Shrubs for Irish Gardens

What This Collection Brings to the Garden

Shrubs form the lasting framework of many gardens, providing evergreen structure, flowers, foliage, berries, scent and screening at different times of year.

Shrubs bridge the gap between trees and perennials, giving borders permanent shape, volume and year-round substance. Depending on the variety they can provide flowers, fragrance, berries, evergreen foliage, screening and autumn colour.

Why It Works in Irish Gardens

Many shrubs thrive in Ireland’s mild, moist climate, but exposed coastal gardens, heavy soils and wet winters can make plant choice important. Selecting by mature size, drainage and exposure creates better structure with less corrective pruning later.

Choosing the Right Plants

Choose shrubs by mature height and spread, evergreen or deciduous habit and the season in which you want the strongest effect. Allowing enough room at planting usually gives a better result than repeated hard pruning later.

Planting and Care

Water well during establishment and mulch where useful. Prune according to the individual shrub’s flowering habit; unnecessary clipping can reduce flowers, berries and the natural shape.