins to mellow. Look closely and you’ll find the signature crimson-red stigmas at the heart of each flower, picked out with warm golden tones—an exquisite detail at close quarters.

Neat, clump-forming and only 10cm tall, it is perfectly suited to pots by the door, gravel gardens, rockeries, and warm borders where drainage is assured. Give it sun and shelter, and it will settle in handsomely, returning as a fully hardy perennial and offering welcome late-season interest for pollinators.

• Autumn colour, refined scale—ideal for containers and front-of-border planting
• Best in sun with free-draining soil for crisp, healthy growth
• Distinctive floral detail—lilac petals with red and yellow accents

Delivery: 2-3 working days

Crocus chrysanthus 'Gipsy Girl' is a bright early-spring species crocus with golden-yellow goblet flowers and distinctive bronze-brown striping across the outer petals. The markings are especially striking while the flowers are closed, before the warm yellow centres open in sunshine.

Compact, fully hardy and easy to naturalise, it is an excellent choice for gravel gardens, lawns, the front of borders and containers. Plant in generous groups for the strongest late-winter and early-spring display.

• Flower colour: Golden yellow with bronze-brown outer striping
• Form: Cup shaped
• Best for: Naturalising, rockeries, borders and containers
• Pollinator friendly: Yes
• Growing skill: Easy

Aquilegia vulgaris - ‘Black Barlow’ (Columbine) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’, commonly known as Columbine, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.

Astilbe - ‘Maggie Daley’ is part of our shade & woodland perennials collection.

Astilbe ‘Maggie Daley’ is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Lupinus - ‘My Castle’ (Lupin) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Lupinus ‘My Castle’, commonly known as Lupin, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Iris sibirica - ‘Caesar's Brother’ is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Iris sibirica ‘Caesar's Brother’ is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Delphinium - ‘Magic Fountains Dark Blue White Bee’ is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains Dark Blue White Bee’ is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.

Aquilegia alpina (Columbine) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Aquilegia alpina, commonly known as Columbine, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.

Geum - ‘Firestarter’ (Avens) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Geum ‘Firestarter’, commonly known as Avens, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Echinacea purpurea - ‘White Swan’ (Coneflower) is part of our sun & pollinator perennials collection.

Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’, commonly known as Coneflower, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.

Hemerocallis - ‘Stafford’ (Daylily) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Hemerocallis ‘Stafford’, commonly known as Daylily, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Salvia nemorosa - ‘Pink Beauty’ (Sage) is part of our sun & pollinator perennials collection.

Salvia nemorosa ‘Pink Beauty’, commonly known as Sage, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Verbascum phoeniceum (Mullein) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Verbascum phoeniceum, commonly known as Mullein, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Veronica gentianoides (Gentian Speedwell) is part of our sun & pollinator perennials collection.

Veronica gentianoides, commonly known as Gentian Speedwell, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Digitalis grandiflora (Large Yellow Foxglove) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Digitalis grandiflora, commonly known as Large Yellow Foxglove, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Aster alpinus is part of our autumn colour perennials collection.

Aster alpinus is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Hylotelephium telephium (Atropurpureum Group) - ‘Purple Emperor’ (Orpine) is part of our autumn colour perennials collection.

Hylotelephium telephium (Atropurpureum Group) ‘Purple Emperor’, commonly known as Orpine, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Hosta - ‘June’ is part of our shade & woodland perennials collection.

Hosta ‘June’ is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Geranium - ‘Ann Folkard’ (Hardy Geranium) is part of our long-flowering & ground-cover perennials collection.

Geranium ‘Ann Folkard’, commonly known as Hardy Geranium, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Euphorbia polychroma (Spurge) is part of our architectural foliage perennials collection.

Euphorbia polychroma, commonly known as Spurge, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Veronicastrum virginicum - ‘Album’ (Culver's Root) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album’, commonly known as Culver's Root, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Polygonatum multiflorum (Solomon's Seal) is part of our shade & woodland perennials collection.

Polygonatum multiflorum, commonly known as Solomon's Seal, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

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Thalictrum delavayi (Meadow Rue) is part of our cottage garden perennials collection.

Thalictrum delavayi, commonly known as Meadow Rue, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.

Helleborus argutifolius (Holly-Leaved Hellebore) is part of our winter & early-spring perennials collection.

Helleborus argutifolius, commonly known as Holly-Leaved Hellebore, is supplied as bare roots in flexible pack sizes for individual planting or natural-looking groups.

Browse its linked perennial collection, sunlight and garden-use filters to find compatible planting companions for a more considered border.