Cottage Garden Plants
Create relaxed, flower-filled borders with layers of colour, foliage and height. Explore plants for an informal garden and choose combinations that suit your light, soil and available space.

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Mexican Orange Blossom | Choisya ternata (3 Litre)
Choisya ternata, commonly known as Mexican Orange Blossom, is a dependable evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic foliage and clusters of fragrant wh...
View full detailsNepeta Six HillS Giant | Catmint 2 LItre
Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' is a particularly robust and attractive variety of catmint. Revered for its tall spikes of violet-blue flowers and fragran...
View full detailsNepeta x Faassenii Catmint 2L
Nepeta x faassenii, commonly known as Catmint, is a popular perennial prized for its aromatic, grey-green foliage and abundant spikes of soft laven...
View full detailsOnoclea sensibilis 2 Litre
Onoclea sensibilis, commonly known as the Sensitive Fern, is a deciduous fern with fresh pale green fronds that bring a soft, natural look to shady...
View full detailsPaeonia Lactiflora 'Primevere' (Peony)
Paeonia lactiflora 'Primevere' is a beautiful and graceful herbaceous peony variety known for its stunning flowers and delicate charm. Th...
View full detailsPaeonia lactiflora 'Top Brass' 4L
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Top Brass’ is a spectacular herbaceous peony admired for its large, fully double blooms featuring layers of creamy white petals...
View full detailsPassiflora 'Purple Haze' (2.25 Litre)
Passiflora Purple Haze is a captivating flowering vine known for its unique and beautiful blooms. This plant features striking purple flowers with ...
View full detailsPaul's Scarlet Hawthorn | Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' (10 Litre)
Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn is a deciduous garden tree that bears generous clusters of double red flowers in spring. Lobed leaves form a rounded canopy...
View full detailsPeach-leaved Bellflower 'Coerulea' | Campanula persicifolia 'Coerulea'
Upright stems of blue, open bell-shaped flowers rise above a low rosette of narrow green leaves. This classic perennial gives an airy summer displa...
View full detailsPear 'Clapp's Favourite' 10 Litre
Pear 'Clapp's Favourite' produces large, juicy yellow-green pears with a red flush and sweet, melting flesh. White spring blossom is followed by an...
View full detailsPear 'Conference' 10 Litre
Pear 'Conference' is a dependable garden variety producing sweet, juicy pears with fine, melting flesh. White blossom appears in spring and the fru...
View full detailsPear 'Williams' 10 Litre
Pear 'Williams' is a classic dessert pear producing aromatic, juicy yellow fruit with smooth, melting flesh. White spring blossom is followed by an...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Lady Hamilton' 2L
Penstemon 'Lady Hamilton' is an upright herbaceous perennial producing elegant spikes of rose-pink, tubular flowers with pale throats above a bushy...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Sour Grapes' - 2Ltr
Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' is an elegant, long-flowering perennial with tubular magenta-blue to violet flowers that have a distinctive metallic sheen....
View full detailsPenstemon 'Sour Grapes' 3 Litre
Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' is an elegant long-flowering perennial with tubular magenta-blue to violet flowers that have a distinctive metallic sheen. ...
View full detailsPerennial Lobelia 'Starship Blue' | Lobelia × speciosa 'Starship Blue'
Deep purple-blue flowers stand on tall spikes above fresh green foliage. A moisture-loving perennial, 'Starship Blue' brings strong vertical colour...
View full detailsPerennial Lobelia 'Starship Scarlet' | Lobelia × speciosa 'Starship Scarlet' (2 Litre)
Scarlet-red flowers rise on upright spikes above a compact clump of foliage. This perennial lobelia is at its best in a moisture-retentive border, ...
View full detailsPersicaria 'Flamingo Feathers' 2L
Persicaria 'Flamingo Feathers' is an upright perennial with fresh green foliage and airy spikes of soft rose-pink flowers from midsummer into autum...
View full detailsPersicaria 'Red Dragon' 2L
Persicaria 'Red Dragon' is a striking foliage perennial grown for its dark red-purple leaves marked with a distinctive silvery chevron. Small pale ...
View full detailsPersicaria vacciniifolia
Persicaria vacciniifolia is a low, spreading perennial forming a carpet of small green leaves topped with slender spikes of soft pink flowers from ...
View full detailsPhlox paniculata 'Famous Pink' 2L
This hybrid compact selection, part of the Early Start series, blooms earlier than other traditional paniculata types and produces large clusters o...
View full detailsPhotinia 'Red Robin' | Photinia × fraseri (140 × 100 cm Frame, 45 Litre)
Photinia ‘Red Robin’ is an evergreen screening plant with bright red young leaves that mature to glossy green. This 45 litre specimen is trained on...
View full detailsPhygelius 'Funfare Orange' 2L
Phygelius ‘Funfare Orange’ is a long-flowering perennial with upright stems carrying pendant, coral-orange trumpets, each with a lemon-yellow throa...
View full detailsPhygelius aequalis 'Sensation' 2 Litre
Phygelius aequalis 'Sensation', commonly known as Cape Fuchsia, is a striking perennial with vibrant, tubular flowers that bloom profusely in shade...
View full detailsBuild a cottage garden with a sense of rhythm
Start with a simple colour palette and repeat plants through the border to bring the scheme together. Compare mature sizes and flowering months, allowing enough room for growth and access for care. Explore summer colour for flowering inspiration, spring and autumn collections to extend the season, or shade plants for sheltered parts of the garden. Bring your garden photos to Newlands in Clondalkin and our horticultural team can help you work through the planting.
Select colours you enjoy and repeat them through the planting.
Use eventual height and spread to arrange plants without overcrowding.
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