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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Blueberry '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 'Northland' | Vaccinium 'Northland' (2 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
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 detailsFan-trained Stella Cherry Tree | Prunus avium 'Stella'
Enjoy sweet cherries from your own garden with this fan-trained Prunus avium 'Stella'. Its spreading framework is ideal for training against a sunn...
View full detailsGooseberry 'Hinnonmaki Green' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Green'
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
A self-fertile gooseberry producing green fruit in summer, with a refreshing flavour for cooking or eating when fully ripe.Why we like it Green fru...
View full detailsGooseberry 'Hinnonmaki Red' | Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Red'
A self-fertile gooseberry producing red summer fruit with a sweet flesh and pleasantly tart skin. Useful for eating ripe, preserves and desserts.Wh...
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 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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