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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Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia' | Cherry Laurel 60-80 3 Litre
Prunus laurocerasus 'Rotundifolia', commonly known as cherry laurel, is a robust evergreen shrub that provides year-round lush greenery. With its g...
View full detailsPrunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia' Trough | Portuguese Laurel (110 Litre Trough 100 x 180cm)
Perfect for instant privacy. These would be perfect for surrounding a patio area. Dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with large glossy, dark green leave...
View full detailsPrunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia' | Portuguese Laurel (2 Litre | 30-40cm)
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Portuguese Laurel, scientifically known as Prunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia,' is an elegant evergreen shrub celebrated for its slender, dark green l...
View full detailsPrunus nipponica 'Brilliant' 3 Litre
Prunus nipponica 'Brilliant' is a compact Japanese alpine cherry valued for its delicate pale pink spring blossom and attractive seasonal foliage. ...
View full detailsPrunus serrula - Tibetan cherry (10 Litre)
Prunus serrula is a magnificent tree for year round interest with its eye-catching polished, tactile bark. The smooth, mahogany bark peels in trans...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata 'Royal Burgundy'
'Royal Burgundy' is one of the best purple leaved cherries, medium sized slightly spreading, deciduous tree, valued for its striking colour, lovely...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata 'Shirofugen' - 10 Litre
Pink buds cover the branches in spring, opening up into fragrant, large double white blooms which fade to pink with age. The young bronze foliage t...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Amanogawa Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree (10 Litre)
Prunus serrulata Amanogawa is a slow-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, columnar crown.The young leaves are bronze-coloured; they turn to mid-gr...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kanzan | Cherry Blossom Tree (10 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
This is one of the most popular double flowering cherry trees available. In spring the tree is laden with large double, deep pink flowers shortly b...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kiku-Shidare-Zakura (10 Litre)
Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in ...
View full detailsPulsatilla vulgaris 'Violet Blue' 9cm
Summer flowering alpine.Pot size: 9cm
Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' 10 Litre
Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' is a narrow, columnar pin oak selected for gardens where width is limited but strong vertical structure is wanted....
View full detailsQuercus Robur - Common Oak
The common oak used to be widespread throughout Ireland for thousands of years. They are one of the longest living trees and are known to live up ...
View full detailsRaspberry 'Malling Promise' | Rubus idaeus 'Malling Promise'
An early summer-fruiting raspberry producing red berries on the previous year's canes. Suitable for fresh eating, freezing and jam, with a main har...
View full detailsRaspberry 'Malling Promise' | Rubus idaeus 'Malling Promise' (2 Litre)
Raspberry 'Malling Promise' is a dependable early-summer raspberry producing good crops of sweet, red fruit on the previous year's canes. Usually h...
View full detailsRaspberry 'Tulameen' | Rubus idaeus 'Tulameen' (2 Litre)
Raspberry 'Tulameen' is a popular summer-fruiting raspberry prized for its large, firm, sweet red berries and excellent dessert quality. Usually ha...
View full detailsRed Hook Sedge 'Everflame' | Uncinia rubra 'Everflame' (2 Litre)
Uncinia rubra 'Everflame' is a small evergreen sedge with bronze foliage and vivid red leaf margins. Its warm tones provide contrast in sheltered b...
View full detailsRhamnus alaternus 'Argenteovariegata' 3L
Rhamnus alaternus 'Argenteovariegata', commonly known as the variegated Italian buckthorn, is an evergreen shrub prized for its glossy green leaves...
View full detailsRhubarb 'Champagne' 3 Litre
Rhubarb 'Champagne' is a vigorous, productive perennial grown for its long, slender red-pink stalks with a pleasantly sweet flavour. It is a classi...
View full detailsRudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' (9cm)
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' is a stunning perennial plant commonly known as Black-Eyed Susan. This 9cm variety of Rudbeckia is highly regarded fo...
View full detailsRudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar'
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Little Goldstar' is a compact black-eyed Susan with masses of bright golden-yellow flowers surrounding dark brown central cones....
View full detailsSalix caprea Pendula - Dwarf Weeping Kilmarnock Willow
Salix caprea Pendula, commonly known as Dwarf Weeping Kilmarnock Willow, is a small ornamental tree with pendulous branches and a weeping habit. Th...
View full detailsSalix Integra 'Flamingo' (2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Salix integra 'Flamingo' is an eye-catching deciduous shrub admired for its vibrant and variegated foliage. This plant features slender, pink and c...
View full detailsSalix Integra 'Hakuro Nishiki'
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
- Throughout spring and summer, eye catching pink tipped small leaves sit against a back drop of mottled green and white variegated foliage on Sali...
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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