Yes, you can grow stephanandra in Ireland and it will thrive best in full sum or partial shade and fertile, moist and well-drained soil. The plant also does well in banks and slopes, ground cover, under planting, hedging, beds and borders. Stephanandra is a deciduous, thicket-forming shrub with attractive wavy-margined leaves that resemble maple leaves and grows to less than 2 feet tall but spreads by suckering.