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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Olea europaea | Olive Tree - Mini Stem 55cm Tall
Olea europaea, commonly known as the Olive Tree, is a slow-growing evergreen tree celebrated for its silvery-green foliage and Mediterranean charm....
View full detailsOnion Loose Bag
Let us pick and pack a bag of our loose onions here in our store. Great value
Paeonia Lactiflora 'Primevere' (Peony)
Paeonia lactiflora 'Primevere' is a beautiful and graceful herbaceous peony variety known for its stunning flowers and delicate charm. Th...
View full detailsPaeonia lactiflora 'Top Brass' 4L
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Top Brass’ is a spectacular herbaceous peony admired for its large, fully double blooms featuring layers of creamy white petals...
View full detailsPassiflora 'Purple Haze' (2.25 Litre)
Passiflora Purple Haze is a captivating flowering vine known for its unique and beautiful blooms. This plant features striking purple flowers with ...
View full detailsPaul's Scarlet Hawthorn | Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' (10 Litre)
Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn is a deciduous garden tree that bears generous clusters of double red flowers in spring. Lobed leaves form a rounded canopy...
View full detailsPeach-leaved Bellflower 'Coerulea' | Campanula persicifolia 'Coerulea'
Upright stems of blue, open bell-shaped flowers rise above a low rosette of narrow green leaves. This classic perennial gives an airy summer displa...
View full detailsPear 'Clapp's Favourite' 10 Litre
Pear 'Clapp's Favourite' produces large, juicy yellow-green pears with a red flush and sweet, melting flesh. White spring blossom is followed by an...
View full detailsPear 'Conference' 10 Litre
Pear 'Conference' is a dependable garden variety producing sweet, juicy pears with fine, melting flesh. White blossom appears in spring and the fru...
View full detailsPear 'Williams' 10 Litre
Pear 'Williams' is a classic dessert pear producing aromatic, juicy yellow fruit with smooth, melting flesh. White spring blossom is followed by an...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Garnet' 2 Litre
Penstemon 'Garnet' is a striking perennial that produces rich, deep red to garnet-colored tubular flowers, which bloom profusely from late spring t...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Lady Hamilton' 2L
Penstemon 'Lady Hamilton' is an upright herbaceous perennial producing elegant spikes of rose-pink, tubular flowers with pale throats above a bushy...
View full detailsPenstemon 'Sour Grapes' - 2Ltr
Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' is an elegant, long-flowering perennial with tubular magenta-blue to violet flowers that have a distinctive metallic sheen....
View full detailsPenstemon 'Sour Grapes' 3 Litre
Penstemon 'Sour Grapes' is an elegant long-flowering perennial with tubular magenta-blue to violet flowers that have a distinctive metallic sheen. ...
View full detailsPersicaria vacciniifolia
Persicaria vacciniifolia is a low, spreading perennial forming a carpet of small green leaves topped with slender spikes of soft pink flowers from ...
View full detailsPhlox Goldiphlox Cherry (9cm)
Phlox 'Goldiphlox Cherry' is a vibrant perennial plant that showcases a profusion of charming, cherry-red flowers. This 9cm variety of Phlox offers...
View full detailsPhlox paniculata 'Famous Pink' 2L
This hybrid compact selection, part of the Early Start series, blooms earlier than other traditional paniculata types and produces large clusters o...
View full detailsPhlox subulata Candy Stripes 9cm
Phlox subulata 'Candy Stripes', commonly known as Creeping Phlox, is a charming, low-growing perennial that forms a dense mat of vibrant, varie...
View full detailsPhlox subulata Fort Hill Deep Pink (9cm)
Phlox subulata 'Fort Hill Deep Pink' is a stunning ground cover perennial that features a profusion of deep pink flowers. This variety of Phlox sub...
View full detailsPhormium 'Evening Glow'
Phormium 'Evening Glow' is a striking evergreen New Zealand flax with arching sword-shaped leaves striped in shades of pink, red, bronze and purple...
View full detailsPhormium 'Yellow Wave'
Phormium 'Yellow Wave' is an evergreen, clump-forming New Zealand flax with arching leaves boldly striped in bright yellow and green. Its luminous ...
View full detailsPhotinia 'Red Robin' | Photinia × fraseri (140 × 100 cm Frame, 45 Litre)
Photinia ‘Red Robin’ is an evergreen screening plant with bright red young leaves that mature to glossy green. This 45 litre specimen is trained on...
View full detailsPhotinia fraseri 'Little Red Robin' (2 Litre)
Photinia fraseri 'Little Red Robin' is a compact cultivar of the popular Photinia shrub. Known for its vibrant young red foliage that matures to a ...
View full detailsPhotinia fraseri Chico 2L pot
Photinia Chico is a very popular option for planting in a border or a low hedge due to it is fantastic colour and hardiness. With bright red foilag...
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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