WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY PLANTS
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PLANTS TO ATTRACT WILDLIFE INTO YOUR GARDEN
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Pot size
Height cm
Price
Plant code
BUDDLEJA
Attractive to butterflies and bees
Alternifolia
Graceful weeping branches with narrow grey=green leaves on slender shoots. Neat purple fragrant flower clusters along shoots, early summer. Large to 2.5 m.
3L
60-80
£6.60
Lochinch
Grey-green leaves are lance-shaped. Long plumes of clustered tubular lilac-blue flowers, small and fragrant with orange eye, Aug-Sept. Large to 3 m, likes full sun.
3L
40-60
£5.50
CHAENOMELES
"Flowering Quince". Spreading shrub with showy flowers and fragrant fruit. Thorny with oval mid-green leaves.
x superba Crimson & Gold
Deep red flowers with golden-yellow anthers. Dense shrub, Small
3L
20-30
£6.50
x superba Jet Trail
Large single white flowers. Low spreading dense habit. Good for ground cover. Small.
3L
20-30
£6.50
CORNUS
Attractive to flies and beetles
sanguinea
"Common Dogwood". Greenish red stems in winter, green leaves turning rich purple in autumn. Tiny white flower clusters in May-June. Bushy habit - good for hedgerows. Larg
2L
60-80
£3.80
sanguinea Midwinter Fire
Orange, yellow and red stems in winter, green leaves turn to give brilliant autumn colour
3L
20-30
£8.20
CORYLUS
"Hazel" . Attractive to birds, particularly wrens and finches
avellana Aurea
Leaves are yellow all season with yellow catkins in Feb. Large
3L
30-40
£9.40
CYTISUS
"Broom" Attractive to reed bunting, sparrow hawks, bugs, moths, spiders etc
x beanii
Low-growing with deep yellow flowers in arching sprays, May. Dwarf, ideal for rock gardens.
2L
15-20D
£6.60
x kewensis
Creamy white flowers in May. Semi-prostrate arching habit, useful for banks. Dwarf.
2L
30-40D
£6.60
x praecox Allgold
Abundance of bright yellow flowers, May. Densely branched shrub. Medium.
3L
40-60
£6.60
ESCALLONIA
Evergreen bushy shrub flowering freely in June. Glossy ovate fine toothed edged leaves are mid green. Ideal for hedging in coastal areas. Attractive to bees, wasps and moths
laevis Gold Ellen
Rosy-red bell-like flowers Aug-Sept on distinctive evergreen golden foliage, aromatic when bruised. Compact habit, Small.
2L
30-40
£5.60
rubra Crimson Spire
Deep red tubular flowers. Vigorous upright form.
2L
30-40
£5.60
FUCHSIA
Birds such as linnet, dunnock, bullfinch and even yellowhammer may nest in thick bushes and the caterpillar of the elephant hawk-moth eats the leaves.
Genii
Golden variegated leaves with violet and red flowers.
2L
£5.60
Lady Thumb
Bushy plant with semi-double red and white flowers. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
magellanica Versicolor
Grey-green leaves tinted rose-pink when young, variegated cream-white with age. Broad habit.
2L
£5.60
Mrs. Popple
Large flowers have violet petals, spreading sepals and long protruding crimson stamens.
2L
£5.60
HEBE
Evergreen shrubs in wide range of size and habit liking sunny positions. Attractive to butterflies and bees
albicans
Short white flower spikes above glaucous grey-green leaves. Dense round habit. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
Autumn Glory
Short spikes of violet-blue flowers Aug-Oct above small round leaves. Loose habit. Small.
2L
15-20
£6.60
Bronze Baby
2L
£8.20
Great Orme
Flowers are pink fading to white. Compact narrow leaves. Small.
2L
20-30
£6.60
Midsummer Beauty
Long lavender flower racemes above long narrow leaves which have reddish tint underneath. Medium.
3L
30-40
£6.60
Mrs Winder
Violet-blue flowers on short spikes July. Neat small leaves are copper tinted in winter. Fairly hardy with dense habit.
2L
£6.60
pimeleoides Quicksilver
Lilac flowers and small silver blue leaves on dark stems Spreading wiry form. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
pinguifolia Pagei
White flowers in May-June. Small glaucous grey leaves.. Spreading habit good for ground cover. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
Pink Elephant
2L
£6.60
Purple Shamrock
2L
15-20
£8.20
rakaiensis (subalpina)
Short upright white flower racemes June-July. Bright green small oval leaves in vertical rows. Compact dense shrub. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
Red Edge
Similar to H. albicans except that leaf has thin red margin. Leaves turn deep red in winter.
2L
£5.60
Sapphire
Violet flower spikes July-Sept. Well rounded shrub branched to 120 cm. Small.
2L
£6.60
Silver Dollar
2L
£6.60
vernicosa
2L
£6.60
White Gem
Abundant white flowers June. Compact mound forming habit. Dwarf
2L
£5.60
Youngii (Carl Teschner)
Violet-blue flowers with white throat above small dark green leaves. Compact shrub suitable for ground cover. Dwarf.
2L
£5.60
LAVANDULA
Blue/purple/white flowers and blue/grey aromatic leaves. Evergreen liking full sun and good drainage. Attractive to butterflies and bees
stoechas subsp.pendunculata Papillon)
Similar to stoechas but more vigorous with longer magenta-purple bracts.
2L
£5.60
RHAMNUS
PLEASE NOTE: Harmful if eaten and a skin irritant. Garden form of wild plant. Attraftive to bees, moths, butterflies, birds
alaternus Argenteovariegata
Ovate green leaves are marbled grey with creamy-white margins. Yellow-green flowers in April followed by red fruits in autumn, turning black. Evergreen upright bushy shrub, fast growing to 1.8 m in five years. Prefers shelter and shade.
2L
30-40
£11.00
cathartica (Common Buckthorn)
frangula (Alder Buckthorn)
ROSA
Arvensis (Field Rose)
canina (Dog Rose)
rugosa rubra (Ramanas rose - red)
SAMBUCUS
"Elderberry" Attractive to butterflies, bees and birds which feed off the berries.
nigra Aurea
"The Golden Elder". Golden yellow young foliage deepening with maturity. Large
3L
40-60
£4.40
THYMUS
"Thyme". Aromatic plants ideal for border edges, paving or tubs. Likes sunny well drained position. Spreading habit. Attractive to butterflies and bees
x citriodorus Golden Queen
Mauve flowers above pale green leaves which are lightly variegated gold, June-July. 5-8 cm high. Open habit
1L
£3.80
Doone Valley a
Dark green leaves splashed gold and tinted red in winter. Mauve flowers June-July. 7-10 cm high. Prostrate habit.
1L
£3.80
vulgaris "Common
"Common or Cooking Thyme". Profusion of pale pink flowers during summer, low dense bush of dark green aromatic leaves. 30 cm high.
1L
£3.80
VIBURNUM
Attractive to bees and wasps
tinus
"Laurustinus". Clusters of pink buds open to flat heads of fragrant white flowers, Dec-March. Large dark evergreen glossy oval leaves on reddish twigs. Dense, bushy and upright habit. Large.
2L
20-30
£5.20
CLIMBERS
CLEMATIS
Hagley Hybrid
Shell pink flowers with brown stamens, June-Sept.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
Mrs Cholmondeley
Large light blue flowers with pointed sepals, May-Aug.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
Perle d'Azure
Azure-blue bell-shaped flowers with cream-green anthers, late summer.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
Rouge Cardinal
Single vibrant velvet-crimson flowers, mid-summer. Likes full sun.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
Ville de Lyon
Carmine-red flowers, deeper at the margins and with golden stamens, July-Oct.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
Vyvyan Pennell
Double violet-blue flowers suffused purple and carmine, May-July, followed by single blue flowers in autumn.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
alpina Frances Rivis
Pendant blue flowers with white stamens, April-May, followed by silky seed heads. Up to 3 m growth per year.
1.5/2L
60-80
£7.90
armandii
Creamy white flowers, April-May, and evergreen long dark green leaflets, three to each leaf. Medium to fast rate of growth.
2L
60-80
£24.90
montana (m alba)
Profusion of small white flowers, May, and trifoliate leaves. Rampant vigorous growth, to 6 m per year, and good for northerly aspects.
1.5/2L
£7.90
HEDERA
"Ivy". PLEASE NOTE: Harmful if eaten and a skin and eye irritant.
colchica Dentata Variegata (Dentata Aurea)
Bright green large broad leaves blending to grey and with irregular creamy yellow margins.
2L
60-80
£7.10
helix Glacier
Small silver-grey leaves have narrow white margin.
2L
40-60
£7.10
helix Green Ripple
Jagged lobed small leaves, the central lobe being long and tapering.
2L
£7.10
helix Oro di Bogliasco
Self clinging climber with golden centre to leaf
2L
60-80
£7.10
hibernica
Large dark green leaves are five-lobed. Good for ground cover.
2L
40-60
£4.20
hibernica Sagittifolia
Neat growing form with pointed leaves
2L
30-40
£5.65
HUMULUS
lupulus Prima Donna
2L
40-60
£9.40
LONICERA
"Honeysuckle". Woody twining climbers ideal for large trellises or trees.
henryi
Terminal clusters of yellow flowers, stained red, June-July. Downy shoots and slender pointed leaves, dark green above, paler underneath. A vigorous evergreen/semi-evergreen climber.
2L
60-80
£7.50
japonica Halliana
Highly fragrant white flowers change to yellow from June. Evergreen/semi-evergreen oval to oblong pointed leaves.
2L
60-80
£7.50