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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Princess Alexandra of Kent David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Princess Alexandra of Kent is an English rose bred by David Austin, with deep pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared plant...
View full detailsPrincess Anne David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Princess Anne is an English rose bred by David Austin, with pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting position. Its ...
View full detailsPrunus 'Shogetsu' ('Oku-miyako') | Japanese Flowering Cherry
Prunus 'Shogetsu', also known as 'Oku-miyako' or Blushing Bride, is an elegant Japanese flowering cherry with broad, spreading branches. Large hang...
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 laurocerasus Rotundifolia Trough | Cherry Laurel (110 Litre Trough 100 x 300cm)
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 laurocerasus Rotundifolia | Cherry Laurel 80-100cm 10 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 lusitanica 'Angustifolia' | Portuguese Laurel (2 Litre | 30-40cm)
5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Portuguese Laurel, scientifically known as Prunus lusitanica 'Angustifolia,' is an elegant evergreen shrub celebrated for its slender, dark green l...
View full detailsPrunus nipponica 'Brilliant' 3 Litre
Prunus nipponica 'Brilliant' is a compact Japanese alpine cherry valued for its delicate pale pink spring blossom and attractive seasonal foliage. ...
View full detailsPrunus serrula - Tibetan cherry (10 Litre)
Prunus serrula is a magnificent tree for year round interest with its eye-catching polished, tactile bark. The smooth, mahogany bark peels in trans...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata 'Royal Burgundy'
'Royal Burgundy' is one of the best purple leaved cherries, medium sized slightly spreading, deciduous tree, valued for its striking colour, lovely...
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 detailsPrunus serrulata Amanogawa Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree (10 Litre)
Prunus serrulata Amanogawa is a slow-growing deciduous tree with a narrow, columnar crown.The young leaves are bronze-coloured; they turn to mid-gr...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kanzan | Cherry Blossom Tree (10 Litre)
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
This is one of the most popular double flowering cherry trees available. In spring the tree is laden with large double, deep pink flowers shortly b...
View full detailsPrunus serrulata Kiku-Shidare-Zakura (10 Litre)
Prunus can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with showy flowers in spring, and often good autumn foliage colour. Some have edible fruit in ...
View full detailsPulsatilla vulgaris 'Violet Blue' 9cm
Summer flowering alpine.Pot size: 9cm
Queen Bee Floribunda Rose 3.5 Litre
Queen Bee is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with orange/pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting...
View full detailsQueen Elizabeth Floribunda Rose 4.5 Litre
Queen Elizabeth is a floribunda rose for a colourful garden display, with pale pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared plan...
View full detailsQueen of Sweden David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
6 Reviews
Queen of Sweden is an English rose bred by David Austin, with soft pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared planting positio...
View full detailsQuercus palustris 'Green Pillar' 10 Litre
Quercus palustris 'Green Pillar' is a narrow, columnar pin oak selected for gardens where width is limited but strong vertical structure is wanted....
View full detailsQuercus Robur - Common Oak
The common oak used to be widespread throughout Ireland for thousands of years. They are one of the longest living trees and are known to live up ...
View full detailsRambling Rector Climbing Rose 5 Litre
5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Rambling Rector is a rose for training over a suitable wall, fence or support, with white blooms. Its main flowering display arrives in early summe...
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 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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