top 10 trending plants 2025
top 10 trending plants 2025
As we step in to 2025, the gardening world is buzzing with fresh trends and exciting new plant varieties that promise to transform your outdoor spaces. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or starting your gardening journey, let's get you staying ahead of the curve! We've curated a list of must-have perennials, annuals and shrubs to add amazing colour, interesting textures, superb statements, perfect for creating your dream garden this year. Let's discover our top 10 trending plants for 2025.
Helianthus Sunfinity 'Eternal Summer'
Love sunflowers but short on space? This NEW Helianthus variety combines the joy of bright sunny flowers, whilst remaining compact! Not only does grow to a maximum height of 1.2m, it's multi-stemmed too, making it the ultimate cut flower garden must-have!
Philadelphus Petite Perfume Pink
After 15 years of breeding, let's welcome the world's pinkest Philadelphus! Not only does this gorgeous, fragrant 'mock orange' have vibrant pink blooms from late spring to early, it's also compact! Reaching a neat and petite 1.2m with a mound growing habit, making it an excellent choice for small gardens, gaps in your borders or for container growing.
Osteospermum 'PopEyes' Series
A NEW introduction for Hayloft 2025, Osteospermum 'PopEyes' series comprises a colourful selection of Osteos, what makes them extra special? They thrive in low light levels, with the flower remaining open in shadier spots! Gone are the days of closing up in the sun!
Buddleja Fanfare
Buddleja are a favourite for pollinators and are commonplace in an English garden or hedgerow, so why do you need this one? It's a double flowering variety that keeps to a compact 1m in height and 50cm spread! You can still look after the bees and butterflies without fear of this hardy shrub taking over your garden as the seeds are sterile varieties, meaning they won't grow when they set. Blooms appear up to 4 months of the year from July to October, starting in a vibrant purple and fading to the softest lilac as they mature.
Hosta 'Sting'
If you have a slug prone garden, the last plant you'd probably think to add is a Hosta, however...let's introduce you to this SLUG RESISTANT and sun tolerant variety to the fold! You heard us right, gone are the days of waking up to shredded Hosta leaves, Hosta 'Sting' has unusual bicoloured foliage with a creamy centre, followed by lavender colour blooms during June to August. An excellent choice for groundcover, reaching a neat 50cm in height and a 1m spread.
Miscanthus 'Lady In Red'
Elevate your garden to new heights of elegance, with this brand new Miscanthus grass, introduced during 2024. Striking re-tinged foliage emerges during spring, followed by feathery plumes late summer to early autumn. Best planted as a focal point to add a touch of drama to your garden, or in a large container. Miscanthus 'Lady In Red' is incredibly hardy, down to -20°C, and reaches a relatively compact 1.2m height and 1m spread.
Acacia dealbata
Acacia is becoming more commonplace in an English garden, that doesn't make them any less desirable! An excellent choice for milder parts of the UK this large evergreen shrub will become the centrepiece of your outdoor space. Vibrant fragrant yellow pom-pom like blooms emerge from winter to spring, providing a much-needed explosion of colour, not only is this shrub aesthetically pleasing to look at, but it also has a purpose too, becoming a hot-spot for passing pollinators. Over 10–20 years, you can expect Acacias to reach heights up to 12m with a spread of 4m, so it might not be the best fit for every garden. Be mindful hard frosts beyond -5°C won't be a friend to this plant!
Helleborus orientalis 'Anemone Slaty Blue'
Dark and decadent ruffled blooms await your winter garden with this rare and unusual new arrival for 2024. The unusual blue-black to plum-coloured blooms appear from January through to April, an essential source of nectar for visiting pollinators during the coldest months. Semi-evergreen foliage is held year-round, remaining a compact height and spread of only 35cm! Frost kissed mornings won't be an issue for this hardy perennial, tolerating temps down to -20°c and below!
Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberry'
Perfect for wildlife gardens or for creating a whimsical flurry of flowers. This Cosmos produces an abundance of large, blousy, double blooms from early summer through to early Autumn, that's up to 4 months of the year! The perfect choice for encouraging pollinators, whilst still leaving plenty of blooms to enjoy as cut flowers for arrangements in the home. they are also half-hardy annuals, that will self-seed a little in your garden, or you can collect, sow and enjoy the following year.
Trillium grandiflorum
Struggling for something different to pop in the shade? Or do you have a large area under trees and shrubs you need some groundcover magic on? Then let's welcome 'Trillium grandiflorum' a vigorous clump forming perennial, reaching a neat 10cm in height but a carpeting reach of 50cm! Unusual 3 petalled blooms appear during spring, with foliage spreading throughout the spring and summer months too. Hardy down to -15°C, making it suitable for most UK gardens.