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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Campanula Isoph 'Napoli' (P11)
Campanula isophylla 'Napoli', also known as Italian Bellflower or Star of Bethlehem, is a perennial trailing plant noted for its profuse display of...
View full detailsCampanula Isophylla Berlin (P11)
Campanula isophylla 'Berlin' is a charming and delicate trailing plant known for its abundant, bell-shaped flowers and attractive foliage. As a cul...
View full detailsCampanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna' 2L
Campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’ is a tall, graceful perennial bearing branching stems of soft pink, bell-shaped flowers. It brings colour to cot...
View full detailsCampanula Portenschlagiana (P11)
These low-growing Dalmatian bellflowers look wonderful cascading over a sunny, well-drained, rock garden or raised bed, used as edging or tucked in...
View full detailsCampanula Portenschlagiana Ice White
Campanula portenschlagiana 'Ice White' is a stunning plant that brings a touch of pure beauty to any garden. This perennial variety showcases exqui...
View full detailsCampanula Pristar Deep Blue 9cm
Campanula 'Pristar Deep Blue' is a beautiful perennial known for its striking deep blue, bell-shaped flowers that bloom profusely from late spring ...
View full detailsCampsis (60cm) 2 Litre
Campsis (60cm) 2 Litre - Sold individually
Carefree Days Patio Rose 3.5 Litre
Carefree Days is a compact patio rose for smaller planting spaces, with light pink blooms. Enjoy its summer flowers in a sunny, well-prepared plant...
View full detailsCarex morrowii Ice Dance
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance' is a popular ornamental grass known for its distinctive variegated foliage. It is a low-maintenance evergreen plant that...
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 detailsCarex testacea 'Prairie Fire' P14
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Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire' is a popular ornamental grass known for its vibrant orange-bronze foliage. It is a low-growing sedge that can reach u...
View full detailsCarpinus Betulus 'Fastigiata' - Hornbeam
A form of our native hornbeam differing mainly in its tightly ascending branching habit, which lends strong architectural structure to a landscape....
View full detailsCaryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' 3 Litre
Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' is a colourful deciduous shrub combining bright golden-yellow foliage with clusters of blue flowers in ...
View full detailsCentaurea 'Amethyst in Snow'
Centaurea 'Amethyst in Snow' is a striking perennial known for its unique, bicolor flowers. The blooms feature a central disc of rich amethyst purp...
View full detailsCentaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream' is a captivating perennial known for its striking, deep amethyst-blue flowers. This variety of mountain bluet st...
View full detailsCentaurea Montana 'Amethyst in Snow' | Perennial Cornflower (2 Litre)
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Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow' is a stunning and unique perennial plant that brings beauty and contrast to garden landscapes. This variety of...
View full detailsChilean Potato Bush 'Glasnevin' | Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin'
Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin', commonly known as Chilean Potato Bush, is a vigorous semi-evergreen climbing or scrambling shrub with clusters of blue...
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 detailsChoisya ternata Sundance Brica 2 Litre Pot
Sundance is a medium-sized evergreen shrub of rounded habit with glossy bright yellow, ternate leaves and small clusters of fragrant white flowers....
View full detailsClaire Austin David Austin Fragrant Rose 6 Litre
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Claire Austin is an English rose bred by David Austin, with creamy-white key features: highly fragrant particularly healthy highly blooms. Enjoy it...
View full detailsClematis 'Blue Ocean'
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Clematis 'Blue Ocean' is a wonderful clematis with stunning upward facing flowers in abundance. It is a lovely low growing clematis that will only ...
View full detailsClematis 'Early Sensation' (2 Litre)
Clematis 'Early Sensation' is a prized evergreen cultivar known for its vibrant, creamy-white blooms that burst forth in early spring. This Clemati...
View full detailsClematis 'Exciting' 2 Litre, single cane
Clematis ‘Exciting’ (‘Zoexci’) is a compact climber with purple flowers. It adds a flowering layer to a small trellis or patio container without ne...
View full detailsClematis 'Inspiration'
Clematis 'Inspiration' is a compact, deciduous climber renowned for its vibrant display of violet-purple flowers, adorned with a prominent central ...
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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