5 x 5 essential plants to make a difference in your garden

5 x 5 Essential plants that will make a difference in our gardens. 

Some plants we purchase will have more impact in our gardens than others, but sometimes the result can be disappointing. This is because they don't meet the expectations suggested by the picture labels. That's often because some plants have a more vigorous growth than others and will fill an empty space in the garden with lush attractive foliage ,while others will stay spindly. Some plants might not even flower as abundantly as others. Plants need to be healthy, hardy and to go in the right spot in your garden in order to thrive. A plant placed in the appropriate environment should do really well. It can be bewildering when faced with hundreds and hundreds of tempting varieties of plants to settle on the ones you want, as well as researching what will do well in the particular conditions of your own garden. To help make this easier for you at our Caherhurley Nursery website www.Caherhurleynursery.com you will find 20 lists of plants that will help you choose the plants that will not disappoint, because of their healthy growth, lush attractive foliage and subtle natural beauty. These 20 lists have been compiled by Gert and Elisabeth over their 40 plus years of horticultural experience. The lists have titles such as ‘plants for partial shade’, ‘plants to fill a large area’, ‘plants to attract pollinators’, ‘plants for sun’ (and many many more). The plants included are those that we have learnt are the best and most suitable for various garden conditions, exposures and desires. Whatever the situation and environment of your garden we have you covered. 

We recommend selecting these plants in groups of 3 to 5 per variety for an impact that will improve the look of your garden. One plant alone doesn’t create enough impact and odd numbers create appeal and help the eye move around. 

Here's a few examples of plants in different settings. These Caherhurley Nursery plants, in groups of 3-5 per variety, could become your 'building blocks' for a well-balanced garden, or they could transfer your existing garden into an even more pleasant place. 

For the complete lists, with all the essentials, many more than the 5 varieties per situation mentioned in this post, see https://www.caherhurleynursery.com/lists-to-help-you-choose-your-plants. For a full description of the plants: just click on the pictures in our website/webshop. 

Plants for sun:

Campanula 'Burghaltii'

Chrysanthemum 'Esther'

Lysimachia ephemerum 

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Inverleith'

Symphyotrichum turbinellum, select.

Plants for partial shade:

Aruncus 'Horatio'

Eurybia divaricata 

Persicaria virginiana filiformis 'Lance Corporal'

Rodgersia 'Irish Bronze'

Strobilanthes attenuata

Plants for damp soil:

Astrantia major 'Berendien Stam' 

Astilbe rivularis 

Darmera peltata 

Ligularia 'Zepter'

Lobelia x speciosa 'Vedrariensis'

Plants to fill a large area in a short time span:

Artemisia lactiflora 'Rosenschleier'

Cephalaria gigantea 

Symphyotrichum laeve 'Arcturus'

Telekia speciosa 

Trachystemon orientale 

Plants to attract pollinators:

Anchusa azurea 'Feltham Pride'

Cichorium intybus 

Monarda bradburiana

Nepeta grandiflora 'Wild Cat'

Pycnanthemum pilosum

At Caherhurley Nursery, we grow all of our plants ourselves. Our emphasis is on plants with a natural beauty and plants with a rare exclusivity. We love the naturally elegant beauty of a cottage garden. 

The collection of plants at Caherhurley Nursery has been carefully selected by us over the past 40 years. We are always mindful to select the best plants, uninfluenced by garden trends and fashions. We love timeless beauty, and hardy plants. 

We ensure our plants are hardy by growing them slowly, outdoors on our windy hillside nursery. 

Environmental issues are very important to us. We are Ireland's only certified organic nursery of ornamental garden plants. This is the only guarantee your purchased plants are safe for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

 We love our nursery and we hope that you will too when you come to visit us and enjoy a stroll around amongst our 800 + varieties of plants. Our collection of homegrown plants is constantly growing, several hundreds varieties, some seldom seen, are being developed for your garden.

Caherhurley Nursery is nestled in the scenic foothills of the Slieve Bernagh Mountains in beautiful East Clare.

We are open every day, including weekends and bank holidays, from 10.00am to 5.00pm. Lots of onside parking available. Our Eircode is V94K3E3.

For those who cannot make the trip to us we offer the possibility to get our plants delivered to your door by An Post, just click on the pictures of the plants in our webshop www.caherhurleynursery.com.