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Planting guides

Clicking on a plant in the planting guides will show you plant pictures, comments and questions from real gardens and gardeners. If you are looking to buy, we list plants from several websites allowing you to decide what you want and pick out the best prices in one handy location.

Plants for containers

Spring container plants

Summer container plants

Autumn container plants

Winter container plants

Sunny container plants

Shade container plants

Plants for hanging baskets

Hanging basket plants

Plants and bulbs by season

Plants for year round colour

Spring colour plants

Summer colour plants

Autumn colour plants

Winter colour plants

Plants for wildlife

Plants to attract bees and butterflies

Plants to attract birds

Plants by soil type

Acid soil plants

Clay soil plants, clay soil plants in the shade and clay soil plants in the sun

Chalk soil plants

Dry soil plants

Poor soil plants

Sandy soil plants, sandy soil plants in the shade and sandy soil plants in the sun

Wet soil plants

Miscellaneous planting guides

Variegated plants, trees and shrubs

Plants with berries

Climbing plants

Ornamental grasses

If you have a suggestion for a planting guide or a plant to include in one of the guides please get in touch via the contact us link at the bottom of the page.