Plant Packs

Three succulents to start with, chosen for form rather than rarity.Why these threeA first set should be plants that recover from mistakes. These th...

Four indoor plants that are not toxic to cats and dogs.Why these fourMost of the popular indoor plants are in the wrong list for a household with a...

Four money plants — golden, green, marble and the classic — for one long shelf.Why these fourThe same plant in four leaf colours, which is the chea...

Four plants that flower through an Indian winter, when everything else stops.Why these fourOctober to February is the best flowering season in most...

Six annuals for a bed that has to look full this season, not next year.Why these sixAn annual puts everything into flowering because it has one sea...

Six herbs and edible plants — enough to stop buying small packets of leaves.Why these sixSix is the point at which a kitchen garden changes how you...

Six spreading plants to cover bare soil and keep the weeds down.Why these sixBare earth between plants grows weeds and loses water every hot aftern...

Six foliage plants of different heights and leaf shapes, for one room.Why these sixA room reads as planted when the leaves differ — broad against s...

Six air-purifying plants — roughly one per room of a two-bedroom flat.Why these sixAir-purifying plants work by leaf area and by number, not by bei...

Six scented plants that between them flower or smell in every month of the year.Why these sixA single fragrant plant gives you eight scented weeks....

Six flowering plants ready to go straight into a bed or a long planter.Why these sixBedding works in numbers — a drift of six reads as planting, on...

Six plants for a wall planter, chosen to fill it rather than outgrow it.Why these sixA vertical garden fails when you plant it with anything vigoro...

Six plants that keep working at night, enough for two bedrooms.Why these sixThese species keep their pores open after dark and release oxygen inste...

Six plants for a flat that never gets direct sun.Why these sixMost plant advice assumes a sunny window. These six grow in the light a north-facing ...

Four different snake plants — the same easy plant in four patterns.Why these fourSnake plants vary more than people realise: dark green, gold-edged...

Six plants that survive being forgotten — a whole flat on one watering a fortnight.Why these sixThe same principle as the four, at the size that fu...

Six nectar plants that bring butterflies and sunbirds to a balcony.Why these sixButterflies find a group, not a single pot, and they need nectar ov...

Six succulents, all different, for a sunny sill or a shallow tray.Why these sixSucculents are collected rather than bought one at a time, and six i...

Twelve annuals for one season of full colour, at the lowest price per plant we sell.Why these twelveAnnuals are bred to flower hard and finish, whi...

Twelve herbs and edibles — a kitchen garden, delivered as plants rather than seed.Why these twelveStarted from seed a kitchen garden is three month...

Twelve plants that turn an empty six-foot balcony into a garden in one delivery.Why these twelvePlanting a balcony one pot at a time takes a year a...

Twelve nectar plants — enough for butterflies to treat your terrace as a stop.Why these twelveA butterfly garden is about continuity: something in ...

Twelve air-purifying plants — one per room of a three-bedroom home, with spares.Why these twelveLeaf area is what does the work, so the honest way ...

Twelve flowering plants, picked for this season, enough to plant a whole terrace.Why these twelveColour works by mass. Twelve plants flowering toge...