Welcome to Harley Nursery
Personal Service and Quality
Harley Nursery is a small family-run business established in 1970 by Brian and Suzanne Baker, and run by the Murphy family since 1990. We are situated 2 miles outside the medieval market town of Much Wenlock, overlooking the Wenlock Edge, on the A458 between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.
We pride ourselves on offering quality products and personal service, which we achieve by having in-depth knowledge of the plants we sell and offering bespoke advice for our customers – whether they are experienced horticulturalists or brand new to growing.
Since 2019, we have been 100% peat-free for all our own-grown stock as we are extremely mindful of the impact the horticulture industry has had, and continues to have, on our environment. Whilst we are not certified organic we grow with organic principles and are proud to offer advice for growing organically, being ever mindful of working alongside nature, wherever possible.
We have a passion for plants
We are a traditional plant nursery and are passionate about growing quality plants. We propagate a high percentage of our stock, either from seed, from cuttings taken on the nursery, by dividing mature plants, or from plug plants. These are grown on within our nursery beds, tunnels and shade house until the plants are of sufficient size to offer for sale. Plants not grown by us are supplied to us from other carefully selected growers to ensure high-quality plants, which are acclimatised to our climate and will thrive in our area.
We stock a wide range of ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, climbers, hedging plants, soft fruit bushes, herbaceous, alpines as well as seasonal bedding and vegetable plants.
Nick’s Top Picks for August
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Price range: £4.50 through £9.50A clump-forming perennial which has strap-shaped, dark bluish green leaves. From July to August, double, orange-brown flowers with a dark red eye are borne.
Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. It will reach a height of 80cm and a spread of 75cm.
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£4.50A woody-based perennial which has pointed, aromatic, fresh green leaves. Smoky, violet flowers are borne on long spires from July to October.
Grow in sharply drained fertile soil in full sun. It will reach a height of 90cm and a spread of 40cm.
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£3.50A carpeting, rhizomatous, woody-based, vigorously spreading perennial which hasbranching stems and elliptic-lance-shaped, hairy, grey-green leaves. In summer, abundant yellow-centred flowerheads are borne either singly or in loose corymbs, opening white and fading through pink to purple.
Grow in fertile, well-drained soil that does not dry out in summer, in full sun with some midday shade. It will reach a height of 15-30cm and a spread of 1m.
Supplied Sizes
1 x Plant in 9cm Container
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£6.75Upright, clump-forming perennial with mid-green lance-shaped leaves. From July to September, yellow and bronze-orange sunflower-like flowers are borne.
Grow in any fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. It will reach a height of 1m and a spread of 50cm.
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Click & Collect
Free next day click & collect is now available. Order by midnight the day before and collect from 10:00 the following day. Customers should only collect if they have received an email, confirming the order is ready and waiting for them. We aim for this to be before 10:00, however at peak times this cannot always be guaranteed.
Local Delivery
We offer a local delivery service within a 20 mile radius of the nursery to the following postcodes: SY1, SY2, SY3, SY4, SY5, SY6, SY7, SY8, SY9, TF1, TF2, TF3, TF4, TF5, TF6, TF7, TF8, TF10, TF11, TF12, TF13, WV15, WV16. Delivery is £5.00 under £100.00 and free over £100.00. Anyone wishing to place an order with us outside of these areas can use the click & collect option and collect the order from us.
National Delivery
We don’t currently offer nationwide delivery, but that’s about to change.
Update – 20th July 2026: We’re delighted to announce that our application to issue Plant Passports has been approved. Once our records have been audited and the process is fully in place, we’ll be able to send many of our smaller plants throughout the UK.
We’re looking forward to launching this service soon, so please watch this space for further updates.