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Hardy herbaceous plants give years of colourful flowers and foliage from a single planting. Many of them die back in the winter, though some only flower in winter! Plan carefully and you can have interesting and ever-changing displays of beautiful perennial blooms throughout the whole year.
To learn more about choosing and growing perennials, check out some of our various articles in our advice section:
- Choosing and growing wildflowers in your garden
- Perennials for late-summer colour
- Growing primulas
- Choosing and growing hardy geraniums
- Perennials and grasses for early-autumn color
- Hellebores for the winter garden
Availability and planting | All year
There are perennials for every season, though the largest variety is usually available in spring and summer when they are coming into (and in) bloom! Check back throughout the year to see our ever-changing varieties.
Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium
€3.00
Common Yarrow (Athair Thalún) This native wildflower is a strongly scented, downy perennial of pastures, roadsides and waste places throughout Ireland that flowers from June until November. Feathery foliage (‘millefolium’ means ‘a thousand leaves’) that is grey-green with creeping shoots. White, sometimes pinkish daisy-like flower heads. Site: T...
Achillea millefolium Moonshine
€4.00
Achillea millefolium Moonshine - Yarrow A sterile, non-seeding yarrow, which has stood the test of time, Achillea Moonshine is a small, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial for the front or middle of a border or for a gravel garden. The feathery leaves are silvery-grey, setting off the soft yellow flowers beautifully. The tiny florets are borne i...
Achillea millefolium Red Velvet
€4.00
Yarrow Red Velvet An exceptional yarrow, Achillea millefolium Red Velvet is a small to medium-sized, fast-growing, mildly spreading, rhizomatous perennial, which flowers from late spring to late summer if dead-headed. The feathery, very finely divided leaves are grey-green. From May to August the leafy stems carry flat heads of tiny rose-red flo...
Achillea millefolium Terracotta
€4.00
Achillea Terracotta - Yarrow Grown for its flat heads of tiny flowers, which make a beautiful horizontal line of colour in a border, Achillea millefolium Terracotta is a very good form of ornamental yarrow, a medium-sized herbaceous perennial with delicate, filigree grey-green leaves. In June and July and into August, long-lasting, plate-like he...
Actaea simplex Brunette
Actaea simplex Brunette
€4.50
Baneberry Brunette Once known as Cimicifuga (bugbane), Actaea simplex Brunette is a really lovely late summer plant, the white spires of flower rising to heights as the border begins to fade. It’s a herbaceous perennial of average vigour with an upright habit and looks beautiful with other late summer plants like shade-loving autumn aconites and...
Agapanthus Blue Umbrella
Agapanthus Blue Umbrella
€15.00
Agapanthus Blue Umbrella A handsome agapanthus or African lily, Agapanthus Blue Umbrella is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial, flowering from mid-summer. As the strap-like, mid-green leaves are evergreen (deciduous agapanthus are hardier) the plant can suffer in cold winters, and is best planted in containers and given frost-protection in win...
Agapanthus Brilliant Blue
€4.50
African Lily Brilliant Blue A relatively compact African lily cultivar, Agapanthus Brilliant Blue is a deciduous, clump-forming herbaceous perennial. The original African lilies come from South Africa, but are surprisingly hardy in our climate, the deciduous varieties being slightly hardier; nevertheless, a thick mulch will help them come throug...
Agapanthus Charlotte
Agapanthus Charlotte
€15.00
African Lily Charlotte A beautiful African Lily, Agapanthus Charlotte PBR is a tall, evergreen perennial, with an upright, clump-forming habit. The strap-shaped leaves are mid-green and form a low clump, above which the flower stems rise. Umbels of small, trumpet-shaped, pale to mid-blue flowers with a deeper blue-purple midrib are borne on tall...
Agapanthus Enigma
Agapanthus Enigma
€4.50
Agapanthus Enigma A new bicoloured agapanthus or African lily cultivar, Agapanthus Enigma is a herbaceous perennial with a clump-forming habit. The arching, strap-shaped leaves are deep green, forming a basal clump. In July and August, tall stems rise above the clump bearing rounded umbels of tubular flowers, white with a very faint, pale blue t...
Agapanthus Twister
Agapanthus Twister
€12.00
African Lily Twister A compact, bi-coloured form of agapanthus or African lily, Agapanthus Twister is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial, ideal for the smaller garden. Strap-like, deep green leaves appear in spring. From July to September, large, globular flower-heads of trumpet-shaped, white florets with a violet-blue base are borne on sturdy...
Agapanthus umbellatus Blue - Africanus
€4.50
African Blue Lily Also known as Lily of The Nile and Blue Giant, the African Blue Lily produces open balls of stunning bell-shaped blue flowers from early to late summer. Agapanthus umbellatus is synonymous with Agapanthus africanus and are semi-evergreen, working well in informal cottage or architectural planting schemes, adding a touch of the ...
Agapanthus umbullatus Albus
Agapanthus umbullatus Albus
€12.00
Agapanthus umbullatus Albus A beautiful white agapanthus or African lily, lovely for a summer wedding, Agapanthus umbullatus Albus is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial whose flowers rise above the clump of strap-like, mid-green leaves. Agapanthus umbellatus Albus are semi-evergreen, working well in informal cottage or architectural planting s...
Ajuga reptans Braunherz
Ajuga reptans Braunherz
€4.00
Bugle Braunherz A dark-leaved form of the native bugle, Ajuga reptans Braunherz is a low, mat-forming, evergreen perennial, attractive year-round as ground-cover. The glossy leaves are oval or spoon-shaped, and a deep purple-bronze colour, turning greener in winter or when grown in full shade. Upright spikes, up to 8”/20cm tall, of deep blue flo...
Ajuga reptans Burgundy Glow
€4.00
Bugle Burgundy Glow A handsome cultivar of the native bugle, Ajuga reptans Burgundy Glow is a creeping, mat-forming, evergreen perennial which makes excellent ground-cover for a shady spot. The rather waxy, glossy leaves are silvery green, edged with cream and flushed with burgundy red, providing year-round interest. From May to July blunt spike...
Anemone Dreaming Swan
Anemone Dreaming Swan
€8.50
Japanese Anemone Dreaming Swan Excellent repeat flowering perennials perfect for the late Summer to Autumn garden. Anemone Dreaming Swan, also known as Windflower, is a relatively new addition with an exceptionally long flowering period from early summer to mid autumn. The light pink buds open to the purest of white, double poppy-like flowers th...
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica Prinz Heinrich
€4.75
Japanese Anemone Prinz Heinrich An unusual and attractive form of Japanese anemone for late summer colour, Anemone hupehensis var. japonica Prinz Heinrich is a herbaceous perennial with a suckering habit. The attractively cut, semi-evergreen leaves are deep green. From August to September, the plant bears deep rose-pink semi-double flowers with ...
Anemone leveillei
Anemone leveillei
€4.50
Leveille’s Anemone A really exquisite anemone, ideal for a woodland planting that will keep it in check, Anemone leveillei is a small to medium-sized, rhizomatous perennial with a spreading habit. It forms a low mound of softly hairy, deeply divided green leaves. From April to June, wiry stems carry single, pure white flowers with a lilac flush ...
Anemone Ruffled Swan
Anemone Ruffled Swan
€8.50
Anemone Ruffled Swan Taller than the award-winning Anemone Wild Swan, hybrid Anemone Ruffled Swan is a clump-forming, vigorous, herbaceous perennial, with an upright, branching habit. The broad, glossy, green leaves are toothed and lobed, forming a neat mound, and make good ground-cover. The semi-double flowers are 3 ½”/9cm across, pure white wi...
Anemone Wild Swan
Anemone Wild Swan
€4.50
Anemone Wild Swan Winner of the 2011 Chelsea Plant of the Year Award, hybrid Anemone Wild Swan is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial, with a neat, mounded habit. The attractive, deep green leaves are toothed and lobed, and make good ground-cover. The single flowers are 3 ½”/9cm across, pure white with lilac-blue on the underside of the petals...
Anemone x Honorine Jobert
€8.50
Japanese Anemone Honorine Jobert An old French cultivar and one of the most exquisite Japanese anemones, Anemone x Honorine Jobert is a tough but elegant, herbaceous, clump-forming perennial which flowers for a long period from July to September. The leaves are deep green and very attractively divided, forming good ground cover from quite early ...