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Shrubs - Native
Along with our native trees, these native shrubs feature in most Irish hedgerows and provide a wide range of wildlife with food, shelter, and nesting sites throughout the year.
Learn more about what to plant and when to plant it in our advice section and find even more information in our resources.
Bareroot shrubs | mid-November to March
Bareroot shrubs are only available from mid-November to March. You can learn more about the differences between bareroot and potted plants in our advice section.
Potted shrubs | all year round
Potted shrubs are available all year, but the best selection, and the best time to plant, is in late spring (April to May) and early autumn (September to October).

Frangula alnus - Alder Buckthorn
€26.00
Alder Buckthorn One of Ireland's rarest native trees, Alnus Frangula can also be found throughout Europe, northernmost Africa, and western Asia. Alder Buckthorn has dark green leaves that turn yellow in Autumn. The long season of inconspicuous flowers are followed by abundant red berries that mature to black. The bark is dark blackish-brown, wit...
Hedera Hibernica

Hedera Hibernica
€3.00
Irish Ivy Irish or Atlantic Ivy is a native evergreen climber which clings by means of tiny stem roots to walls, trees and rocks and will also carpet the ground in shade and under trees and hedges. Yellow-green flowers appear in autumn and are attractive to bees, followed by black fruits which provide food for birds. Makes very effective, dense ...

Rhamnus cathartica - Purging Buckthorn
€24.00
Purging buckthorn (Paide bréan) A bushy, deciduous shrub that is native to Ireland, parts of Europe and much of Asia. Rhamnus cathartica has bright green glossy foliage and bears tiny green-white flowers which are very attractive to bees; the flowers are followed by shiny red berries that eventually turn black in the Autumn. It has a suckering n...

RHS Empathy Afterplant - Tree & Shrub
€12.00
RHS Empathy After Plant Evergreen Empathy AFTER PLANT EVERGREEN is ideal for Buxus (box), Bay trees, Camelias, Yew, Conifers and all types of evergreen hedging or garden plants. Plants in the Ground: Apply 1-2 handfuls (25 – 50g) around the base of the plant, lightly worked into the soil and water well. for larger established plants apply 2 hand...

Arbutus unedo - Strawberry Tree
€8.00
Arbutus unedo - Strawberry Tree - (Caithne) Thought to be native to the south-west of Ireland, and sometimes called the Killarney strawberry tree or caithne, Arbutus unedo is also found in Mediterranean countries. It is mainly found in the wild in Co. Kerry especially in the Killarney district where it forms a large part of the natural forest on...
Cornus sanguinea

Cornus sanguinea
€3.00
Native Dogwood (Conbhaiscne) This once rare native shrub or small tree is now widely planted due to its ability to grow almost anywhere. Creamy-white flowers in late spring, followed later by small purple-black fruit. Its leaves turn reddish-purple in autumn and hold on to colourful reddish stems throughout the winter. For best stem colour and t...
Corylus avellana - Hazel

Corylus avellana - Hazel
€1.80
Corylus avellana - Hazel A native Irish tree, once believed to be the tree of knowledge, Corylus avellana is a large, deciduous shrub or small tree with a spreading, bushy habit. The large, mid-green leaves are broad, almost round, with a serrated edge, and turn yellow in autumn. The long, yellow male catkins appear in January and February; alth...
Cytisus scorparius

Cytisus scorparius
€4.00
Cytisus scorparius An erect, native deciduous shrub of variable habit and size. The green shoots combined with relatively insignificant looking leaves give the impression of the plant being evergreen. Profuse pea-like golden yellow flowers in May & June are later followed by pods that burst open to distribute the black seeds. Often found nat...

Euonymus europaeus - Spindle
€2.00
Spindle (Feoras) Sometimes known as Spindleberry or burning bush, Euonymus europaeus is native to Ireland. It usually grows tall and narrow, although given enough space it can reach more than 5m high and wide. Often planted as part of a hedgerow but its many cultivars are becoming common in gardens. In Summer it has tiny greenish-white flowers, ...

Ligustrum vulgare - Native privet
€3.00
Native Privet Ligustrum vulgare Wild Privet Tough, lime-tolerant, Ligustrum vulgare is deciduous, sometimes semi-evergreen and has long been used as a hedging plant for fields, particularly in Northern Ireland. It’s a medium-sized shrub with a bushy habit and dull-green, lance-shaped leaves. In summer, pretty panicles of tiny white flowers appe...

Lonicera periclymenum - Native Honeysuckle
€4.00
Honeysuckle, Woodbine A vigorous, native, deciduous twining climber, bearing strongly fragrant tubular white flowers, tinged pink outside, fading to yellow. Honeysuckle needs support to grow up and cutting back by approximately a third each year once established. It is a cottage garden classic and a well known site in hedgerows. Position: Full...
Rosa canina - Dog Rose

Rosa canina - Dog Rose
€3.00
Rosa canina - Dog Rose The familiar and much-loved dog rose of our hedgerows and woodland edges, Rosa canina is a vigorous, scrambling, suckering, deciduous shrub with arching green stems armed with curved thorns to help it climb. The mid-green leaves are divided into 7 leaflets. The lightly scented, five-petalled flowers, 2-3”/5cm across, come ...

Rosa rubiginosa - Wild Rose
€3.00
Rosa rubiginosa - Sweet Briar An uncommon native plant, this is the rose that Shakespeare called eglantine. Rosa rubiginosa is a big, vigorous, thorny, deciduous shrub with an erect, spreading, bushy habit. The divided, mid-green leaves have rather rounded leaflets with sticky brown glands on the undersurface, which exude the scent of apples, es...

Viburnum opulus - Guelder Rose
€2.00
Guelder Rose (Caorchan) An attractive native shrub often seen in country hedgerows. Viburnum opulus has maple-like leaves and beautiful white lace-cap flowers in the Spring, followed by clusters of translucent red berries in early Autumn. It is a great addition to a wildlife fruiting hedgerow especially. Site: Tolerates some exposureSoil: Any we...