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Plan Ahead: The Essential Plant Supply Guide
Plant availability can change with the season, required size, plant form, nursery production, and market demand. This practical guide helps you ask the right questions early, reduce supply risks, and make more confident planting decisions.
Useful for landscapers, contractors, councils, developers, retail customers, and DIY planting schemes.

Why Download This Guide?
Plant Supply Should Not Be the Last Thing Confirmed on a Project.
Plants are living products, not standard materials. A plant may be readily available in one size or form but difficult to source in another. Larger quantities, specialist varieties, mature trees, hedging, and fixed planting dates can all require earlier planning.
This guide will help you understand what to confirm before finalising your plant list, so you have more options, fewer last-minute substitutions, and a smoother delivery and planting programme.

What You'll Learn Inside
Get practical, easy-to-follow guidance to help you plan your planting project with greater confidence. From choosing the right plants and understanding seasonal availability to preparing for delivery and aftercare, this guide will help you make informed decisions before planting begins.
Inside the guide, you'll discover:
✅ The five key details that help assess plant availability
✅ When to consider container-grown, bare-root, rootballed, and Air-Pot stock
✅ Which trees, hedging, and specialist plants need early attention
✅ How to manage substitutions without losing the purpose of the original scheme
✅ Seasonal planting, delivery, site-readiness, and aftercare checks
✅ A simple Project Plant Supply Snapshot to help organise your next project
Meet Simon Hill
Fourth-Generation Horticulturist, A. Hill & Sons Ltd
With generations of hands-on horticultural experience, Simon Hill and the team at A. Hill & Sons help customers plan, source, and plant with confidence.
From commercial landscaping projects and tender-stage plant lists to retail gardens and DIY planting schemes, Simon combines traditional nursery knowledge with practical, honest advice. The focus is always on choosing suitable plants, understanding availability early, and helping each project get the best possible start.
“The right plant matters — but the right plan gives it the best possible start.”
- Simon Hill
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