Plants for Sunny Gardens
Make the most of a bright garden with fragrant lavender, flowering salvias, airy verbena and colourful perennials. Explore sun-loving plants for borders and patio pots, choosing for your soil, space and shelter.

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Lupin Gallery Pink 2L
Lupin Gallery Pink is a charming perennial plant known for its stunning pink flower spikes that add a burst of color to gardens and landscapes. Its...
View full detailsLupin Gallery Red 2 Litre
Lupin Gallery Red is a stunning herbaceous perennial that produces spires of bright red flowers in early to mid-summer. The flowers are densely pac...
View full detailsLupin Gallery Red 2L
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Lupin Gallery Red is a stunning herbaceous perennial plant with tall spikes of vibrant red flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The f...
View full detailsLupin Gallery White 2 Litre
Lupin Gallery White is a herbaceous perennial known for its spiky flower spikes and lush green foliage. This compact plant produces tall spikes of ...
View full detailsLupin Gallery Yellow 2 Litre
Lupin Gallery Yellow is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to the North America region. It features tall flower spikes that are covered wi...
View full detailsLychnis flos-cuculi 'Alba' P9
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Alba', commonly known as the White Ragged Robin, is a charming perennial plant that adds a touch of elegance to any garden. Th...
View full detailsLychnis flos-cuculi 'Nana' / P9
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Nana', also known as dwarf ragged robin, is a compact version of the classic wildflower, appreciated for its charming and deli...
View full detailsLysimachia 'Snow Candle' 2 Litre
Lysimachia 'Snow Candle' is a vigorous, upright perennial renowned for its tall spikes of pure white, star-shaped flowers that bloom from early to ...
View full detailsLythrum sal. 'Compact Rose' 2L
Lythrum salicaria 'Compact Rose' is a compact purple loosestrife with upright spikes of rose-pink flowers above fresh green foliage. It is especial...
View full detailsLythrum sal. 'Fairytales Rose' 2L
Lythrum salicaria 'Fairytales Rose' is a clump-forming perennial producing upright spikes of clear rose-pink flowers through summer. Its long flora...
View full detailsMagnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris' 2 Ltr pot
Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris'
Malus 'Evereste' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
Malus Evereste is a fantastic crabapple variety with superb ornamental value. Producing a blossom of large, white flowers in the spring and golden-...
View full detailsMalus 'Golden Hornet' | Flowering Crab Apple
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A gorgeous, upright crab apple with masses of cup-shaped, pink-flushed, white flowers in late spring. These are followed in autumn by a profusion o...
View full detailsMalus 'Neville Copeman' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
Small to medium-size tree with distinctly upright ovoid crown but rather irregular, wide ovoid crown. The year-old twigs are purplish brown. The sp...
View full detailsMalus John Downie 10L
Malus are small to medium-sized deciduous trees with showy flowers in spring and ornamental or edible fruit in autumn; some have good autumn foliag...
View full detailsMalus toringo 'Scarlett' | Flowering Crab Apple Tree 10 Litre
A Danish-bred cultivar of one of the Japanese crabapples, Malus toringo Scarlett is a moderately vigorous, small, deciduous tree with an attractive...
View full detailsMalus x robusta 'Red Sentinel' | Flowering Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel'
Malus x robusta 'Red Sentinel' This flowering crab apple 'Red Sentinel' is a prolific flowering variety. Perfect for a medium to large sized gard...
View full detailsMarguerite 'Madeira Crested Yellow' | Argyranthemum frutescens 'Madeira Crested Yellow' (2 Litre)
Crested yellow daisies create a cheerful display above a bushy mound of divided foliage. This tender marguerite is particularly useful in sunny pat...
View full detailsMexican 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 detailsMuscari armeniacum | Grape Hyacinth (75 Pack)
Muscari 'Armeniacum', one of the most popular grape hyacinths, is known for its vibrant, cobalt-blue flowers that appear in dense clusters, resembl...
View full detailsMuscari latifolium | Grape Hyacinth (20 Pack)
Immerse your garden in the enchanting beauty of Muscari latifolium 'The Grape Hyacinth' bulbs, a captivating addition that brings a burst of vivid ...
View full detailsNandina domestica 'Obsessed' 2 Litre
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Nandina domestica 'Obsessed'Nandina Domestica 'Obsessed' or commony called Heavenly Bamboo is a stunning low growing evergreen shrub with varying ...
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 detailsBuild a sunny border with colour and texture
Repeat lavender, Nepeta or compact salvias along the front of a border, then add Achillea, Echinacea or Rudbeckia for flowering colour. Verbena brings light, airy height, while Festuca adds fine-textured foliage and low sedums suit free-draining edges. Plan flowering times and mature sizes before combining plants. A sunny site can still have damp or heavy soil: match each plant to its preferred moisture and drainage, and check hardiness for more tender salvias and French lavender. Explore our cottage, coastal and seasonal collections below, or bring garden photos to our horticulturists in Clondalkin for advice.
Check how much direct sun reaches the planting area through the day, allowing for shade from trees and buildings.
Group plants with similar needs. Lavender and sea thrift need good drainage; Helenium and Rudbeckia appreciate moisture-retentive soil that drains well.
Compare flowering months and combine different heights. Water new plants while they establish and check patio pots regularly in warm weather.
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