One of Suffolk’s Largest Selections of Garden Plants
Autumn brings a different look to Woolpit Nurseries and plenty of reasons to keep planting.
Choose from trees, shrubs, hedging, hardy perennials, spring bulbs, grasses, heucheras, ferns, hellebores, topiary and Italian plants.
The soil is still warm in early autumn, temperatures are cooler and rainfall usually increases. These conditions give many newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials time to establish their roots before next spring.
Visit our family-run nursery in Woolpit, between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, to choose your plants in person. Bring a photo or measurements of the area you want to plant and our team can help you find suitable plants for the space.
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Why Buy Your Plants at Woolpit Nurseries?
Plants Grown for Suffolk Gardens
We grow around 90% of our plants here at Woolpit Nurseries, so we know the plants we sell.
Tell us about your garden and we can help you choose plants for sunny borders, shady corners, exposed areas, containers, screening or difficult spaces.
If the hot, dry summer highlighted plants that struggle in your garden, bring us a photo. We can suggest alternatives better suited to the position and your soil.
Autumn Plants for Colour, Structure and Next Year’s Garden
Don’t stop planting because summer has finished.
Autumn is an excellent time to plant many trees, shrubs, hedging and hardy perennials. You can also plant spring-flowering bulbs now for colour next year.
What to Plant This Autumn
Trees & Fruit Trees
Planting a tree in autumn gives its roots time to start establishing before next summer.
Choose ornamental trees for blossom, autumn foliage, screening or a garden focal point, plus fruit trees for your own home-grown crops.
Not sure what will fit? Bring the approximate measurements of your available space and ask us.
Shrubs
Choose from around 180 varieties of shrubs for flowers, foliage, berries, screening and year-round structure.
Autumn is a particularly useful time to add shrubs to gaps exposed when summer flowers start to fade.
Tell us whether your planting position is sunny or shady and how much space you have. We’ll help you narrow down the choice.
Spring Flowering Bulbs
Want more colour next spring? Start planting now.
Choose spring-flowering bulbs for borders, beneath trees, around shrubs and in pots. Planting different varieties can provide successive bursts of colour from the first signs of spring onwards.
Hardy Perennials
We grow and stock more than 360 varieties of hardy perennials.
Use autumn to fill gaps, extend your flowering season and plan better combinations for next year’s borders.
Choose plants for sun or shade, different heights and flowering periods, including plenty of varieties attractive to bees and other pollinators.
Hedging Plants
Autumn and winter are important planting months for hedges.
A new hedge can provide privacy, define a boundary, reduce exposure and create valuable habitat for garden wildlife.
Visit the nursery and talk to us about the length of hedge you need to plant, the growing conditions and the height you eventually want.
Ask us about current hedging stock when you visit.
Topiary & Structural Plants
Evergreen topiary and structural shrubs keep their impact long after summer flowers have disappeared.
Use them beside entrances, along paths, in borders or in large containers to give the garden shape throughout autumn and winter.
Italian Plants & Olive Trees
Our Italian range includes olive trees and distinctive Mediterranean-style plants for patios, courtyards and larger gardens.
If you are considering an olive tree or larger specimen, talk to us about its position and winter protection before you buy.
Garden Pots & Containers
Give patios, entrances and courtyards year-round interest with planted containers.
Choose from terracotta pots, frost-resistant containers and larger statement planters, then find plants at the nursery to fill them.
Autumn Bedding Plants
Keep pots, containers, borders and entrances colourful as summer bedding starts to fade.
Choose autumn bedding plants for an easy seasonal refresh, including varieties that cope with cooler weather and provide colour through autumn and into winter.
What’s Looking Good Now
The nursery changes as autumn progresses.
Look out for autumn-flowering perennials, shrubs, ornamental grasses, heucheras, ferns, hellebores, hedging, trees, topiary and plants with colourful foliage or berries.
Spring-flowering bulbs are also ready for planting.
Stock changes regularly. See what’s in stock before you visit, then come to the nursery to choose your plants in person.
Don’t Forget to Water New Plants
Cooler weather does not mean newly planted trees, shrubs and perennials can be forgotten.
Water them thoroughly when planting and keep checking the soil during dry periods. Newly planted specimens need time to develop roots into the surrounding soil.
Pots can still dry out quickly too, particularly during sunny or windy autumn weather.
Great Value Garden Plants
Small Perennials: £3.45 each or 4 for £12
Large Perennials: £4.95 each or 4 for £18
2ltr Shrubs: £8.95 each or 3 for £24
5ltr Shrubs: £12.95 each
Grasses, Heucheras, Ferns, Hellebores, Hebes: £9.95 each or 2 for £18
The family behind Woolpit Nurseries: Pam Jackson, Andrew Brain, Bob Jackson & Catherine Brain.
Meet the Family Behind Woolpit Nurseries
Woolpit Nurseries has been growing and supplying plants direct to the public since 1978. Founded by Pam and Bob Jackson and now run by Catherine and Andrew, our independent nursery grows around 90% of plants on-site.
That means you can buy locally grown plants and ask people who grow them how to look after them.
More Plants to See at the Nursery
Our range changes throughout the year.
Visit Woolpit Nurseries for garden bulbs, alpine plants, ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, hardy perennials, roses, grasses, ferns, bamboo, heathers, topiary, Italian plants, compost, garden pots and gardening products.
Visit Woolpit Nurseries to Buy Garden Plants
Come to our family-run plant nursery in Woolpit, between Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket, to choose your plants in person.
Our experienced team can help you choose plants suited to the space, soil, sun and shade.
Monday to Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Sunday: 10am to 4pm
We don't sell plants online. Visit the nursery to see the current selection and choose the plants you want to take home.