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We now stock a wide range of native wild flower plants for your garden. Our plants are grown from seed or by division from our nursery or we buy plug plants and pot on from a reputable source, they are not taken from the wild. Many wild plants when given space will thrive in your flower border, especially plants such as Red Campion. Alternatively they can be planted in a more natural area of your garden such as a wild flower meadow. Native plants are very important for our native wildlife.


	*Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)* Plant - £1.95**


	Teasels make fine, architectural plants in the garden. Spiny flower-heads rise out of the prickly rosette of leaves in summer. These are covered in pinkish purple or white flowers in mid- to late summer. They then dry to an attractive shade of brown and make fine dried flowers for arrangements. Teasels are biennials but once they are established them will self-seed freely. 7cm pot.


	Common Name: Teasel Exposure: Full sun, Partial shade Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, Chalky/alkaline Height: 180cm Spread: 80cm


	Item number WFP05


	*Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)* Plant - £1.95**


	Also known as 'bacon and eggs', it can be found in grassland areas and is a very pretty member of the clover family. This plant forms a low dense mat and should be planted near the front of the border/meadow. 7cm pot.

		situation sun. soil type alkaline: poor/dry. height 30cm. flowering season may-september+ colour , yellow/red.




		Item number WFP27


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	*Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerota)* Plant - £1.95**


	Small and compact clusters of violet flowers. This vibrant coloured plant can be found in grassland. Also suitable for rock gardens. 7cm pot.

	situation sun. soil type - well drained height 15-30cm. flowering season June onwards colour , Violet




		Item number WFP26


	*Cowslip (Primula veris)* Plant - £1.95**


	This was a very common plant, but is now much harder to find. It grows in hedges and grasslands. It is especially valuable as an early-flowering nectar-source for insects.7cm pot.

		situation -sun/partial shade. soil type neutral/alkaline - normal. height 25-30cm. flowering season -April/May colour - Yellow




		Item number WFP21


	*Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)* Plant - £1.95**


		This plant, also known as 'gypsy-rose', lives in grasslands, roadsides and hedgebottoms. It will attract large numbers of butter-flies,bees and birds.7cm pot.

	situation -sun soil type neutral/alkaline - normal. height 80-90cm. flowering season -June-Sept colour - Blue uses - mix with borax and samphire and use for dandruff




		Item number WFP14


	*Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)* Plant - £1.95**


	This relative of the cornflower lives in hedgerows, grasslands and on roadsides. It provides good colour for the garden, whilst also being useful for drying the buds and flowers and having attractive leaves. It is also well favoured by butterflies and used by bees and birds.7cm pot.

		situation -sun/partial shade soil type neutral/alkaline - dry height 80-90cm. flowering season -June-Sept colour - Purple uses digestive disorders and treating wounds, some parts can be put into salads.




		Item number WFP18


	*Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)* Plant - £1.95**


	This member of the bellflower family is found in chalky hedgerows and grasslands. Besides being useful for a meadow site, this plant is also good for the taller rock garden, or in summer pots and tubs. It will also grow low down in path and wall crevices. 7cm pot.

		situation -sun/partial shade soil type neutral/alkaline - normal/poor/dry height 25-40cm. flowering season -July-Sept colour -Blue




		Item number WFP17


	*Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)* Plant - £1.95**


		This highly fragrant flower is found in marshes, wet meadows and ditches. It is an ideal plant for moist borders, pond edges and other damp places. 7cm pot.

	situation -sun/partial shade soil type neutral/alkaline - moist height up to 90cm flowering season -June-Sept colour -Cream uses - flavouring mead, curing fevers and digestion problems.




		Item number WFP23


	*Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)* Plant - £1.95**


	Also called 'dog daisy' this common perennial lives on grassy banks and roadsides. It is an invasive plant and so is better suited for planting in 'wildflower meadows' and follows the flowering of spring bulbs effectively. It is attractive to insects, butterflies and bees for it's nectar.7cm pot.

	situation -sun/partial shade soil type neutral/alkaline - normal height up to 60cm flowering season -May-Aug colour -White/Yellow uses: fabled to deter flies if planted near a house. used as a tonic. leaves and roots used to flavour soups.




		Item number WFP19


	*Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)* Plant - £1.95**


	A member of the pink/carnation family, this vigorous plant is found in marshes, damp woods and moist meadows. Though the flowering season ends in june, it is possible to get a second showing if the stems are cut back after flowering. It is best placed in a damp spot, though can stand a dry shaded border. 7cm pot.

	situation -sun/partial shade soil type acid/alkaline - moist height up to 60-70cm flowering season -May-Jun colour -Pink




		Item number WFP15


	*Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)* Plant - £1.95**


		An essential component of the spring meadow, red clover was once used mainly as cattle fodder. The flowers are widely used in herbal remedies for skin complaints. 7cm pot.

	situation -sun soil type - well drained height up to 10-45cm flowering season -May onwards colour -Pink




		Item number WFP20


	*Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)* Plant - £1.95**


		A very valuable herb, it is found on roadsides, grasslands and dry banks. It is a good ground cover plant and forms a lovely golden bush at the front of a border.7cm pot.

	situation -sun/partial shade soil type - neutral/alkaline normal/dry height up to 50-75cm flowering season -July-Sept colour -Pink




		Item number WFP25


	*Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)* Plant - £1.95**


		This very common flower dwells in grasslands, hedges and in gardens. It makes a good tall border plant, though it will need to be thinned often as it is a vigorous grower. 7cm pot.

	situation -sun/partial shade soil type - acid/alkaline normal/dry height up to 50-70cm flowering season -June-Sept colour -White/Red/Pink uses excellent for fresh arrangements and for drying for winter arrangements.




		Item number WFP24


	*Primrose (Primula vulgaris)* Plant - £1.95**


		Seldom seen in the same places as its close relative the cowslip, primroses prefer moist woodlands, under hedge-rows and shady grasslands. In a garden this would be an ideal plant in a shady border, but it is more suited to wilder planting under a shady tree or hedge. 7cm pot.

	situation -partial shade/shade soil type - neutral/acid normal/moist height up to 15-20cm flowering season -March-May colour -Yellow uses in wine, relieve headaches.




		Item number WFP16


	*Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)* Plant - £1.95**


	This wild fruit plant is wide-spread in woodlands, hedgerows and grasslands. It has a trailing habit and very sweet fruit which are very attractive to birds. 7cm pot.

		situation -sun/partial shade/shade soil type - neutral/alkaline normal height up to 20-30cm flowering season -April=July colour -White uses fruit tea.




		Item number WFP22


	*Pink Purslane (Claytonia sibirica)* Plant - £1.95**