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Shrubs for Winter Interest
Your garden needn't be dull in winter—evergreen shrubs come into their own, vibrant stems like dogwoods (Cornus) add colour to the boundaries, and many winter-flowering shrubs are highly scented, making you feel like spring is just around the corner!
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).

Aucuba japonica Rozannie - self fertile
€12.00
Japanese Laurel Rozannie Dwarf form with leathery green leaves. Small reddish-purple flowers in spring. Self-fertilising and therefore freely produces red berries.Aucuba japonica Rozannie is a good tough shrub for difficult spots and tolerates dry shade and salt air. Grows well in a container. It produces both male and female flowers, so it does...

Aucuba japonica Variegata - female
€10.00
Variegated Japanese Laurel A large evergreen shrub with green leaves that are speckled with yellow, similar to Aucuba japonica Crotonifolia. Female form producing bright red berries once pollinated. Clusters of small, 4-petalled purplish flowers in spring. Grows in almost any soil, unless waterlogged. Best in shade, will tolerate sun in cool are...
Cornus alba Elegantissima

Cornus alba Elegantissima
€35.00
Red Barked Dogwood Elegantissima A medium sized, deciduous shrub or thicket, Cornus alba Elegantissima has rich, red coloured stems and pale-green foliage with striking, silver-white variegation. Small white flowers in early Summer develop into clusters of small white berries in the Winter. Flowers are good for bees and other insects. The red-ba...
Cornus alba Siberica

Cornus alba Siberica
€10.00
Siberian Dogwood Another great variety of the red-barked Dogwoods. Cornus alba Siberica produces small flowers in early Summer followed by clusters of white berries and is less vigorous than other red Dogwoods. Good autumn colour. When planted near evergreens in the open, the Winter sun can show off the red stems beautifully. Flowers are good ...
Cornus sericea Flaviramea

Cornus sericea Flaviramea
€12.00
Yellow Stemmed Dogwood A beautiful dogwood, Cornus sericea Flaviramea forms a thicket of yellow-green barked stems. Vigorous erect branches, dark green foliage and small, creamy-white flowers followed by clusters of white berries in the Winter. Excellent red-orange, Autumn foliage colour is a special feature of this dogwood. Hard pruning results...
Correa Marian's Marvel

Correa Marian's Marvel
€15.00
Australian Fuchsia This is Winter flowering, evergreen shrub, the fantastic tubular flowers start off bright pink at the base and gradually turn a lemony yellow at the ends. It is unusual in the sense that it flowers from November to March in Ireland and occasionally throughout the year. Thrives against a sheltered wall with sun or in a green ho...
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 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...
Euonymus alatus Compacta

Euonymus alatus Compacta
€15.00
Winged Spindle A slow growing, compact, deciduous shrub with unusual bark and excellent Autumn colour. Euonymus alatus Compacta has green leaves in Summer, and corky ‘wings’ along squarish stems, small, greeny-yellow flowers appear in Summer and later pink fruits with unusual orange seeds are carried into the Winter. Primarily grown for the much...

Euonymus fortunei Emerald & Gold
€10.00
Euonymus Emerald & Gold Reliable evergreen ground cover. Low growing. Leaves are bright golden and green. Foliage may become tinted pink in cold winter weather. Adaptable and undemanding, tolerates deep shade. Will climb if given support. Site: Tolerates coastal exposurePosition: Full sun to deep shadeSoil: Any soil other than waterloggedS...

Euonymus fortunei Emerald Gaiety
€10.00
Euonymus Emerald Gaiety Adaptable and easy, forming dense ground cover. Leaves are green with grey markings and margined with white. They may be tinged pink in cold winters. Site: Tolerates coastal exposurePosition: Full sun to deep shadeSoil: Any soil other than waterloggedSeasons of interest: EvergreenHardiness: HardyHeight: 3ft (1m) Spread:...
Fatsia japonica

Fatsia japonica
€12.00
False Castor Oil Plant Fatsia japonica has dark green, glossy leaves that are held on spreading stems. The leaves are very large and have a maple-leaf shape, giving this plant a tropical look - it’s native to southern Japan, southern Korea, and Taiwan and in fact, the word "fatsi" is an approximation of the old Japanese word for 'eight', referri...

Fatsia polycarpa Green Fingers
€18.00
False Aralia Green Fingers With its finer ‘fingers’, the rare Fatsia polycarpa Green Fingers is a more elegant, airier plant than the familiar Fatsia japonica. It’s a large, evergreen shrub with an upright, spreading habit. The big, hand-like, mid- to deep green, irregularly toothed leaves with seven ‘fingers’ are perfect for adding drama to th...
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 ...

Ilex crenata Convexa - Japanese Holly
€3.80
Japanese Holly This Holly is an ideal alternative for the disease-prone Box. It clips just as well and can be kept very low and neat, while its small, glossy, curved, leaf gives it a year-round freshness. Ilex crenata Convexa is evergreen and is superb at creating dense and bushy low hedges. Good in most soils except wet, it will grow in light s...

Ilex x altaclarensis Golden King
€5.00
Golden variegated holly (female) A popular cultivar of the common holly it is a slow-growing evergreen tree, Holly is tough, and robust enough to handle the harshest of environments, from dark valleys to extreme coastal locations - though it thrives best with the protection of other trees around it. berries only come on female plants, so be sur...

Leucothoe fontanesiana Rainbow
€15.00
Leucothoe Rainbow Grown for its beautiful foliage and small cream flowers, Leucothoe fontanesiana Rainbow is a small to medium-sized, evergreen shrub with narrow, arching branches, striking in a shrub border or in front of dark trees. The long, lance-shaped, glossy leaves are bright green and mottled pink, red and cream. Small white flowers appe...
Nandina domestica Obsessed

Nandina domestica Obsessed
€15.00
Heavenly Bamboo Obsessed Despite appearances, Nandina domestica Obsessed is not a bamboo, but a member of the Berberis family. Grown for its colourful spring and autumn foliage, Heavenly Bamboo is a small, evergreen shrub with a graceful, upright habit and slender stems. Bamboo-like leaves emerge brilliant red, turning green in summer and a lov...
Phormium Cream Delight

Phormium Cream Delight
€20.00
New Zealand Flax Cream Delight Phormium Cream Delight is one of the smaller growing flaxes with a broad cream-coloured stripe down each leaf. In summer it produces beautiful tall panicles of small, tubular flowers. New Zealand Flax makes an ideal specimen for coastal locations or for low maintenance gardens or for adding foliage interest to urba...
Phormium tenax

Phormium tenax
€45.00
New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax is native to, you guessed it, New Zealand, where the fibre has been widely utilised, originally in M?ori traditional textiles and also in rope and sail making until the 1940’s. Bronzy-red flowers are produced on very tall stems from July to September to a background of strap-like leathery leaves. New Zealand Flax ...