LED Landscape and Garden Spotlights for Outdoor Use

COB LED garden spotlight housing with adjustable head
COB LED garden spotlight housing with adjustable head

Comlite manufactures LED landscape and garden spotlights for residential gardens, hotel grounds, parks and commercial facades. The range runs from 1W marker lights to 30W flood fittings, in spike, surface and inground mounts, with COB and SMD light sources and single colour, RGB or RGBW control.

Landscape lighting is decided by beam angle before anything else. A narrow beam turns a fitting into an accent light that picks out a single trunk or statue; a wide beam turns the same fitting into area lighting. Pick the beam for the feature you are lighting, then choose colour temperature for the mood, then check the IP rating against exposure.

Quick Selection Guide

  • By beam angle: 10-25° for accenting single features and tall trees, 30-60° for shrubs and garden beds, 60-120° for washing walls and open areas.
  • By colour temperature: 2700-3000K warm white for planting and timber, 4000K neutral for architectural detail, RGBW where the scheme needs colour.
  • By light source: COB gives one clean beam with no dot pattern; SMD spreads light wider and costs less per lumen.
  • By rating: IP65 as the minimum for exposed positions; IP67 or IP68 where fittings sit in ground that holds water.

We also build LED inground lights, LED wall lights and IP68 underwater lights so a whole scheme can be specified from one factory. Read the complete specification guide below for beam angles, colour temperature and installation detail, or request a quote with your site plan and target features.

LED Landscape Lights: Complete Specification Guide

Comlite manufactures outdoor LED landscape lights: spotlights, garden spike lights, flood lights and RGBW 4in1 colour-changing fixtures for gardens, parks, villas and commercial landscapes. Our landscape range is IP65 rated, built with adjustable brackets and supplied with spike or surface mounts for fast installation.

Good landscape lighting is mostly a matter of restraint — where you put the light matters far more than how much of it there is. This page covers the fixture types, the beam angles worth knowing, and the colour decisions that separate a professional scheme from an over-lit one.

Fixture Types

Landscape Spotlights

Narrow-to-medium beam fixtures on adjustable brackets, used to pick out a specific target: a tree, a sculpture, a section of wall. This is the most versatile fitting in any scheme and the one we supply in the widest range. See LED landscape spotlights.

COB LED garden spotlight housing with adjustable head
COB LED garden spotlight housing with adjustable head

Garden Spike Lights

Spotlights on a ground spike, pushed directly into soil or mulch. They can be repositioned as planting matures, which makes them the practical choice for gardens where the scheme will evolve. See LED garden spike lights.

Flood and Wash Lights

Wide-beam fixtures for lighting large surfaces — lawns, hedges, facades. Used sparingly; wide-beam light is the fastest way to make a garden look flat.

Beam Angle: The Number That Gets Ignored

Beam angle determines the shape of the light, and it is the specification most often left to default. Rough guide:

COB 1x6W and 3x5W LED landscape light for tree uplighting
COB 1x6W and 3x5W LED landscape light for tree uplighting
  • 10-25° — narrow accent beam. Columns, statues, tall narrow trees, long throws.
  • 25-40° — medium beam. The general-purpose range for most garden uplighting and wall grazing.
  • 40-60° — wide flood. Hedgerows, lawns, large facade washes.
  • 60°+ — area lighting. Use with care; this is where glare and light pollution come from.

An adjustable-beam fitting lets you tune this on site, which is worth the premium on any scheme you cannot mock up in advance.

Colour Temperature and RGBW

For planted schemes, warm white (2700-3000K) is almost always the right answer — it renders foliage naturally and reads as inviting. Cool white (4000K+) suits contemporary architecture and security applications but makes gardens look clinical.

RGBW 4in1 fixtures combine red, green, blue and a dedicated white channel in one fitting, so a single installation can do functional white lighting and full colour scenes. This is increasingly specified for hospitality and commercial landscapes where the scheme changes by season or event. Browse RGBW 4in1 landscape lights.

IP Rating and Weather Resistance

IP65 is the practical standard for outdoor landscape fittings — dust-tight and protected against low-pressure water jets from any direction. It handles rain, irrigation and pressure washing.

Landscape lights sit above ground, so unlike inground or underwater fittings they do not need to survive standing water. What does matter is UV stability of the housing and the bracket; a fitting whose bracket yellows and brittles will end up pointing at the ground within a couple of seasons.

Applications

  • Residential gardens — spike lights and spotlights on warm white, typically 3-6W per fitting
  • Villa and hotel landscapes — mixed scheme, often with RGBW on feature areas
  • Parks and public spaces — higher output, vandal-resistant fittings, wider beams
  • Facade and wall grazing — narrow-beam spotlights mounted close to the wall surface
  • Pathways and steps — see our LED step and deck lights

Our Landscape Lighting Range

  • LED Landscape Spotlights
  • LED Garden Spike Lights
  • RGBW 4in1 Landscape Lights
  • LED Inground Lights — for uplighting within the same scheme

Why Source from Comlite

Comlite's landscape range is built to the same sealing and material standards as our underwater and marine products — IP65 or better, UV-stable housings, stainless hardware and moulded cable glands. For coastal projects and any scheme near water, that matters: the same salt air that ruins a cheap garden spike light is exactly what our marine range is built to survive.

1x10W waterproof LED landscape light for outdoor garden use
1x10W waterproof LED landscape light for outdoor garden use
  • Adjustable-beam and fixed-beam options across the range
  • Spike and surface mounting hardware included
  • Warm white, cool white and RGBW 4in1 available
  • OEM support for project specifications and private labelling

Frequently Asked Questions

Warm white or cool white for garden lighting?

Warm white (2700-3000K) is the right choice for most planted schemes — it renders foliage naturally and feels inviting. Cool white (4000K+) suits contemporary architecture and security lighting but tends to look clinical in gardens.

What beam angle should I choose?

Use 10-25° for narrow accents like columns and statues, 25-40° for general garden uplighting and wall grazing, and 40-60° for washing hedges and facades. Wider than that, and you start creating glare rather than effect.

Is IP65 enough for outdoor landscape lights?

Yes. IP65 is dust-tight and protected against water jets from any direction, which covers rain, irrigation and pressure washing. Only fittings that sit in standing water need IP67 or IP68.

Can I mix RGBW and warm white fittings in one scheme?

Yes, and it is often the best approach — warm white for the functional and planted areas, RGBW on features where you want colour for events or seasons.

Request a Quote

Send us your site plan, target features and preferred colour temperature, and we will build a fixture schedule and pricing.

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