x
g r o w t h

Services

How we can help

Services & Plant Selection Assistance

Choosing plants is easier with a second opinion. Here is how we can help, whether you are filling a new border, replacing a casualty or simply want to know what will grow in your shade.

Echinacea, salvia and ornamental grasses growing together in a perennial border

Plant selection assistance

Help choosing plants that suit your light, soil, space and style.

  • Suggestions matched to your site and goals
  • Advice on mature size, hardiness and aftercare
  • Options for pollinators, scent, hedging or low maintenance
Ask about this
A neatly clipped hornbeam hedge beside a flowering shrub border

Availability enquiries

Ask whether a plant or product from the catalogue is currently available.

  • Confirmation of availability and suitable sizes
  • Alternatives when something is not available
  • Guidance on the best time to plant
Ask about this
Inside a small plant nursery greenhouse with shelves of potted plants

Collection arrangements

Agree how and when to collect once availability is confirmed.

  • Clear details of where and when to collect
  • Advice on transporting plants safely
  • Tips for planting on the day
Ask about this
Autumn garden with golden foliage, seedheads and late flowers

Seasonal planting advice

Practical timing advice for sowing, planting and protecting.

  • What to plant now and what to wait for
  • Bare-root, container and bulb planting windows
  • Frost and winter protection
Ask about this
How it works

Plant Selection, Step By Step

  1. 1

    Tell us about your site

    Light, soil, space and what you hope to achieve. Photos are welcome by email once we have replied.

  2. 2

    We suggest plants

    We recommend plants that suit the conditions, with reasons and care notes.

  3. 3

    We check availability

    We tell you what we have, what is coming into season and what could substitute.

  4. 4

    You decide

    Nothing is reserved or charged until you and we have agreed the details together.

Help us help you

What To Tell Us

  • How much sun the area gets, and at what time of day.
  • Soil type: heavy clay, light and sandy, chalky or somewhere in between.
  • How wet or dry the spot is in winter and summer.
  • The size of the space, and how tall you would like plants to be.
  • Any must-haves, such as pollinators, scent, evergreen cover or edible crops.
  • How much time you would like to spend on maintenance.
Good to know

What We Do Not Do

  • This website does not take online orders or payments.
  • An enquiry does not reserve plants or products.
  • Advice is general guidance based on the details you give us, and results vary with weather and care.

Read our terms · Frequently asked questions

Let us help you choose

Send an enquiry or try the plant finder to see which catalogue plants match your garden.

Make an enquiry Plant selection help