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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Acer 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 detailsAllium 'Magic' 3 Litre
Allium 'Magic' is a stunning ornamental onion variety known for its large, globe-like flower heads that emerge in a striking shade of deep purple. ...
View full detailsAllium christophii – 7 Bulbs
Soft lilac flowers. RHS Award winner. Long lasting star shaped flowers. Bee friendly.Why you'll love it Pollinator friendly RHS Award winner Suitab...
View full detailsAllium Moly 2L
Allium moly is a compact ornamental allium that brings cheerful golden-yellow, star-shaped flowers to sunny borders, rockeries and containers. Its ...
View full detailsAllium schubertii 3 Litre
Allium schubertii, also known as Schubert's allium, is an ornamental onion that is celebrated for its distinctive and dramatic bloom structure. Thi...
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 detailsAnthemis 'Susanna Mitchell' 2L
Anthemis ‘Susanna Mitchell’ is a compact, early-flowering perennial with fine silvery foliage and creamy yellow daisy flowers. It brings a light, i...
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 detailsAquilegia Spring Magic Navy and White
Aquilegia or Columbines are wonderful plants that flower from spring into summer. Perfect for the front of a herbaceous border and won't get too ta...
View full detailsArctotis Hannah 2 Litre
Alstroemeria ‘Summer Sky’ is a compact and floriferous perennial prized for its delicately marked blooms in cream to pale yellow, accented with lil...
View full detailsArenaria White 9cm
Arenaria 'White' is a low-growing, mat-forming perennial known for its neat, cushion-like foliage and profusion of small, starry white flowers. Blo...
View full detailsArmeria 'Armada Pink' (9cm)
Armeria 'Armada Pink,' commonly referred to as Sea Thrift, is a charming perennial that flourishes in coastal landscapes and rock gardens. Its comp...
View full detailsArmeria maritima 'Armada Rose' (9cm)
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Armeria also known as sea thrift due to it's ability to thrive by the coast and not affected by salty coastal air. It thrives in well drained sandy...
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 detailsAstrantia m. 'Magical Red' 2L
Astrantia 'Magical Red' is a compact, clump-forming perennial producing rich burgundy-red pincushion flowers on slender stems above attractive divi...
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 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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