Thompson & Morgan

Important delivery notice
The products on this site are only delivered to UK addresses. If you require delivery to another country please visit one of our other sites below.

Refine Results

Refine by..

Email Newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter

Perennial & Biennial Plants


In this range you'll find an impressive selection of perennial plants and biennial plants, which are perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike. Also known as herbaceous plants, perennial plants live for 2 or more years and flower every year. Biennial plants live for up to 2 years, flowering profusely in their second year before setting seed and dying. Both are great for beds and spring displays and there are many delightful plants to choose from. Use the selections in the left menu to select the right plants for your garden.



We have found 29 products.
 

Mazus reptans

  • New in 2012
  • Try a new ground cover idea
This low growing, matt-forming perennial is perfect for filling gaps between stepping stones or at the front of sheltered borders and rockeries. The spreading foliage of Mazus reptans forms a dense carpet that is covered in pretty lilac-blue flowers with a yellow-spotted lower lip. This hardy, ground cover alpine has a long flowering period from late spring to July. Height: 5cm (2"). Spread: 30cm (12").
More info
    • 5 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of September 2013
    •  
    • £14.99
    • 10 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of September 2013
    • SAVE £9.99  
    • £29.98 £19.99

Polyanthus eliator 'Crescendo® Mixed' F1 Hybrid

Primula, Oxlip

 Customer Rating
  • Best In Class for polyanthus click here for details
  • Polyanthus are a majestic spring container choice
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit

Give your garden a dose of springtime magic and banish the winter gloom. Polyanthus ‘Crescendo®’ paints a rainbow of colour with its large blooms in bright colours making bold splashes in pots, window boxes and borders.The flowers are long-lasting, fragrant and produced in abundance upon strong stems which are held above neat rosettes of foliage. With excellent winter hardiness and superior disease resistance, you can expect repeat performances year after year. By far the best bedding polyanthus available.

 

Culinary note: Primula flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
    •  
    • £11.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
    •  
    • £16.99

Primrose 'World's Most Scented Mix'

Primula

- The best ever fragrance mix
- Citrus and honey fragrance
- Colour throughout winter and spring

 

Let the sweet citrus scent and the fresh colour mix of these gorgeous primroses transport you into spring. Primrose ‘Worlds Most Scented Mix’ is our best ever selection of fragrant primroses in a range of bright, cheery colours that will look fabulous planted among your spring bulbs. Grow some in a pot by the back door to really enjoy their perfume. Height and spread: 20cm (8").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
    •  
    • £10.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
    •  
    • £15.99

Campanula 'Mixed'

Bellflower

  • NEW in 2013
  • Exclusive collection
When the going gets tough... plant these robust campanula! They’re the toughest border perennials money can buy. Only the best semi-double, cupped varieties feature in our exclusive mixture.
More info
    • 3 x 7cm potted plants

    • Despatch: By end of September 2013
    •  
    • £19.99
    • 6 x 7cm potted plants

    • Despatch: By end of September 2013
    • SAVE £14.99  
    • £39.98 £24.99

Geranium himalayense 'Birch Double'

Geranium himalayense 'Plenum', Hardy Geranium, Cranesbill

Vigorous and versatile, this superb cranesbill tolerates almost any situation; even full shade. A mass of double purple-pink blooms stand above the delicately serrated foliage which turns to shades of burnt red and orange in autumn. Geranium himalayense ‘Birch Double’ will quickly blend with other herbaceous perennials to create colourful groundcover and looks equally attractive in herbaceous borders and shady woodland gardens. Height: 25cm (10”). Spread: 60cm (24”). More info
    • 1 bareroot plant

    • Despatch: By end of November 2013
    •  
    • £11.99

Poppy 'Plum Pudding'

Papaver orientale, Oriental Poppy

  • NEW in 2013
  • World Exclusive
  • Best in class for oriental poppies
  • T&M's own breeding
From T&M’s own breeding programme comes this superb Oriental poppy. Beautiful tissue-like blooms in a rich shade of plum-pink appear from June, and often give a second display later in the summer. The strong stems and non-fading flowers are longer lasting than most varieties, making this a significant improvement on the popular variety ‘Patty’s Plum’. By late summer Poppy ‘Plum Pudding’ produces attractive seed heads that make an eye catching feature in wildlife or cottage garden borders. Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 60cm (24").

Useful links:

Read more on our blog: Another Plant of the Year award for T&M?

More info
    • 12 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £9.99
    • Out of stock
    • 24 plugs

    • Despatch:
    • SAVE £4.99  
    • £19.98 £14.99
    • Out of stock

Alstroemeria 'Butterfly Hybrids' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection

Peruvian Lily

 
  • WORLD EXCLUSIVE
An old strain of Peruvian lilies called the ‘Ligtu Hybrids’ included some great purples, but over the years these got lost. Now only the pinks and purples have been selected to create this eye-catching mix. Your plants will be smothered with butterflies from the moment the blooms open. One of the easiest cut flowers to grow and definitely one of the most impressive. Height and spread: 60cm (24”).
More info
    • 3 Postiplugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £9.99
    • Out of stock
    • 6 Postiplugs

    • Despatch:
    • SAVE £4.99  
    • £19.98 £14.99
    • Out of stock

Campanula medium 'Blue Cups'

Canterbury Bells, Bellflower

  • NEW in 2013
This clump forming biennial produces tall spires of blue, cup-shaped blooms that add a lovely old-fashioned cottage garden feel to summer borders. With regular deadheading, Campanula medium ‘Blue Cups’ will flower all summer long, attracting pollinating insects to its nectar rich blooms. Canterbury bells is slow growing, but will self seed as the years go by, giving you plenty of cut flowers to enjoy in a vase indoors. Height: 90cm (36"). Spread: 30cm (12").
More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
    •  
    • £9.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
    • Double up 36 to 72 for £5 extra  
    • £19.98 £14.99

Giant Geranium Collection

Pelargonium

  • The biggest geraniums you'll ever find

Enormous heads of bloom with exceptional weather resistance make these giant geraniums stand out from the rest! Raised from cuttings, these plants have increased vigour and abundant flowers that persist throughout summer if deadheaded regularly. Fantastic for creating dramatic patio displays or filling gaps in borders. Height: 60cm (24”). Spread: 50cm (20”).

  • Collection comprises:
  • Geranium ‘Octavia Hill’ – Bold scarlet
  • Geranium ‘Salmon Princess’ -Delicate candy pink.
  • Geranium ‘Sassa’ – Dark pink.
  • Geranium ‘Flower Fairy Berry’ – Rich cerise pink.
  • Geranium ‘Peach Kiss’ – Light pink.
More info
    • 5 jumbo plugs - 1 of each variety

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £12.99
    • Out of stock
    • 15 jumbo plugs - 3 of each variety

    • Despatch:
    • SAVE 19.98  
    • £38.97 £18.99
    • Out of stock
    • 100 jumbo plugs - 20 of each variety

    • Despatch:
    • SAVE £189.81  
    • £259.80 £69.99
    • Out of stock

Pansy 'Plentifall' F1 Hybrid

Viola x wittrockiana

 Customer Rating
  • Best In Class for trailing pansy - click here for details
  • Grow one of the best value trailing pansies in your garden

This new and exciting, large flowered pansy has been bred to have a true trailing habit. Pansy ‘Plentifall’ has branching stems with a mass of fragrant, colourful blooms that will fill your hanging baskets from autumn right through the coldest months of winter. Trails to: 45cm (18”).

 

Culinary note: Pansy flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £13.99
    • Out of stock
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £29.97 £17.99
    • Out of stock

Mimulus x hybridus 'Magic Rainbow'

Diplacus, Monkey Flower, Musk

 Customer Rating
These low growing, bushy mimulus plants produce masses of tubular blooms, looking much like exotic, wide snapdragon flowers. Although monkey flowers are tender perennials, they are best treated as an annual for beds, containers and baskets, except in the mildest parts of the country. Mimulus ‘Magic Rainbow’ is ideal to add a bright splash of summer colour from June to August in lightly shaded, moist beds in the garden. Height and spread: 30cm (12”).
More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £9.99
    • Out of stock
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch:
    • Double up 36 to 72 for £5 extra  
    • £19.98 £14.99
    • Out of stock

Pansy 'Avalanche Bronze Lavender' (Trailing)

Viola x wittrockiana

 Customer Rating

Alluring blooms resembling tiny faces! These free-flowering, compact plants are smothered in an avalanche of boldly coloured flowers with a delicate fragrance throughout spring. Viola ‘Avalanche Bronze Lavender’ is superb in baskets, containers, Flower Pouches® and window boxes. Height and spread: 23cm (9”).


Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £12.99
    • Out of stock
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch:
    •  
    • £16.99
    • Out of stock