Outdoor Plants


Outdoor plants with an exotic, tropical look, all tough enough for a UK garden. Tree ferns, hardy palms, bamboo and architectural foliage, each listed with its RHS hardiness rating and a realistic minimum temperature so you know exactly what it can take.

Not sure where to start? Match plants to your garden's soil: browse plants for clay soil, plants for sandy soil or plants for chalky soil to find exotics that will settle in quickly where you garden.

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Choosing plants that'll survive your garden shouldn't be guesswork. Answer a few questions and we'll show only the ones that'll thrive.

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Fully hardy shrubs for winter colour and scent: sweet box, mahonia, witch hazel and winter jasmine, all tough enough to flower outside through a UK winter.

Mahonia leptodonta x eurybractea Seedling Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

Fine-toothed Mahonia

Mahonia leptodonta x eurybractea Seedling

£28.99
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Jasminum nudiflorum 15cm / 1.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

£12.79£16.99Save 24%
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Sarcococca ruscifolia (Fragrant Sweet Box) Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Fragrant Sweet Box

Sarcococca ruscifolia (Fragrant Sweet Box)

£14.99£19.99Save 25%
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Sarcococca ruscifolia var. chinensis 'Dragon Gate' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Dragon Gate Sweet Box

Sarcococca ruscifolia var. chinensis 'Dragon Gate'

£13.99£19.99Save 30%
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Sarcococca Winter Gem Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

Sweet Box (Christmas Box), Winter Gem

Sarcococca Winter Gem

£14.99
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Distylium racemosum 'Blue Cascade' 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

Blue Cascade Distylium

Distylium racemosum 'Blue Cascade'

£21.99
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Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis (Dwarf Sweet Box) Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Dwarf Sweet Box

Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis (Dwarf Sweet Box)

£14.79£20.99Save 29%
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Sarcococca confusa 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Sweet Box, Christmas Box

Sarcococca confusa

£14.99£16.99Save 11%
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Sarcococca saligna (Willow-leaf Sweet Box) Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Willow-leaf Sweet Box

Sarcococca saligna (Willow-leaf Sweet Box)

£17.29£22.99Save 24%
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Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

Sweet Box

Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna

£14.99£19.99Save 25%
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    Feijoa sellowiana 23cm / 5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)

    Feijoa sellowiana

    £35.99
    Tamarix tetrandra 17cm / 2L (Collection Only) Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Tamarisk (Spring-flowering)

    Tamarix tetrandra

    £16.99
    Hydrangea macrophylla Midnight Pearl Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Big-leaf Hydrangea, Midnight Pearl

    Hydrangea macrophylla Midnight Pearl

    £42.99
    Coleus 'Love Bird' 12cm / 1L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Coleus / Painted Nettle 'Love Bird'

    Coleus 'Love Bird'

    £11.99
    Eryngium agavifolium 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Agave-leaved Sea Holly

    Eryngium agavifolium

    £13.99
    Canna 'Cannova Red Shades' 12cm / 1L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Canna Lily

    Canna 'Cannova Red Shades'

    £10.99£11.99Save 8%
    Clianthus puniceus Maximus 19cm / 3L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Kaka Beak (Lobster Claw)

    Clianthus puniceus Maximus

    £19.99
    Wisteria floribunda 'Kimono' 23cm / 5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Japanese Wisteria 'Kimono'

    Wisteria floribunda 'Kimono'

    £44.99
    Matteuccia struthiopteris 11cm / 0.75L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Ostrich Fern (Shuttlecock Fern)

    Matteuccia struthiopteris

    £6.99£7.99Save 12%
    Acer palmatum 'Beni-maiko' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Pink Japanese Maple 'Beni-maiko'

    Acer palmatum 'Beni-maiko'

    £13.99£16.99Save 17%
    Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Rose of Sharon 'Red Heart'

    Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart'

    £11.99
    Passiflora caerulea 'Constance Eliott' 15cm / 1.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    White passion flower

    Passiflora caerulea 'Constance Eliott'

    £11.79£14.99Save 21%
    Hibiscus syriacus 'Duc de Brabant' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Rose of Sharon 'Duc de Brabant'

    Hibiscus syriacus 'Duc de Brabant'

    £9.29£11.99Save 22%
    Eryngium bourgatii Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Mediterranean Sea Holly

    Eryngium bourgatii

    £16.99
    Vitex agnus-castus 'Blue Diddley' 19cm / 3L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Chaste Tree (Dwarf Chaste Tree)

    Vitex agnus-castus 'Blue Diddley'

    £24.99
    Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Trumpet Vine (Trumpet Creeper)

    Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen'

    £23.99
    Actinidia arguta Issai Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Hardy Kiwi, Kiwiberry (self-fertile)

    Actinidia arguta Issai

    £12.99£14.99Save 13%
    Fuchsia 'Lady Boothby' 9cm / 0.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Climbing Hardy Fuchsia

    Fuchsia 'Lady Boothby'

    £7.99
    Campsis radicans 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Trumpet Vine

    Campsis radicans

    £16.99£19.99Save 15%
    Tibouchina urvilleana 9cm / 0.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Glory Bush (Princess Flower)

    Tibouchina urvilleana

    £8.49£9.99Save 15%
    Dietes grandiflora 9cm / 0.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Fairy Iris (Wild Iris)

    Dietes grandiflora

    £9.99
    Sparmannia africana Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    African Hemp (House Lime)

    Sparmannia africana

    £23.49£24.99Save 6%
    Tulbaghia 'Hazel' 9cm / 0.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Society Garlic

    Tulbaghia 'Hazel'

    £6.79£8.99Save 24%
    Eucomis autumnalis | Pineapple Lily 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Pineapple Lily (Autumn Pineapple Lily)

    Eucomis autumnalis | Pineapple Lily

    £14.99
    Coleus scutellarioides 'Main Street Spacecake' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Coleus 'Main Street Spacecake' (Painted Nettle)

    Coleus scutellarioides 'Main Street Spacecake'

    £8.99
    Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack of Diamonds' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Siberian Bugloss 'Jack of Diamonds'

    Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack of Diamonds'

    £16.99
    Crocosmia 'George Davidson' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Yellow Montbretia 'George Davidson'

    Crocosmia 'George Davidson'

    £19.99

    The bulletproof list

    Fully hardy plants (RHS H4 to H7) that shrug off a UK winter and come back every year.

    Viburnum davidii 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    David Viburnum

    Viburnum davidii

    £11.79£16.99Save 30%
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    Sciadopitys verticillata Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Japanese Umbrella Pine

    Sciadopitys verticillata

    £34.99
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    Polystichum polyblepharum 11cm / 0.75L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Japanese Tassel Fern

    Polystichum polyblepharum

    £6.29£8.99Save 30%
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    Athyrium niponicum 'Metallicum' 15cm / 1.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Japanese Painted Fern 'Metallicum'

    Athyrium niponicum 'Metallicum'

    £9.79£12.99Save 24%
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    Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Japanese Forest Grass

    Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'

    £9.79£12.99Save 24%
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    Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Autumn Fern 'Brilliance'

    Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'

    £5.79£6.99Save 17%
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    Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Japanese Forest Grass

    Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold'

    £12.99
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    Wisteria floribunda 'Black Dragon' 15cm / 1.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Double Black Dragon Japanese Wisteria ('Yae-kokuryu')

    Wisteria floribunda 'Black Dragon'

    £30.29£31.99Save 5%
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    Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea) 19cm / 3L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea)

    £16.49£21.99Save 25%
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    Nandina domestica 'Obsessed' Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Heavenly Bamboo 'Obsessed'

    Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'

    £14.99£19.99Save 25%
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    Hakonechloa macra 17cm / 2L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALS

    Japanese Forest Grass

    Hakonechloa macra

    £12.99
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    Jasminum nudiflorum 15cm / 1.5L Plants - Outdoor GROW TROPICALSSale

    Winter Jasmine

    Jasminum nudiflorum

    £12.79£16.99Save 24%
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    That comes down to hardiness. Every plant here shows its RHS hardiness rating and a minimum temperature, so you can match it to your garden. As a rule, look for an H4 rating or hardier if your winters are cold, and give borderline plants a sheltered spot.

    Yes, with the right choices. Plenty of hardy palms, tree ferns, bamboos and big-leaved perennials give an exotic, jungle feel while shrugging off a British winter. The trick is picking genuinely hardy plants, which is why every one here is rated.

    Spring and autumn are ideal, since mild, moist conditions let the roots settle before summer heat or winter cold. Container-grown plants like these can go in at any time of year as long as the ground is not frozen or waterlogged.

    Yes. Everything is sent out well rooted and carefully packed for the journey, and delivered nationwide. Larger specimens are packaged to protect the foliage in transit.