Garden plants for Ireland
111 plants that appear on garden plant lists for Ireland: vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, shrubs and trees that gardeners there commonly grow, native or introduced. Each links to a growing guide with spacing, sun, water, hardiness, toxicity and sources.
Ireland spans more than one climate. Being on this list does not mean a plant suits your own site: check its hardiness and water needs against your local conditions, and avoid plants listed as invasive in your area.
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Vegetables (9)
- Alexanders (horse parsley) Smyrnium olusatrum
- Cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata
- Carrot Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- Kale Brassica oleracea var. sabellica
- Leek Allium ampeloprasum (Porrum group)
- Marsh samphire (glasswort) Salicornia europaea
- Onion Allium cepa
- Potato Solanum tuberosum
- Rhubarb Rheum x hybridum
Herbs (3)
- Rock samphire (sea fennel) Crithmum maritimum
- Sweet cicely Myrrhis odorata
- Tasmanian mountain pepper Tasmannia lanceolata
Fruit (3)
- Dwarf apple tree Malus domestica
- Raspberry Rubus idaeus
- Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa
Flowers (25)
- Angelâs fishing rod (wand flower) Dierama pulcherrimum
- Armandâs clematis (evergreen clematis) Clematis armandii
- Autumn gentian (Chinese gentian) Gentiana sino-ornata
- Bulleyâs primula (candelabra primula) Primula bulleyana
- Chatham Island forget-me-not Myosotidium hortensia
- Chestnut-leaved rodgersia Rodgersia aesculifolia
- Chilean glory flower Eccremocarpus scaber
- Chilean rhubarb (nalca, pangue) Gunnera tinctoria · invasive in some regions
- Common bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Drumstick primula Primula denticulata
- Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida
- Giant Himalayan lily Cardiocrinum giganteum
- Griffithâs spurge Euphorbia griffithii
- Himalayan cowslip (Sikkim primrose) Primula sikkimensis
- Japanese primrose (kurinsĆ) Primula japonica
- Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
- MÄ«koikoi (New Zealand iris) Libertia grandiflora
- Orchid primula (Vialâs primrose) Primula vialii
- Ornamental rhubarb (Chinese rhubarb) Rheum palmatum
- Primrose Primula vulgaris
- Purple pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea · invasive in some regions
- Purple roscoea (Himalayan ginger lily) Roscoea purpurea
- Shirui lily Lilium mackliniae
- White cobra lily Arisaema candidissimum
Shrubs (41)
- Anemone clematis Clematis montana
- Augustineâs rhododendron (blue rhododendron) Rhododendron augustinii
- Bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla
- Big-leaf rhododendron Rhododendron sinogrande
- Bog rosemary Andromeda polifolia
- Box-leaf azara (vanilla tree) Azara microphylla
- Bush anemone (tree anemone) Carpenteria californica
- Chilean holly (taique) Desfontainia spinosa
- Chilean lantern tree Crinodendron hookerianum
- Chilean potato vine Solanum crispum
- Chinese plumbago (Willmottâs blue leadwort) Ceratostigma willmottianum
- Cinnabar rhododendron Rhododendron cinnabarinum
- Darwinâs barberry (michay) Berberis darwinii · invasive in some regions
- Delavayâs tree peony Paeonia delavayi
- Fatsia (Japanese aralia, yatsude) Fatsia japonica
- Flowering currant (red-flowering currant) Ribes sanguineum
- Fragrant viburnum (Farrerâs viburnum) Viburnum farreri
- Gorse (furze) Ulex europaeus · invasive in some regions
- Griersonâs rhododendron Rhododendron griersonianum
- Hardy fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica · invasive in some regions
- Himalayan honeysuckle (pheasant berry) Leycesteria formosa · invasive in some regions
- Himalayan indigo Indigofera heterantha
- Himalayan sweet box (Christmas box) Sarcococca hookeriana
- Japanese skimmia (miyama-shikimi) Skimmia japonica
- KÄpuka (broadleaf) Griselinia littoralis
- KĆhĆ«hĆ« Pittosporum tenuifolium
- Korokio (wire-netting bush) Corokia cotoneaster
- Lithodora (purple gromwell) Glandora diffusa
- Moyesâ rose Rosa moyesii
- Nepalese paper plant (lokta daphne) Daphne bholua
- Pichi (false heath) Fabiana imbricata
- Portugal laurel Prunus lusitanica
- Red escallonia Escallonia rubra
- Redvein enkianthus Enkianthus campanulatus
- Rhododendron Rhododendron
- Rough-leaved hydrangea Hydrangea aspera
- Round-leaf mint bush Prostanthera rotundifolia
- Spotted laurel (Japanese aucuba) Aucuba japonica
- Thomsonâs rhododendron Rhododendron thomsonii
- Tibetan tree peony (Ludlowâs peony) Paeonia ludlowii
- Yunnan rhododendron Rhododendron yunnanense
Trees (25)
- Bhutan pine (Himalayan white pine) Pinus wallichiana
- Campbellâs magnolia Magnolia campbellii
- Chilean firebush (notro) Embothrium coccineum
- Chilean myrtle (arrayĂĄn) Luma apiculata
- Common hawthorn Crataegus monogyna · invasive in some regions
- Dove tree (handkerchief tree) Davidia involucrata
- Emmenopterys (Henryâs tree) Emmenopterys henryi
- English oak Quercus robur
- European aspen Populus tremula
- European larch Larix decidua
- Goat willow (pussy willow) Salix caprea
- Golden chain tree (laburnum) Laburnum Ă watereri
- Himalayan birch (bhojpatra; white-barked jacquemontii) Betula utilis
- Kashmir cypress (Bhutan weeping cypress) Cupressus cashmeriana
- Kashmir rowan Sorbus cashmiriana
- Monkey puzzle (pehuén) Araucaria araucana
- Monterey cypress Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
- Paperbark maple Acer griseum
- PĂšre Davidâs maple (snakebark maple) Acer davidii
- Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
- Sessile oak Quercus petraea
- Silver birch Betula pendula
- Snow gum Eucalyptus pauciflora
- Tree rhododendron (lali gurans, burans) Rhododendron arboreum
- Windmill palm (Chusan palm) Trachycarpus fortunei
Grasses (1)
- Oats Avena sativa
Groundcovers (4)
- Himalayan fleeceflower (knotweed groundcover) Bistorta affinis
- Ivy-leaved toadflax (Kenilworth ivy) Cymbalaria muralis
- Red clover Trifolium pratense
- Roman chamomile (lawn chamomile) Chamaemelum nobile
Reference values for planning, not horticultural, veterinary or medical advice. Varieties, soils and local climates differ: check with a local nursery or extension service.