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Hello, I chose your business as it is a family business. Very happy to support you. I am looking forward to receiving the Kiwi Issai plant. Just to let you know that none of the websites where you offer your promotion codes worked. But no worries, happy to support your family business anyway :)
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Bara, Reading
Ground Cover Plants
Ground cover plants are a brilliant way to pack your garden full of colourful plants, adding some structure and form to your borders and plots and reducing the need for weeding!
We supply a choice of flowering ground cover plants, ground cover plants for full sun or shade, as well as those plants that create a fragrant, floral or lush 'carpet' to enhance your planting scheme.
Adriatic Bellflower Plant
A pretty perennial which will slowly spread to form a delicate-looking ground cover. Clusters of blue star-like flowers with white centres are produced all summer long.
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Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Aubrieta Plant
A reliable mix that produces large flowers in shades of blue, purple and carmine red. Performs well in full sun and poorer soils. Evergreen. Ground Cover.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
Chameleon Plant
Bright green leaves become overlaid with shades of cream and red. Masses of white flowers mid summer. Tolerates both very wet and very dry soils.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant.
Confederate Violet 'Emperor Magenta Red'
Mounds of rich green, heart-shaped leaves. Masses of wine coloured flowers mid - late Spring. A lovely ground cover plant. Tolerates shade well.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Confederate Violet 'Sorority Sisters'
A lovely ground hugging perennial. Beautiful flowers in shades of light blue, dark blue, red, white and even speckled appear mid Spring. Rich green, heart-shaped foliage.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Coral Bells 'Bressingham Hybrids'
A beautiful evergreen that forms a mound of puckered green leaves. Early Summer delicate small bell-shaped flowers in shades of pink rise on wiry stems. Ground Cover.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Corkscrew Rush
Contorted and twisted green stems form attractive clumps. Happy in damper conditions so perfect for pond-side planting. Evergreen in habit.
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Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Creeping Thyme Lawn
Makes a lovely, lush, green carpet which is surmounted by tiny pink flowers in the summer. Highly aromatic when crushed underfoot. Evergreen.
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
English Daisy Seed
Sometimes known as the Common Daisy or Lawn Daisy. So beautiful with its white petals and sunshine yellow centre. Perennial and evergreen. Ground cover habit. Loved by bees.
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Supplied as a packet of approximately 2,500 seeds
Heath Pearlwort Lawn
In our opinion the best of all groundcover lawn alternatives! Utterly hardy, excellent drought resistance. Tolerant of fairly heavy foot traffic. Sometimes known as Irish Moss.
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Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Herb Of Jupiter Plant
Botanically it is known as Sempervivum, but also known as the House Leek. Great for rockery gardens in a sunny position. Has many health benefits.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant.
Lily of The Valley
A real Victorian favourite. Gorgeous sweetly scented white bell like flowers. Lush green semi-evergreen foliage. A lovely ground cover and perfect for semi-shade.
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Supplied as freshly lifted 'pips' / growing plants depending on time of year.
Mexicana Gazania
A real sun-lover! Large daisy-like flowers in a stunningly vivid range of colours. Rich green foliage. Perfect for tubs and containers or 'blanket' planting.
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Supplied as compost block-grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
Mind Your Own Business
Forms a carpet of tiny green leaves just a few inches tall. A lovely ground cover plant and particularly pretty when used for edging paths.
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Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
Mind Your Own Business - Glaucous Form
The glaucous form of this pretty ground cover. Tiny grey-green foliage blankets the ground. Perfect for establishing in the cracks of pavements or edging paths.
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Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
Mind Your Own Business - Pale Green Form
Pale green foliage clothes the ground. Better in sunnier conditions than other forms of Mind Your Own Business. A cheerful ground cover for greenhouse or garden alike.
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Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot.
Mint Plant - Silver Mint
Silver mint has a grey-green downy leaf with a pretty mauve flower. This variety tends to be grown as an ornamental and makes excellent ground cover.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant grown in a 7cm pot.
Periwinkle (Lesser)
Very pretty star-like blue flowers appear sporadically through spring summer and autumn. Rich green foliage carpets the ground. Tough and utterly hardy. Evergeen.
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Supplied as bare rooted plants.
Periwinkle Gertrude Jekyll
White flowered Periwinkle with dark green foliage. Makes a lovely ground cover (particularly in those hard to get to areas). Easy to grow and maintain.
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Supplied as bare rooted plants.
Sweet Violet 'Queen Charlotte'
A beautiful little flower with the most amazing mild scent. Is an excellent ground cover and likes the shade (although will grow in a sunny position too).
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Sweet Violet 'Royal Wedding'
A delightful, little, fragrant white flower with ever green foliage. Easy to grow and thrives in shade. Also know as the wood violet.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Sweet Violet 'Rubra'
A delightful wine red/purple flower with heart shaped evergreen leaves, a perennial plant that makes excellent ground cover particularly in shady positions.
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Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Wild Red Clover Seed
Perennial. A beautiful purple/pink flowering addition to your garden to encourage pollinating insects (particularly bumblebees) and to increase fertility of your soil.
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Supplied as a packet approximately 1500 seeds - sufficient to cover an area of 1.5 metre squared
Wild White Clover Seed
This provides excellent pollen for honey bees, is very easy to grow and looks really pretty with it's white flowers! Will grow on poor soil. Perennial.
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Supplied as a packet of approximately 3000 seeds - sufficient for an area of 3 square metres.
Bird-bill Dayflower Plant 'Electric Blue'
Thin grass like leaves terminate in a pretty blue flower that look like miniature Iris. Each flower lasts just a day. Profuse in flowering. An excellent summer ground cover.
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Bloody Cranesbill
This hardy geranium is tough as old boots! Rosy purple pink flowers smother the bright green foliage throughout the Summer. A superb ground cover.
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid / late April
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Chamomile Lawn
A special seed-grown strain of dwarf chamomile. The rich green foliage is beautifully scented when crushed under foot. Evergreen. Ground Cover.
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Coral Bells 'Palace Purple'
A beautiful evergreen that forms a mound of puckered purple leaves topped with small bell-shaped pinky white flowers in late Spring to early Summer. Ground Cover.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Evening Primrose
Also known as Ozark Sundrops. Bright golden yellow flowers open late in the afternoon. A beautiful ground cover with excellent drought tolerance.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Meadow Cranesbill 'Splish-Splash Bicolor'
A hardy, clump forming geranium with stunning white flowers with blue stripes and speckles which reaches approx 20" tall.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants.
Milly's Honey Bee Flower Plant Mixture
A lovely mixture of pollinator friendly plants. Plant out in drifts to give a pretty show of colour all through the Summer until first frosts.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants (each block containing approximately 8 different plants).
Molly's Cottage Garden Flower Plant Mixture
A lovely selection of different flowers that will give a gorgeous display all summer long. Plant in tubs and planters or mass plant for a stunning show.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block grown plants (each block containing approximately 8 plants).
Monkey Flower
A real dash of colour for the herbaceous border or pond side. Bright scarlet, yellow, orange or cream-coloured flowers have a contrasting splotch of colour.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
Pennyroyal
A lovely soil-hugging ground cover that exudes a powerful scent of peppermint when crushed. Pretty lavender-blue flowers throughout the summer months. The smallest-leaved of all the mints.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early May
Supplied as compost block-grown plants.
Rock Rose 'Mutabile' Mixed
Also known as the Sun Rose or Rush Rose. Dainty little flowers in a wide range of colours from pastels to vivids appear in late spring atop wiry foliage. Utterly drought tolerant.
Available from APPROXIMATELY mid May
Supplied as compost block grown plants (supplied in mixed colours only).
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Sweet Woodruff Plant
A ground cover herb plant that has attractive scented green foliage and star like white flowers in Spring. Reaches 12 - 18" tall and loves the shade.
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Supplied as a pot grown plant grown in a 7cm pot.