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Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, grassland Colour: Blue Height: 10 - 40cm Flowering: April - June Flower size: 15 - 20mm Distribution: Widespread, rare in Ireland Food plant of Brimstone and Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
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Bugle Ajuga reptans Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, shady places, damp grassland Colour: Blue Height: 10 - 30cm Flowering: May - July Flower size: 10 - 15mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of Duke of Burgundy, Marsh Fritillary Purple Hairstreak butterflies |
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Common Dog Violet Viola riviniana Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, grassland Colour: Bluish-violet Height: 2 - 20cm Flowering: April - june Flower size: 14 - 22mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of Silver-washed Fritillary and Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies Bare root or 7cm pots |
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Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Damp woods, hedgerows Colour: Purple brown to green Height: 30 - 100cm Flowering: June - September Flower size: 7 - 10mm Distribution: Widespread except in N Scot |
| Sorry, no picture available | Corn Mint Mentha arvensis Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Open woods, arable fields, pond sides Colour: Lilac Height: 15 - 60cm Flowering: July - September Flower size: Distribution: Widespread |
| Sorry, no picture available | Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Wood margins, hedgerows, grassy places Colour: White Height: 60 - 150cm Flowering: April - June Flower size: 3 - 4mm Distribution: Widespread Source of nectar for honeybees and hoverflies |
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Daffodil Narsisus pseudo-narcisus Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, grassland Colour: Yellow Height: 15 - 40cm Flowering: February - April Flower size: 35 - 60mm Distribution: Widespread W Eng, Wal Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
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Dog’s Mercury Mercurialis perennis Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedgerows, shady places Colour: Green Height: 20 - 40cm Flowering: February - May Flower size: Male catkins 5mm, Female 3mm Distribution: Widespread, rare in Ire Bare root or 7cm pots |
| Sorry, no picture available | Enchanters Nightshade Circaea lutetiana Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods,hedgerows Colour: White Height: 10 - 60cm Flowering: June - September Flower size: 5 - 8mm Distribution: Widespread except in N Scot Food plant of the Small Phoenix Moth Bare root or 7cm pots |
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Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Biennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woodland clearings, heaths, mountainsides, waste ground Colour: Purple Height: 50 - 200cm Flowering: June - September Flower size: 40 - 50mm Distribution: Widespread Visited by bees. Food plant of Frosted Orange, Heath Fritillary and Foxglove Pug moths |
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Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: White Height: 15 - 60cm Flowering: April - June Flower size: 20 - 30mm Distribution: Common throughout most of Br Isles Food plant of the Marsh Pug moth |
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Ground Ivy Glchoma hederacea Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges, rough ground Colour: Blue, rarely pink or white Height: 10 - 30cm Flowering: March - May Flower size: 15 - 20mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of the Checkered Skipper Butterfly Bare root or 7cm pots |
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Hedge Bedstraw Galium mollugo Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Hedges Colour: White Height: 30 - 160cm Flowering: June - September Flower size: 2 - 3mm Distribution: Widespread Eng, scattered elsewhere Food plant of Flame, Galium Hawk and Elephant Hawk moths |
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Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: Red purple Height: 50 - 120cm Flowering: July - September Flower size: 13 - 18mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of the Rosy Rustic and Plain Golden Y moths |
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Herb Robert Geranium robertianum Biennial or Short lived Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: Pink Height: 10 - 50cm Flowering: May - October Flower size: 15 - 30mm Distribution: Widespread |
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Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: Yellow to cream and red Height: Up to 6m Flowering: June - September Flower size: 40 - 50mm Distribution: Widespread A rich nectar plant , visited especially by long-tongued moths. 7cm pots only |
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Leopard’s-bane Doronicum pardalianches Perennial Click for more... |
Introduced Habitat: Woods, shady places Colour: Yellow Height: 30 - 180cm Flowering: May - July Flower size: 40 - 60mm Distribution: Quite widespread |
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Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges, by streams Colour: Yellow Height: 5 - 25cm Flowering: February - May Flower size: 20 -30mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of the Flame Brocade Moth Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
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Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, prefers clay Colour: Purple Height: 50 - 100cm Flowering: July - September Flower size: 25 - 50mm Distribution: Frequent Eng to N Lincs - N Wal; naturalised elswhere |
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Oxlip Primula elatior Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, prefers clay Colour: Yellow Height: 15 - 20cm Flowering: April - May Flower size: 15 - 20mm Distribution: Grows wild only in E Ang, Bucks Valuable source of nectar for insects |
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Primrose Primula vulgaris Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, Hedgebanks, damp grass Colour: Yellow Height: 10 - 20cm Flowering: February - May Flower size: 20 - 40mm Distribution: Widespread A rich source of nectar for butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies. Ants carry away the sticky seed. |
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Ramsons Allium ursinum Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, damp shady places Colour: White Height: 10 - 45cm Flowering: April - June Flower size: 16 - 20mm Distribution: Widespread The nectar attracts honey-bees and the Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Small Pearl-bordered Frilliary butterflies. Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
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Red Campion Silene dioica Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedgerows Colour: Red Height: 20 - 90cm Flowering: April - November Distribution: Widespread, rare in Ire Food plant of the Campion Lychnis, Twin-spot Carpet and Marbled Clover moths |
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Rose of Sharon Hypericum calycinum Perennial Click for more... |
Introduced Habitat: Hedges, banks Colour:: Yellow Height: 30 -60cm Flowering: June - October Flower size: 60 - 75mm Distribution: Widespread |
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Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, grassy banks, streamsides Colour: White Height: 15 - 25cm Flowering: January - March Flower size: 22 - 30mm Distribution: Widespread Early source of nectar for bees Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
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Sweet Violet Viola odorata Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedge banks Colour: Purple Height: 5 - 15cm Flowering: March - May, August - September Flower size: 8 - 15mm Distribution: Local most of Br Isles Food plant of Silver-washed Fritillary Butterfly, Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing Moth Bare root or 7cm pots |
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Sweet Woodruff Galium odorata Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedgerows Colour: Whitee Height: 10 - 45cm Flowering: May - June Flower size: 4 - 6mm Distribution: Widespread, local E Eng, N Scot, Ire The scent attracts bees and pollinating flies, the leaves are food for several species of moth caterpillar Bare root or 7cm pots |
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Tutsan Hypericum androsaemum Perennial shrub Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Damp woods, shady hedgebanks Colour: Yellow Height: 40 - 80cm Flowering: June - August Flower size: 12 - 25mm Distribution: Locally scattered over most of Br Isles |
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Welsh Poppy Meconopsis cambrica Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, shady rocky places Colour: Yellow Height: 20 - 60cm Flowering: June - September Flower size: 50 - 80mm Distribution: SW Eng, Wal |
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Wild Strawberry Fragaria vesca Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedgerows, scrub Colour: White Height: 5 - 30cm Flowering: April - July Flower size: 12 - 20mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of Grizzled Skipper butterfly and several species of moth |
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Wood Anenome Anenome nemorosa Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: White Height: 5 - 30cm Flowering: February - May Flower size: 20 - 40mm Distribution: Widespread except N Scot, S Ire Visited by bees Sold as bulbs or 7cm pots |
| Sorry, no picture available | Wood Avens Geum urbanum Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges Colour: Yellow Height: 20 - 70cm Flowering: June - August Flower size: 10 - 15mm Distribution: Widespread, rare NW Scot, W Ire Food plant of the Riband Wave Moth. Seed heads eaten by small mammals |
| Sorry, no picture available | Wood Sage Tencrium scorodonia Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedgerows Colour: Yellow Height: 15 - 50cm Flowering: July - September Flower size: 9 - 12mm Distribution: Widespread Food plant of the Twin Spot Carpet Moth and Heath Fritillary Butterfly |
| Sorry, no picture available | Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges, banks, rocks Colour: White / Mauve Height: 5 - 15cm Flowering: May - August Flower size: 8 - 15mm Distribution: Widespread |
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Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolan Perennial Click for more... |
Native Habitat: Woods, hedges. Prefers lime-rich soil Colour: Yellow Height: 20 - 60cm Flowering: March - November Flower size: 15 - 25mm Distribution: Widespread Eng, Wal; rare Scot, Ire 7cm pots only |
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