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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Acacia pravissima 175–200 cm 10 Litre
Acacia pravissima, or Ovens wattle, is a graceful evergreen small tree with gently arching stems, distinctive blue-green triangular foliage and a g...
View full detailsAcer platanoides 'Crimson Sentry' 10L Pot
Acer platanoides ‘Crimson Sentry’ is a compact, upright form of Norway Maple valued for its rich burgundy-purple foliage and neat, columnar habit. ...
View full detailsAmelanchier arborea 'Robin Hill' | Juneberry
Amelanchier arborea 'Robin Hill' is an elegant small deciduous tree offering several seasons of interest. Pink buds open to soft pink flowers that ...
View full detailsApple 'Beauty of Bath' 10 Litre
Apple ‘Beauty of Bath’ The Apple ‘Beauty of Bath’ is a classic English heritage variety dating back to the 19th century, renowned for its early r...
View full detailsApple 'Brambley Seedling' 10 Litre
Apple ‘Bramley Seedling’ (10 Litre) The Apple ‘Bramley Seedling’ is the most famous cooking apple variety, originating in England in the early 19...
View full detailsApple 'Cox's Orange Pippin' 10 Litre
Apple 'Cox's Orange Pippin' is a celebrated dessert apple with aromatic, richly flavoured fruit and attractive spring blossom. This two-year bush t...
View full detailsApple 'Elstar' 10 Litre
Apple 'Elstar' produces crisp, juicy dessert apples with a balanced sweet-sharp flavour and an attractive red flush. Spring blossom is followed by ...
View full detailsApple 'Gala' 10 Litre
Apple 'Gala' is a popular dessert variety producing sweet, crisp and juicy apples with red-striped skin. Its pink-white spring blossom is followed ...
View full detailsApple 'Golden Delicious' 10 Litre
Apple ‘Golden Delicious’ The Apple ‘Golden Delicious’ is a highly popular and versatile apple variety, originally discovered in the United States i...
View full detailsApple 'Grenadier' 10 Litre
Apple 'Grenadier' is a reliable early-season cooking apple valued for its sharp flavour and soft texture when cooked. It bears attractive spring bl...
View full detailsAstelia 'Red Shadow' 3 Litre
Astelia 'Red Shadow' is an architectural evergreen perennial with long, arching leaves in metallic shades of bronze, grey-green and copper-red. Its...
View full detailsAubrieta 'Axcent Light Blue' (9cm)
Aubrieta 'Axcent Light Blue' is a serene and delicate ground cover plant that adds a touch of tranquility to various garden settings. With its soft...
View full detailsBerberis darwinii 3 Litre
Berberis darwinii, or Darwin's Barberry, is a dense evergreen shrub with glossy, holly-like leaves and masses of vivid orange-yellow flowers in spr...
View full detailsBlackcurrant 'Ben Nevis' | Ribes nigrum
Blackcurrant 'Ben Nevis' is a reliable fruiting shrub producing generous crops of glossy black berries with a rich, sharp-sweet flavour. It is well...
View full detailsBlackcurrant 'Malling Jet' | Ribes nigrum
Blackcurrant 'Malling Jet' is a traditional late-cropping variety with vigorous growth and long strings of glossy black fruit. Its later harvest he...
View full detailsBlueberry 'Bluecrop' | Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop' (2 Litre, 4 Canes)
A dependable mid-season blueberry with blue berries, spring flowers and colourful autumn leaves. Supplied as a four-cane plant for an acidic border...
View full detailsBlueberry 'Jersey' | Vaccinium corymbosum 'Jersey' (2 Litre)
A vigorous blueberry with sweet blue berries later in the summer, spring flowers and red autumn foliage. Allow space for a substantial mature bush....
View full detailsBlueberry 'Northland' | Vaccinium 'Northland' (2 Litre)
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A hardy, compact blueberry with sweet blue berries in early to mid-summer, delicate spring flowers and warm autumn leaf colour.Why we like it Sweet...
View full detailsCarex Oshimensis Everest
This lovely ornamental grass has distinctive green white variegated leaves. perfect for planted containers and can look very well towards the front...
View full detailsChoisya ternata 'Sundance'(Brica) / 25-30 CM C2
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Choisya ternata 'Sundance', commonly known as Mexican orange 'Sundance', is a vibrant evergreen shrub prized for its golden-yellow foliage that bri...
View full detailsClustered Bellflower 'Genti Blue' | Campanula glomerata 'Genti Blue' (2 Litre)
Dense heads of violet-blue bells make 'Genti Blue' a colourful choice for border fronts and cottage gardens. This clump-forming perennial pairs nea...
View full detailsConvolvulus Cneorum 3ltr pot
Convolvulus cneorum is a compact evergreen shrub prized for its silky silver foliage and funnel-shaped white flowers with soft yellow centres. Its ...
View full detailsDaffodil 'Bittern' – 8 Bulbs
Multi-headed yellow flower with an orange trumpet.Planting and flowering Bulbs per pack: 8 Bulb size: 10-12 cm Flower colour: Yellow Flowering ...
View full detailsDaffodil 'Camelot' – 2kg Bag
RHS Award winner. Special, late flowering. Short stem, large golden cup.Why you'll love itRHS Award winnerPlanting and flowering Pack size: 2kg B...
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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