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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Plum 'Opal' 10 Litre
Plum ‘Opal’ The Plum ‘Opal’ is a popular early-season dessert plum, originally bred in Sweden. It produces medium-sized, oval fruits with a reddi...
View full detailsPlum 'Victoria' 10 Litre
Plum ‘Victoria’ The Plum ‘Victoria’ is the most popular and widely grown plum variety in the UK, prized for its reliable cropping and delicious fla...
View full detailsPrunus avium 'Plena' | Double-Flowered Wild Cherry
Prunus avium 'Plena' is a magnificent double-flowered wild cherry, producing clouds of pure white blossom in mid to late spring. Its broad, spreadi...
View full detailsPrunus 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 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 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 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 detailsSalvia argentea Artemis | Silver Sage
Salvia argentea 'Artemis', or Silver Sage, is an eye-catching perennial grown mainly for its large, soft, woolly silver-grey leaves. Tall branching...
View full detailsSalvia nemorosa 'Schneehugel' 2 Litre
Salvia nemorosa Schneehügel, also known as Snow Hill Sage, is a compact, clump-forming perennial that produces elegant spikes of pure white flowers...
View full detailsSaxifraga Alpino 'Lime' 9cm
Saxifraga Alpino 'Lime' is a charming perennial known for its compact growth habit and striking foliage. It thrives in alpine gardens, rockeries, o...
View full detailsSorbus Commixta - Mountain Ash (10 Litre)
SORBUS Commixta - Mountain Ash SORBUS Commixta, commonly known as Mountain Ash, is a deciduous tree native to East Asia. It is highly valued for it...
View full detailsSorbus Joseph Rock (10 Litre)
Sorbus Joseph Rock is a stunning ornamental plant that adds beauty and elegance to any garden or landscape. Named after the renowned plant explorer...
View full detailsStar Jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides (3 Litre)
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Star Jasmine is an evergreen climber with glossy leaves and strongly scented white summer flowers. Train its twining stems over a sheltered wall, t...
View full detailsTradescantia and. 'Osprey' 2L
Tradescantia 'Osprey' is a hardy perennial with neat clumps of narrow green foliage and distinctive white three-petalled flowers with contrasting v...
View full detailsTulip 'Tarafa' – 7 Bulbs
White with a pink flash. Greigii short-stemmed flower.Planting and flowering Bulbs per pack: 7 Bulb size: 11-12 cm Flower colour: White Floweri...
View full detailsWhite Ornamental Kale | Brassica oleracea (10.5cm Pot)
A decorative curly-leaved brassica with pale cream-white centres and outer green leaves. Cool weather strengthens its colour, making it useful in a...
View full detailsWhite Potato Vine | Solanum laxum 'Album' (3 Litre)
Solanum laxum 'Album', also known as Solanum jasminoides 'Album', is a vigorous white-flowered climber for a warm, sheltered wall. Starry flowers w...
View full detailsZantedeschia aethiopica 'Snow White | Calla Lily (3 Litre)
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Snow White', commonly referred to as the 'Snow White' Calla Lily, is a perennial plant celebrated for its pristine white, ...
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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