Summer stock in the garden centre 2012

See directions to our Garden Centre at 27-28 The Crescent, Monkstown, Co Dublin....

Every week plants come and go in our garden centre - there's always something new. The pictures show some of the plants availablethis summer. From bamboos to perennials, ferns to climbers, the vast majority of our plants are grown in Irish nurseries. These growers really know what they are are doing, and the plants leave the nursery one day and are with us the next. Hardy, well-grown, unusual and suitable for our climate........

Chocolare Cosmos. The velvety, dark flowers smell distinctly of chocolate. Long-flowering and exceptionally pretty.

One of Anthea's flower arrangemements - with thanks to our friend Cathy Burke who brought many of these flowers from her own garden.

Thamnocalamus 'Kew Beauty': this fine-leaved bamboo has wonderful dark-olive coloured stems. Beautiful against the whitewashed wall and proving to be very popular.

French lavender with its distinctive 'ears'. Chocolate Cosmos in the background.

Gardenia 'Keim's Hardy': the fabulous waxy flowers on this little plant are deliciously fragrant. Tight glossy leaves make it an excellent plant for a container - with the benefit of being able to bring under cover during cold snaps.

Hydrangea 'Ayesha': the waxy pale pink flowers are unlike any other hydrangea..... said to be fragrant too, though we haven't got this yet.

Rose 'Dublin Bay': nestled as we are in the arms of Dublin Bay, we have to sell this plant. Long-flowering and tough, we can see why it is a popular rose.

Delphiniums against our gate. For a plant that looks delicate, Delphiniums grow very well in Dublin gardens, become taller and thicker each year.

Brunnera 'Jack Frost': a fabulous foliage plant, used here in a terracotta pot.

Terracotta Roman head: perfect for walls in courtyards or tight spaces. There is a man too!

Hanging bird bath: proving popular with our resident robin.

Hanging metal bird feeders:  just the ticket if you have pesky magpies and crows as the perch is too short for them.

Greetings cards, postcards and books: the collection is growing as people find us and we find them.

A new addition to our painting are these pretty botanic alphabet paintings by Maggie O'Dwyer - also available in poster form as the complete alphabet.