General nurseries
Fir Tree Farm Nursery
A definitive on-line catalogue of thousands of perennials and clematis - lots of unusual and rare plants at very good prices. Good mail order. Jim Cave, the proprietor, is an extremely knowledgeable chap and full of sound advice. The Web site contains lots of pictures too.
Mill Farm Nursery
Mill Farm is a small hobby nursery, established over 14 years now, just outside Leeds. They do special deals of 20 established perennial plants or 12 hardy shrubs, in 1.5 litre containers, for 15. When you visit them you can relax and ponder your choice in the Tea Garden too.
A supporter of RG and a great favourite with RG members - now with added birdsong!
Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.
An online nursery that offers trees, shrubs, perennials, fruit trees, rose bushes, and much more to customers across the United States.
Vanmeuwen
Online catalogue with wide selection of garden plants, flowers, bulbs, trees and shrubs, plus growing instructions.
Specialist nurseries
Avondale Nursery
A small nursery near Coventry specialising in unusual cottage perennials and ornamental grasses. Unfortunately no mail order, but you can always visit the nursery!
Barlow Nurseries
Family-run nursery near Newport, Shropshire. Specialist growers of hardy herbaceous perennials (400+ varieties) plus trees, shrubs, conifers, climbers, and basket/patio plants in season.
Bonsai Worlds
A wide variety of quality bonsai available for delivery.
Buckingham Nurseries
Family-run nursery that specialises in bare-rooted hedging plants and young trees. Also sells climbers, ornamental grasses & ferns, ground cover, Hostas and Iris, and is part of Buckingham Garden Centre. Plant guide, photos, detailed descriptions of plants and secure online ordering for delivery throughout the UK.
Pacific Callas
A wholesale supplier (with a retail section) of premium quality Calla Lily bulbs, direct from the world's best Calla Lily growers on the West Coast of the United States.
Peony Passions
A mail order nursery specialising in Chinese Tree Peonies - many unusual and rare varieties.
Prime Perennials Nursery
Established small UK mail-order nursery, specializing in rare, unusual and obscure perennials, grasses, ferns and bulbs, with an emphasis on Tulbaghia. Peat free. Mail order all year.
Silk Tree Nurseries
Supplier of sculptural, rare, and unusual plants. Grape vines, olives, palms, tree ferns, rose standards, italian cypress, figs, clematis, wisteria (14 cultivars), japanese maples (many rare varieties). Retail nursery and mail order.
Unusual Herbs and Edibles
A small family-run nursery in Suffolk that grows a large variety of rare and hard-to-find herb and edible plants from around the world.
Urban Jungle
A nursery on the outskirts of Norwich, specialising in exotic plants such as bananas, cannas, gingers, tree ferns and aroids.
They love outsize plants and stock a wide range of unusual bulbs and jungle perennials such as Cardiocrinum giganteum (giant Himalayan lily), the tropical-looking but hardy Gunnera manicata (giant rhubarb) and Tetrapanax papyrifer (Rice paper plant), plus a huge collection of grasses.
Walled Garden Nursery
A clematis and climbers specialist based in Wiltshire.
Plus a range of perennials and shrubs.
Garden centres
AHS Direct
On-line garden centre: choose from a huge range of products with delivery direct to your door.
Cumbria Gardens & Pets Direct
Secure online shopping for all your garden needs. Browse through a vast range of composts, mulches, fertilizers, grits and sands, aggregates, plant foods, greenhouses, ground cover, seed potatoes, shrubs, plug plants and pet foods.
Garden Guides
Seeds, plants, bulbs, books, cut flowers and gifts (USA & Canada) plus lots of interesting information relating to gardening.
Growing Matters Garden Project
Sells quality gardening materials to the general public including plants, furniture, crafts, gifts, and dried flowers. Growing Matters is a Therapy Project providing voluntary work for people with mental health needs. There's also a message forum on the site where advice is offered.
Jacksons Nurseries
"The benefit of trading with Jacksons Nurseries Online - rather than similar websites - is that we have the capacity to grow all of our own plant stock. Effectively, youre cutting out the middle man by dealing directly with the grower. Its for this reason that we can guarantee we wont be beaten on price."
MirrorGarden
A movable feast of seasonal plant sales, promotions and special offers from the Web site of the popular daily newspaper.
