Cottage Garden Plants

Cottage garden planting with a mix of spring flowers, including blue forget me nots, pink blooms, and a red and yellow torch lily among fresh green foliage.

Cottage Garden Plants

Create a garden with warmth and a relaxed feel.
Cottage garden planting blends colour, texture, and informal growth to produce spaces that feel generous and well-established over time.

This collection includes traditional favourites and reliable performers suited to Irish gardens. Use the filters below to explore plants for mixed borders, seasonal colour, or a natural-looking planting style.

Perennial
Origanum laevigatum ‘Herrenhausen’
Oregano 'Herrenhausen'

From €5,50

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Culinary Herb, Shrub, Perennial
Origanum majorana
Sweet Marjoram

€6,95

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Culinary Herb, Perennial
Origanum vulgare
Oregano

€6,95

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Shrub
Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Purpureus’
Holly Olive 'Purpureus'

From €12,95

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Fern
Osmunda regalis ‘Purpurascens’
Royal Fern 'Purpurascens'

From €10,95

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Perennial
Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese Spurge

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Grass
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’
Switch Grass 'Northwind'

From €12,95

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Grass
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’
Switch Grass 'Prairie Sky'

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Grass
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
Switch Grass 'Shenandoah'

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Shrub, Tree
Parrotia persica
Persian Ironwood

From €40,95

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Climber
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper

From €11,95

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Climber
Parthenocissus quinquefolia ‘Star Showers’
Virginia Creeper 'Star Showers'

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Climber
Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’
Boston Ivy 'Veitchii'

From €14,95

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Climber
Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Eliott’
Passion Flower 'Constance Eliott'

€14,95

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Climber, Greenhouse Plant
Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’
Passion Flower 'Snow Queen'

€14,95

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Grass, Perennial
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Little Bunny’
Chinese Fountain Grass 'Little Bunny'

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Grass
Pennisetum ‘Japonicum’
Chinese Fountain Grass

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Perennial
Penstemon ‘Garnet’
Penstemon 'Andenken An Friedrich Hahn'

€8,95

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Perennial
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
Penstemon 'Husker Red'

€10,95

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Shrub
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’
Perovskia 'Little Spire'

From €8,95

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