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Shrubs for Autumn Interest
Many earlier flowering shrubs will give a second display in autumn as their leaves turn to gold, wine, scarlet, and your other favourite colours of autumn. Berries also feature prominently around this time of year and often carry colour well into the winter (if the birds don't get them all)!
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).
Arbutus unedo Compacta

Arbutus unedo Compacta
€10.00
Dwarf Strawberry Tree A small growing form of the native Killarney strawberry tree. It bears fruit that are rather like a strawberry to look at, though not in taste. These are borne at the same time as the flowers, in late autumn, taking a year to mature. Glossy, dark green leaves with serrated edges and attractive cinnamon-brown bark, peeling i...

Aronia melanocarpa Galicjanka
€22.00
Chokeberry Galicjanka A highly productive Aronia with abundant edible berries, Aronia melanocarpa Galicjanka Is a substantial, deciduous shrub of average vigour with an upright, bushy, suckering habit. The green, egg-shaped leaves turn deep purple in autumn. Single white flowers appear in May and June and are followed in September and October by...
Aronia mitschurini Amit

Aronia mitschurini Amit
€6.00
Chokeberry Amit A large deciduous shrub that is also known as x Sorbaronia Mitschurinii, this attractive Aronia produces large black berries in September. In the Autumn, the foliage acquires a crimson-red color. Chokeberries are cultivated as ornamental plants and food. Grow in full sun if you want high yields of berries, but it will also grow f...

Aronia x prunifolia Viking
€6.00
Purple Chokeberry Viking Despite their rather unappetising name, chokeberries are delicious cooked or in jam, one of the richest sources of antioxidants known, and very high in Vitamin C. Aronia x prunifolia Viking is an upright, suckering, deciduous shrub to 6’6”/2m high and wide, with deep green leaves which turn a beautiful purple in autumn. ...
Azalea mollis Anneke

Azalea mollis Anneke
€15.00
Deciduous Azalea Anneke A medium sized deciduous shrub with large, fragrant, brilliant yellow flowers with vivid yellow spotting. Deciduous Azaleas flower before the leaves open in the Spring and add a riot of colour and fragrance to the garden, they light up again in the Autumn, when the foliage turns wonderful shades of coppers, reds and yello...
Azalea mollis Daviesii

Azalea mollis Daviesii
€35.00
Deciduous Azalea Daviesii A medium sized deciduous shrub with large, fragrant, pink flowers that open to white with a yellow blotch. The beautifully scented flowers appear before the leaves in May to June. This variety is more compact than most and has excellent Autumn colour. Site: Requires some shelter from harsh windsSoil: Well drained acid s...
Clerodendrum bungei

Clerodendrum bungei
€18.00
Glory flower A deciduous suckering shrub native to China. It is best grown in full sun or partial shade. Large heart-shaped dark green leaves which are often tinged red-purple are quite fragrant when crushed. Beautiful pink pom-pom like flowers appear in late Summer and are very showy and sweet-scented, and particularly attractive to butterflies...
Corylus avellana Contorta

Corylus avellana Contorta
€85.00
Corkscrew Hazel A large shrub or small tree, Corylus avellana Contorta is a form of our native Hazel, found growing wild in an English hedgerow in the 1860's. It is well-known because of its unusual and very ornamental twisted branches. In some parts of Europe, the corkscrew Hazel is used in Easter celebrations: branches are brought into the hou...

Cotinus coggygria Dusky Maiden
€15.00
Cotinus Dusky Maiden Unfortunately named, but a brilliant foliage plant, Cotinus coggygria Dusky Maiden is a medium-sized, rather slow-growing, deciduous shrub, with a rounded, bushy habit and deep pink young stems. The almost circular leaves are deep blue-green, strongly flushed with purple, and turn brilliant shades of red and orange in autumn...
Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple

Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple
€10.00
Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple - Purple Smokebush A popular shrub or Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple can also grow into an attractive small tree. It provides beautiful foliage colour through the Summer - with its soft dark purple leaves. In late Spring-early Summer it produces delicate, small yellow flowers on light purple stems. From a distance ...
Cotoneaster dammeri

Cotoneaster dammeri
€3.00
Cotoneaster dammeri Prostrate evergreen shrub, makes excellent ground cover with long stems that hug the ground closely. Small white flowers are followed by red berries. Cotoneaster dammeri is ideal for covering banks. Site: Tolerates coastal exposureSoil: Any reasonably well-drained soil, tolerant of poor soilsPosition: Full sun or partial shad...
Cotoneaster franchetii

Cotoneaster franchetii
€3.00
Franchet's Cotoneaster This semi-evergreen Cotoneaster is a good choice for a tough site. It has an elegant arching habit, grows fast and clips well. Cotoneaster franchetii produces small white to light pink flowers around early June and has a lovely orange berry in the Autumn. It will take wind, some shade and a good bit of coastal exposure, gr...
Cotoneaster horizontalis

Cotoneaster horizontalis
€4.00
Herringbone Cotoneaster A spreading, low-growing, deciduous shrub named after its fishbone-shaped branches. The leaves are small and green, in early Summer, masses of small, white flowers are produced, followed by red berries. Both flowers and berries are good for wildlife. The Herringbone Cotoneaster is an excellent shrub, providing very effect...

Cotoneaster procumbens Queen of Carpets
€8.00
Creeping Cotoneaster Queen of Carpets Queen of Carpets is a densely carpeting prostrate evergreen shrub with small glossy green leaves. Small white flowers in early summer followed by bright red berries after. Does well in almost any well-drained soil, tolerates semi-shade but forms the densest carpet in full sun. An excellent ground-cover for c...

Cotoneaster salicifolius repens
€3.00
Cotoneaster sal. repens A spreading, low-growing, evergreen shrub that is excellent for covering ground, especially difficult banks. The leaves are small and glossy green, in early Summer, masses of small, white flowers are produced, followed by red berries. Both flowers and berries are good for wildlife. Site: Tolerates coastal exposureSoil: We...
Daphne gemmata

Daphne gemmata
€18.00
Jewelled Daphne A compact daphne from SW China, Daphne gemmata is a small, slow-growing, borderline hardy, deciduous shrub, with a rounded, bushy habit, so is good in the smaller garden in mild areas. The long, ovoid, slightly pointed leaves are bright green. In April and May, into June, this plant carries tubular flowers, splaying out to five l...

Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance
€22.00
Daphne Eternal Fragrance Very long-flowering and uniquely unfussy for a daphne, hybrid Daphne x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance is a small, rounded, evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with small, elliptical, glossy, deep green leaves. It produces clusters of beautifully scented flowers, pink in bud and pure white within, in flushes from April to...
Decaisnea fargesii

Decaisnea fargesii
€22.00
Dead Man's Fingers, Blue Sausage Fruit Sometimes known as Decaisnea insignis, this plant is native to western China and Nepal. A tall deciduous multiple stemmed shrub with long pinnate leaves up to 90cm long and small, attractive, lightly scented flowers that turn into fruit that resemble a bunch of butcher's sausages, blue in colour with slight...
Elaeagnus pungens Goldrim

Elaeagnus pungens Goldrim
€12.50
Oleaster Goldrim A fine, variegated oleaster, Elaeagnus pungens Goldrim is a large, often spiny, evergreen shrub with a dense, bushy habit. The glossy, elliptical leaves are deep green, with a narrow margin of golden-yellow which really lifts the appearance of the shrub. Small, beautifully fragrant, white flowers are borne in autumn, very attrac...

Enkianthus campanulatus Pagoda
€18.00
Pagoda bush Enkianthus are deciduous shrubs or small trees that boast lovely clusters of bell-shaped spring flowers as well as having excellent autumn colour. They are not widely grown, although they probably should be, because they are so unfussy. However, they do need soil that is on the acid side.Native to Asia and growing especially well on ...