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Hardy Plants

Come and discover one of the biggest and most beautiful hardy plant departments of any garden centre in the county.

We stock a diverse selection of high-quality hardy plants all throughout the year so come rain or shine, you can rely on us to provide the best plants to help you cultivate your green space.

Our main plant area is organised into categories such as climbers, perennials, and alpines, and with friendly knowledgeable staff who are always happy to help, shopping for your garden is a breeze.

You will find inspiration throughout the department on how to display your hardy plants in a cohesive way to create the garden of your dreams.

Keep an eye out for information signs to learn more about our plants so you know they are the right choice before you buy!

Looking for some tips & tricks? Then take a look at our guides:

A guide to culinary herbs
Plants For:
Cold areas
Damp & shaded areas
Dry & shaded areas
Hot & dry areas

Plan Your Visit

Why not plan your visit and pop over at a time that suits you.

Want something delivered?

We can delivery any large items that you cannot fit into your car.

Prefer to chat to someone?

Call our office where a member of our staff will be able to help.

01268 280 699

Pip's Top Tip

Always water plants for the garden well before planting. A prolonged soak in a bucket of water is the best way to prepare hardy plant before planting.

Local Delivery Service

Found something you love, but can’t fit it in to your car? Don’t worry, help is at hand.

Our driver Colin and his team will be happy to deliver for you. We only use our own vans, not outside couriers, so the service is only available locally.

You can find out more by talking with one of our helpful team members when next in store.

Dogs are welcome

At Summerhill, we love our four-legged friends just as much as you do! We welcome well-behaved dogs to join you during your visit to our garden centre. To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone, please see our Dog-Friendly Policy

Gardening Calendar

Take a look at our month-by-month gardening calendar for tips and advice on what you need to be doing in your garden at any time of the year.

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Customer Comments

We love hearing from our customers. We pride ourselves on our outstanding service and it’s wonderful to hear of the experiences our customers have had whilst shopping in the garden centre.

Great garden centre with huge selection of products. Unusual gift ideas and fantastic aquatic section that puts most pet shops to shame. Kids would love just seeing the huge collection they have and keeps them occupied and interested. Well worth a visit and spend time browsing for ideas.

Brilliant, lots of amazing things for the garden...not just plants and trees... Could spend hours there...

Excellent service wanted advice on specific plants, the man really knew his stuff and helped me choose exactly what I wanted. Whole new range of impressive stock. Highly recommend.

I have to say nothing was too much for the staff at this shop, not only did they take down displays and box them for me they also took them to the till waiting until id walked around the shop as they were extremely heavy, they were helpful polite and adhered to safety of every customer, it was a pure delight even for a casual walk around inside and outside areas, with added sunshine and a few bargains to boot.. take a trip if you’re looking for new ideas or an hour to kill ...

A truly lovely garden centre.. very clean, tidy and have a very healthy selection of plants, trees, and shrubs. Staff are polite and knowledgeable.

OMG what an amazing two visits over the weekend. Beautiful healthy massive variety of plants, flowers, garden and barbecue accessories to choose from. Silk fake plants look amazingly real. Although a little on the expensive side everything is worth it. No quibble about returning items either. Excellent well-mannered and very helpful staff on hand to help with questions and lifting of heavy items. Definitely recommend and no doubt at all that I will be going back this weekend.

The Garden CentreTo Visit in Essex

We have parking spaces for up to 450 cars and easy access both onto and off of the A127, which is the main dual-carriage way into Southend-on-Sea. The A127 is off Junction 29 of the M25 which is a 10 minute drive to our door. Plan your visit to Summerhill today. We can’t wait to see you.

Summerhill Garden Centre, Pipps Hill Road North, A127 Arterial Road, Billericay, Essex CM11 2UJ