Good plant suppliers UK based.

BB15

I'm looking to re stock my garden and wondered if anyone can recommend  reasonably priced suppliers please. I'd prefer UK based to avoid delivery damage as much as possible.

elsien

Local independent nurseries are my go to. 

Hoenir

Not the cheapest but have some interesting plants

https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/index.cfm

ArbitraryRandom

It really depends on what type of plant you are after - there's some good UK based fruit tree suppliers, or I can recommend some places that do unusual veg, or native wildflower plugs?

But if you don't have anything particular in mind and want to buy online, then T&M are fairly cheap/have decent sales, have excellent packaging and good customer service if anything does arrive damaged/doesn't thrive. 

fatbelly

We've just had an order from J Parker and are pleased with it from a quality/value angle.

YoungBlueEyes

You don't say what size of garden or what kind of plants you'd like, but as long as you're not looking for anything particularly special/rare then I'd have a good scout round morrisons. I've bought plenty of different bits from there - fruit bushes, climbing plants, trees - and they've all been ok. 

I also hear good things about Thompson + Morgan from people I consider real gardeners. 

If you've got patience then buying little plants from a nursery is probably the way to go.

What kind of things are you thinking of @BB15 ?

Farway

YoungBlueEyes said:

You don't say what size of garden or what kind of plants you'd like, but as long as you're not looking for anything particularly special/rare then I'd have a good scout round morrisons. I've bought plenty of different bits from there - fruit bushes, climbing plants, trees - and they've all been ok. 

I also hear good things about Thompson + Morgan from people I consider real gardeners. 

If you've got patience then buying little plants from a nursery is probably the way to go.

What kind of things are you thinking of @BB15 ?

As YBE says, depends on what you are after, at least with Morrisons you get to look and leave the dying ones on the racks, plus the choices tend to change quite often as stock is sold or dies

A local nursery if something unusual, but generally Garden centres are only selling whatever they have bought from a plant wholesaler, so one is much the same as another, except for the café.

sheramber

The advantage of buying locally  is the plants are suitable for   the local climate conditions. 

No point buying something  tender from a mild area of you live in a colder, windy area.

You also see whar you are buying. 

BB15

Thank you for the selection of ideas, just what I needed. I'm really just looking for shrub type plants ,perennials. and the like. Nothing too specialised. Not near a Morry's but I'll keep looking at the others it's surprising what you find in the supermarkets.

Farway

BB15 said:

Thank you for the selection of ideas, just what I needed. I'm really just looking for shrub type plants ,perennials. and the like. Nothing too specialised. Not near a Morry's but I'll keep looking at the others it's surprising what you find in the supermarkets.

Of course, never forget car parks. 

Some of us trim the odd twig which could catch on clothes. 

We take these twigs home for safe disposal, often sticking collecting them into a pot of soil or some water until we have enough to perhaps warrant a trip to the green recycle centre.

Some twigs even root before disposal has been organised, I've got a buddleia which has been awaiting disposal for over twenty years

Katiehound

You might also see if the neighbours have got anything that takes your fancy. Many folk are happy to split a large plant or give you self sown seedlings. I have given bits & pieces away- and happy to do so.