Specialist plant nurseries

Harts Nursery - Here are some of Britain's specialist plant nurseries. Most offer e-commerce, so you can get plants delivered. Also, make sure you check their websites, as some are open to the public and can be visited. Some of the nurseries have garden centres, or show gardens, or even other attractions such as wild swimming

ALPINES

Ardfearn Nursery - Specialist grower of Alpine plants. Based in Inverness. https://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk

Ice Alpines - Mail order Alpine plants, mostly sold in 9cm pots. Based in Worcestershire. https://www.icealpines.co.uk

AQUATIC 

Deveron Water Lilies - Grower of beautiful water lilies for ponds. Based in Aberdeenshire. https://deveronwaterlilies.co.uk

Puddle Plants - Specialises in British native plants for the pond and bog garden. Based in West Wales. https://www.puddleplants.co.uk

Waterside Nursery - Grower of marginal shelf pond plants, deep water plants and water lilies. Based in Leicestershire. https://www.watersidenursery.co.uk

BULBS

de Jager - Established in 1868 by Peter de Jager in the town of Heiloo, Netherlands, the company moved to England after WWII. Over 450 types of bulbs for sale. Based in Kent. https://www.dejager.co.uk 

Harts Nursery - Family business that sells Lilies, spring flowering bulbs and summer flowering bulbs including Alliums, Callas, Begonias and other bulbous plants to suit all gardens Based in Cheshire. https://www.hartsnursery.co.uk

CACTI

C & V Cacti - All UK grown cacti. Based in West Sussex. https://www.cvcacti.co.uk

Cactusland (Southfields Nurseries) - Thirty gold medals from the RHS Chelsea flower show. Britain's biggest cactus nursery, with over 750 varieties of plant. Based in Lincolnshire. https://cactusland.co.uk

CARNIVOROUS

Wack's Wicked Plants - Carnivorous plant nursery, selling various pitcher plants etc. Based in Yorkshire. https://wackswickedplants.co.uk

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Chrysanthemums Direct - Offers the widest range of Chrysanthemums available to the U.K. market, with over 450 varieties. Based in Cheshire. https://chrysanthemumsdirect.co.uk

CLEMATIS

Taylors Clematis - Grows over 400 varieties of the climbing plant, Clematis. Established 1982. Based in South Yorkshire. https://www.taylorsclematis.co.uk

Thorncroft Clematis - Awarded 12 RHS Gold Medals over the years, at the Chelsea Flower Show, for their clematis  Based in Worcestershire. https://www.thorncroftclematis.co.uk

CONIFERS

Kenwith Conifer Nursery - Specialises in dwarf and miniature conifers. Based in Devon. https://www.kenwithconifernursery.co.uk

Lime Cross Nursery - Sells over 400 varieties of conifer, alongside an artisan vineyard, and lake. Based in East Sussex.  https://www.limecross.co.uk

EXOTICS

FERNS

The Fern Nursery - A small nursery and garden, that specialises in all types of fern plants. Based in Lincolnshire. http://www.fernnursery.co.uk

FRUIT

Blackmoor - Growing fruit plants and fruit trees for over 90 years. Based in Hampshire. https://www.blackmoor.co.uk

GRASSES

Meadowgate Nursery - Ornamental grasses. Based in West Sussex. https://www.meadowgatenursery.co.uk

HEBE

Bankside Nursery - Over 150 varieties of Hebe, a plant native to New Zealand. Based in Cambridgeshire. http://www.banksidenursery.co.uk

HOSTAS

Mickfield Hostas - Established in 1981. National collection of over 2000 Hosta varieties. Based in Suffolk. https://mickfieldhostas.co.uk

New Forest Hostas - Hundreds of Hostas to choose from. Based in Hampshire. https://newforesthostas.co.uk 

HYDRANGEAS

Signature Hydrangeas - Grows and sells over 250 varieties of hydrangea. Based in Kent. https://signaturehydrangeas.co.uk

IRISES

Seagate Nurseries - . Specialist grower of bearded irises. Based in Lincolnshire. https://www.irises.co.uk

ORCHIDS

Love Orchids - Family orchid nursery, selling orchids for 60 plus years. Based in the New Forest, Hampshire. https://www.loveorchids.co.uk

Mcbean's Orchids - One of the oldest plant nurseries in the UK. Growing and selling orchids since 1879! Based in East Sussex. https://www.mcbeansorchids.com

RHODODENDRONS 

Clarks Rhododendrons - One of the country's leading specialist Rhododendron growers, producing some of the rarest varieties of Rhododendron from the Himalayas, China & Vietnam. Based in Cumbria. http://www.clarksrhododendrons.co.uk

Millais Nurseries - Britain's leading specialist Rhododendron grower. Based in Surrey. https://www.rhododendrons.co.uk

ROSES

David Austin Roses - One of the world's best known rose breeders. Based in Shropshire. https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/

Harkness Roses - A long established rose nursery that has been creating new rose varieties for decades. Based in Cambridgeshire. https://www.roses.co.uk/

Peter Beales - Founded in 1968, Sells one of the widest range of roses in the country. Based in Norfolk. https://www.classicroses.co.uk/

Trevor White Roses - Old rose varieties specialist. Based in Norfolk. https://www.trevorwhiteroses.co.uk

WILDFLOWERS

The Blooming Wild Nursery - Grows and sells many types of British native wildflowers. Based in Somerset. https://plantwild.co.uk