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Night Flowering Catchfly	Silene noctiflora
30cm tall with pale yellow flowers opening late evening, with fragrant smell to attract night flying insects, July August.Food plant of Campion and Marbled Clover Moths. Qorest	Click to Enlarge

Oxeye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare
30 45cm white 'moon' daisy. A meadow plant which, in fertile soil, will grow magnificently. A good nectar plant.	Click to Enlarge

Red Clover	Trifolium pratense
20 40cm tall red flowers May September. A rich nectar source for bees. The food plant of the Latticed Heath, Mother Skipton, Tawny Wave, Chalk Carpet and Narrow Bordered five Spot Burnet moths.	Click to Enlarge

Reflexed Stonecrop	Sedum rupestre
10 20cm tall creeping perennial. Blue green leaves and stems and bright yellow flowers June August. An excellent nectar plant for rocky places, walls, paths etc.	Click to Enlarge

Rest harrow	Ononis repens
10 30cm spreading ground cover. Small pink pea like flowers all summer, good as a weed suppressor. Food plant of common blue Butterfly, Yellow Shell Moth, Bordered Sallow, Marbled Clover and Bordered Straw.	Click to Enlarge

Ribwort Plantain	Plantago lanceolata
15 30cm tall perennial of open grassland. A weed of the lawn, which will grow very much larger in cultivation. Brownish flowers April August. A good plant for seed eating birds. The food plant of the Glanville Fritillary and Heath Fritillary butterflies and the Garden Dart, Wood Tiger, Muslin, Knot Grass, Barred Chestnut, Heart and Dart and Pearly Underwing moths.	Click to Enlarge

Rock Cinquefoil	Potentilla rupestris
30 40cm tall herbaceous perennial of a few remaining sites in Wales. Very rare now in wild and only visible through binoculars on a mountain ledge. White, rose like flowers from June August. Needs a dry well drained site.	Click to Enlarge

Rock Rose	Helianthemum nummularium
15cm tall 'almost' shrub of sunny grassland, mainly on chalk/lime. Bright yellow flowers, May September. Will grow on almost no soil, so good for bare difficult places. Food plant of the Green Hairstreak, Ashworth's Rustic, Annulet, Northern Brown Argus, Brown Argus and Wood Tiger Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Rosebay Willow Herb	Chamerion angustifolium
1.5m tall, strongly rhizomatous perennial of waste ground and woodland clearings. Magenta flowers July August.	Click to Enlarge

Rough Hawkbit	Leontodon hispidus
15 30cm tall perennial of dry grassland on calcareous soil. Bright yellow flowers June October. A good plant for late flowering, if dead headed comes again and again.	Click to Enlarge

Sainfoin	Onobrychis vicufolia
30 60cm herbaceous perennial of open situation on chalk and limestone. Bright pink racemes of flowers July August much visited by bees. A doubtful native and almost certainly introduced to Gt. Britain. Our plants are allegedly native to Hampshire, but in anycase an excellent nectar and border plant.	Click to Enlarge

Salad Burnet	Sanguisorba minor ssp minor
30 50cm tall herbaceous perennial, which can be used in salads. The reddish purple round flower heads appear in May August. A native of calcareous grassland and neutral rocky places throughout the British Isles, north to central Scotland. Food plant of the Annulet	Click to Enlarge

Salsify	Tragopogon porrifolius
30 100cm tall biennial with a taproot which can be eaten as a vegetable. Bright purple flowers from June August, followed by giant seed 'clocks' like dandelions. Introduced from the Mediterranean region and naturalized in grassy places and in S England and Channel Islands.	Click to Enlarge

Selfheal	Prunella vulgaris
10 30cm tall with red/purple flowers May June. Found as a lawn weed, where constant cutting gives flowers all summer. Excellent nectar plant.	Click to Enlarge

Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria
30 60cm tall with spikes of golden yellow flowers, producing one large seed loved by finches June October.	Click to Enlarge

Greater Mullein, Arron's Rod	Verbascum thapsus
30 60cm tall biennial that dies after flowering but which seeds profusely. Yellow flowers June August, often flowering in October of first year. Food plant of Mullein Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Autumn Hawkbit	Leontodon autumnalis
15 30cm tall with bright yellow dandelion like flowers July October. A good late nectar plant to grow in grass. CLincs	Click to Enlarge

Basil	Clinopodium vulgare
25 35cm tall perennial. Rosy pink flowers all summer. Will grow well in grass for a flowering lawn. Excellent nectar plant, which withstands drought.	Click to Enlarge

Bird's Foot Trefoil	Lotus corniculatus
15 30cm yellow pea like flowers, rich in nectar, and distinctive 'bird's foot' seed pods. Food plant of the Common Blue, Clouded Yellow, Wood White, Green Hairstreak, Silver Studded Blue and Dingy Skipper butterflies, Six spot Burnet, Chalk Carpet and Straw Belle moths.	Click to Enlarge

Black Horehound	Ballota nigra
40 100cm tall strong smelling perennial of the mint family. Small purple flowers in whorls from June October. Attractive to bees. Will grow in a dry sunny place or slight shade.	Click to Enlarge

Bladder Campion	Silene vulgaris
30 40cm tall erect perennial with large bladder like calyxes. Flowers white with lavender stamens May September. Food plant of the Campion, Marbled coronet, Marbled clover and Dark Brocade moths.	Click to Enlarge

Bloody Cranesbill	Geranium sanguineum
20 30cm tall perennial with magenta flowers June August. A rare native of thin soils on limestone.	Click to Enlarge

Blue Fleabane	Erigeron acer
30 40cm tall biennial/perennial, with blue and yellow flowers July August. Locally common plants of dry grassy places, dunes and walls, usually on lime.	Click to Enlarge

Catmint	Nepeta cataria
30cm tall downy, mint scented plants, with white flowers June October. Adored by cats. Our puss licks the leaves while purring loudly, and has to be carried away.	Click to Enlarge

Common Catsear	Hypochaeris radicata
15 30cm tall with bright yellow flowers June October. A good nectar plant and excellent drought survivor.	Click to Enlarge

Centaury	Centaurium erythraea
15 20cm tall with pink flowers June October from this member of the gentian family. Needs dry sunny site with calcareous soil, or woodland margins.	Click to Enlarge

Chicory	Cichorium intybus
A tall perennial to lm often flopping over neighbouring plants. Bright blue flowers June September. The root is used as a coffee substitute. Doubtfully native but common over roadside verges on calcareous soils.	Click to Enlarge

Clustered Bellflower	Campanula glomerata
15 30cm tall with deep purple flowers in late summer. A chalk downland plant, which will flourish in any sunny site.	Click to Enlarge

Coltsfoot	Tussilago farfara
15 30cm bright yellow flowers February April, with seed heads like dandelions.Good on poor soils, creeping to form large clumps.	Click to Enlarge

Common Mallow	Malva sylvestris
100 120cm tall, bright pink saucer like flowers from large spreading plants. Food plant of the Painted Lady, Mallow Skipper, Mallow Moths.	Click to Enlarge

Cowslip	Primula veris
10 15cm bunches of yellow bells in May and June. Sadly, numbers have declined lately, although many garden varieties are to be found. Food plant of the Duke of burgundy Fritillary Butterfly, Plain Clay and Northern Rustic moths.	Click to Enlarge

Creeping Cinquefoil	Potentilla reptans
A much more delicate version of Silverweed. Long trailing stems and green leaves.Bright yellow flowers May September. Native of rough ground, open grassland and dunes.	Click to Enlarge

Crow Garlic	Allium vineale
A bulbous perennial to 45cm tall. Pink, greenish white flowers producing bulbuls April July. A native of dry grassy places often on chalk or limestone.	Click to Enlarge

Daisy	Bellis perennis
The well known daisy of lawns small white flowers all summer. A must for turning a green lawn into a wildflower meadow.The food plant of the Red Carpet Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Dark Mullein	Verbascum nigrum
30 60cm tall more dainty than Moth Mullein and Arron's Rod. Yellow flowers with purple anthers June September. Good food plant for caterpillars of the Mullein moth, and the Striped Lychnis.	Click to Enlarge

Dropwort	Filipendula vulgaris
30 45cm tall perennial of dry chalky grassland. Pretty cream and pink flowers June July. Excellent nectar plant. A dwarf version of Meadowsweet for dry sunny soils.	Click to Enlarge

Elecampagne	Inula helenium
100 250cm reaching for the sky. Bright yellow sunflower like daisies July August. Needs lots of space but a spectacular plant in full flower. Good nectar plant.	Click to Enlarge

Feverfew	Tanacetum parthenium
30 40cm perennial with white daisy like flowers June October and pungent foliage of bright lime green, only dying down in severe weather.	Click to Enlarge

Field Scabious	Knautia aiwensis
30 60cm tall with pale blue flowers July September. A good butterfly nectar plant. The food plant of the Marsh Fritillary and the Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Fox & Cubs	Pilosella aurantiaca
20 30cm tall spreading by short runners and bright orange flowers June August. A good border plant but it is an introduction.	Click to Enlarge

Goat's Beard	Tragopogon pratensis
30 150cm tall with small pale yellow flowers on tall upright robust stems June July, followed by seed 'clocks'.	Click to Enlarge

Golden Rod	Solidago virgaurea
A herbaceous perennial to 70cm, but often much shorter. Bright yellow flowers June September. A native of open woods, hedgerows and grassland.I've also seen this plant growing in limestone pavement in Co. Kerry in dark shade	Click to Enlarge

Great Burnet	Sanguisorba officinalis
30 60cm tall perennial. Leaves grey beneath, shining green above. Flowers like raspberries from June August. A plant of damp, alkaline soils in sun or semi shade. CL ancashire	Click to Enlarge

Greater Celandine	Chelidonium majus
30 45cm grey green perennial of waste ground and waysides. A member of the poppy family with small yellow flowers. A WARNING, the plant sap is bright orange and stains clothes and skin! Possibly introduced and used in ancient times for removing worts. It is however POISONOUS.	Click to Enlarge

Greater Knapweed	Centaurea scabiosa
60 100cm perennial with ragged purple flowers July onwards. A late nectar plant for a sunny site much loved by bees and butterflies, and later by seed eating birds.	Click to Enlarge

Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia
15 30cm tall with dainty blue flowers August September. Found throughout Britain from damp peat to dry chalk. Food plant of Northern Rustic and Ashworth's Rustic Moths.	Click to Enlarge

Hawkweed	Hieracium agg.
There are at least 250 micro species of hawkweed so far identified in Gt. Britain.Growing 30 40cm tall and producing bright 'dandelion' type flowers June August. Found on well drained calcareous soil. We grow three separate taxa. One from Yorkshire, one from Cardiff and one from Surrey! They are yet to be further identified.	Click to Enlarge

Hoary Mullein	Verbascum pulverulentum
50 150cm tall biennial which will seed in disturbed soils. Thickly covered in white woolly hairs which wash off in heavy rain. The yellow flowers form on tall branched pyramidal spikes in July and August. Food plant of the Mullein Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Jacob's Ladder	Polemonium caeruleum
30 90cm tall perennial herb of limestone soils in Northern England. Light green leaves and dark purple flowers have made this a common garden plant, but rare in the wild. Flowers June July.	Click to Enlarge

Lady's Bedstraw	Galium verum
Low growing, spreading ground cover with scrambling flower stems of tiny yellow flowers and black seeds. Food plant of the Humming Bird Hawk Moth, Small Elephant Hawk Moth, Galium Carpet Moth, Plain Wave and Riband Wave, Bedstraw Hawk Moth, Archer's Dart and Red Chestnut Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Lady's Mantle	Alchemilla filicaulis
Short, to 20cm perennial of grassy habitats. Greenish yellow flowers May September. A smaller version of the garden Lady's Mantle.	Click to Enlarge

Lesser Knapweed	Centaurea nigra
40 60cm tall with mauve thistle like flowers, July September. Repeat flowering, excellent nectar provider for bees and butterflies, and seed supply for finches. Food plant of Lime Speck Pug Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Lesser Meadow Rue	Thalictrum minus
15 30cm tall perennial, with bright yellow flowers May July. Food plant of the Marsh Carpet.	Click to Enlarge

Lesser Stitchwort	Stellaria graminea
10 30cm tall creeping perennial with straggling weak stems. Small white flowers May August. Food plant of the Lychnis moth.	Click to Enlarge

Maiden Pink	Dianthus deltoides
10 20cm tall perennial herb, forming cushions of grey green foliage. Dark rose pink flowers June September. A plant of dry, often sandy soils.	Click to Enlarge

Marjoram	Origanum vulgare
30cm flower stems of pink flowers August September above rosettes of aromatic leaves. Much sought by bees and butterflies and can be grown in lawn or border. Food plant of the Sub Angled Wave Moth and extremely attractive to Small Copper, especially if Sorrel ,its food plant, is grown nearby. Food plant.	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Buttercup	Ranunculus acris
40 100cm tall perennial of grassland, especially damp and calcareous. Bright yellow flowers 15 2Smm across, rich in nectar. Food plant of the Bearded Chestnut Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Cranesbill	Geranium pratense
30 45cm tall with bright blue geranium flowers June onwards. The food plant of the Brown Argus Butterfly. Derbyshire	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Saxifrage	Saxifraga granulata
15 30cm with dainty white flowers April June. Rare in the wild, needing well drained sunny site. Food plant of Yellow Ringed Carpet Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Vetchling	Lathyrus pratensis
30 45cm clambering spreading rapidly by root to form dense ground cover. Yellow flowers May August and shiny black seed pods. Food plant of the Wood White butterfly.	Click to Enlarge

Moth Mullein	Verbascum blatteria
100 200cm tall with bright yellow flowers from midsummer. Food plant of the Mullein Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Mousear Hawkweed	Pilosella officinarum
5 30cm tall creeping perennial, with hairy leaves and bright yellow flowers. Common over much of British Isles in dry, grassland habitats, banks, rock walls etc.	Click to Enlarge

Musk Mallow	Malva moschata
30 45cm tall with delicate pink mallow flowers July September. Good nectar plant. The food plant of the Mallow Skipper.	Click to Enlarge

Small Scabious	Scabiosa columbaria
30 45cm tall with light blue flowers July September, followed by seeds which the birds take as soon as ripe. A good plant for bees and butterflies in late summer. Produces so many flowers it deserves a place in any garden.	Click to Enlarge

Sorrel	Rumex acetosa
60 100cm erect perennial, with flowering stem growing tall above leaves from May June. The food plant of Small Copper and Blood vein White Butterflies. Plant with Marjoram for a 'nectar fix' when Small Coppers are passing and they'll stay!	Click to Enlarge

Sticky Catchfly	Lychnis viscaria
15 30cm tall with bright pink flowers May July. All the shoots are sticky below leaf joints hence name. Food plant of Campion Moth and Marbled Clover. Possible garden origin. ckadnor	Click to Enlarge

Strawberry Clover	Trifolium fragiferum
10 30cm tall creeping perennial, rooting at nodes. The pinkish purple flowers from June September produce seed heads that look just like tiny strawberries. A native of grassy places on heavy soil and often slightly saline.	Click to Enlarge

Sulphur Clover	Trifolium ochroleucon
10 30cm tall yellow flowered clover forming a flat spreading rosette of grey green leaves. Flowering from June August.	Click to Enlarge

Teasel	Dipsacus fullonum
45 200cm stately plant, perhaps not very distinguished in flowering but does attract bees well. Grow for seed heads, which are attractive to gold finches.	Click to Enlarge

Thyme	Thymus polytrichus
10cm tall with purple flowers June August. The food plant of the Large Blue Butterfly, Tawny Wave, Thyme Pug, Annulet, Ashworth's Rustic and Transparent Burnet Moths.	Click to Enlarge

Tormentil	Potentilla erecta
Perennial with non rooting flowering stems to 45cm. Frequently hybridizing with P. reptans and P. angelica so that identification can be doubtful! We think we have P. erecta, please tell us if you think otherwise. Yellow flowers May August, sometimes chosen as food plant of common blue butterflies in suitable habitats. Found in grassy places mostly on acid soils but also occurs on limestone.	Click to Enlarge

Tufted Vetch	Vicia cracca
Clambering perennial, slightly downy with one sided spikes of blue violet flowers June August, and brown seed pods. Food plant of the Wood White Bufterfly.	Click to Enlarge

Vervain	Verbena officinalis
15 45cm tall with tiny lilac flowers July September. Grow in clumps for best effect.Said to possess properties to cure infection and prevent spells!	Click to Enlarge

Vipers Bugloss	Echium vulgare
30 100cm tall with blue flowers June August. A biennial native to Breckland in Norfolk which is loved by the bees, and Painted Lady Butterflies.	Click to Enlarge

White Campion	Silene alba
30 45cm tall, flowers all summer. Loved by bees and moths, caterpillars eat the seeds in the pod and earwigs use the seed heads for shelter. Food plant of the Campion, Marbled Coronet, and Marbled Clover Moths.	Click to Enlarge

White Clover	Trifolium repens
10 15cm creeping perennial, with white flowers, often with a hint of pink from May November. Food plant of the Clouded Yellow Butterfly.	Click to Enlarge

Wild Wallflower	Cheiranthus cheiri
30cm tall with bright yellow, very fragrant flowers. Seeds well in dry areas, extremely hardy, early April May flowering. The food plant of the Garden Carpet Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Woad	Isatis tinctoria
60 120cm tall with yellow flowers and shiny brown seeds June August. The blue dye plant of the Saxons.	Click to Enlarge

Yarrow	Achillea millefolium
15 40cm tall with white sometimes pink flowers attractive to butterflies and bees. Food plant of the Essex Emerald, Lime Speck Pug, Wormwood Pug, Straw Belle and Ruby Tiger Moths.	Click to Enlarge

Yellow Toadflax	Linaria vulgaris
20 30cm tall, yellow/orange spikes of snapdragon like flowers July October. Food plant of the Toadflax Pug Moth and Marbled Clover Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Carline Thistle	Carlina vulgaris
A stiff, upright plant to 60cm tall, with yellow flowers in clusters of 2 to 5 . July to October. Found in grassland and scrub, mainly on chalk or limestone, throughout lowland Britain	Click to Enlarge

Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale
Deeply toothed leaves form a flat rosette at base of plant, from which several flowering stems 5 to 30cm tall appear April to May. Found in abundance in grassland and on banks and waste ground	Click to Enlarge

Lesser Calamint	Calamintha nepeta
Medium to tall, greyish perennial with long creeping rhizomes. White or pale lilac flowers in whorls forming a dense leafy spike, July to October. Found in dry habitats, scrub, hedgerows, banks and rough grassland	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Clary	Salvia pratensis
Rare plant of chalk grassland to 80cm tall with large wrinkled, slightly aromatic leaves. Purpleblue flowers in whorls June to July. Found on meadows and grassy places, on calcareous soils.	Click to Enlarge

Wild Parsnip	Pastinaca sativa
Upright, roughly hairy plant with usually hollow stems 30 to 120cm tall. Tiny yellow flowers in many branched clusters	Click to Enlarge

Zig Zag Clover	Trifolium medium
Similar to the Red Clover, with less rounded leaflets and flower heads standing on longer stalks.	Click to Enlarge

Tower Mustard	Arabis Glabra
Tufted biennial to 1metre tall. Numerous flowers with pale yellow petals from May to July. Native to dry grassy, rocky and waste places. Very localized, and decreasing in England.	Click to Enlarge

Calamint	Clinopodium Calamintha
30 to 40cm tall, aromatic perennial of dry soils in sun or semi-shade. Pink flowers July to August.	Click to Enlarge

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax	Cymbalaria muralis
A creeping plant which grows on rocks and walls, with tiny ivy like leaves. Small purple and yellow flowers all summer.	Click to Enlarge

Wild Carrot	Daucus carota
30 to 100cm tall biennial. White flowers with central pink or purple petals in June tp August. Found on chalky soils often near the sea.	Click to Enlarge

Northern Bedstraw	Galium Boreale
A short, stiff, erect perennial, sometimes slightly hairy. Dark green leaves, white to yellowish flowers in branched clusters June to August. Found in grassy, rocky and bushy places, stream sides, scree and shingle	Click to Enlarge

Horseshoe Vetch	Hippocrepis comosa
Decumbent, herbaceous perennial forming a semi-shrub in dry, open places on alkaline soil. Bright yellow flowers June to August, followed by the horseshoe shaped fruits. Food plant of blue butterflies.	Click to Enlarge

Perforate St. John's Wort	Hypericum perforatum
30 to 45cm tall with bright yellow flowers, with translucent dots July to September	Click to Enlarge

Purple Toadflax	Linaria purpurea
Hairless tufted perennial with erect stems, often branching above. Numerous unstalked linear leaves. Purple flowers in long, dense racemes June to August. Found in waste places and cultivated land, sometimes growing on old walls at low altitudes	Click to Enlarge

Black Medick	Medicago lupulina
Downy perennial to 25cm tall. Compact yellow flower heads like those of the Clovers. Found on grasslands and roadsides, especially on base rich soils	Click to Enlarge

Spiny Rest Harrow	Ononis spinosa
A native perennial, common on rough, grassy places in the south and east of England and Midlands. Height to 40cm, very similar to Rest harrow but has hard, sharp prickles. Pale pink flowers June to September.	Click to Enlarge

Poppy	Papaver rhoeas
Erect annual associated with corn fields. Bright scarlet red flowers June to August	Click to Enlarge

Hoary Plantain	Plantago media
Similar to Ribwort Plantain, but plants more glaucous, usually with a solitary leaf-rosette. Flowers whitish, fragrant, in spikes shorter than the long, ridged stalks, May to August, occasionally later. Found in dry grassy habitats and waste places, on calcareous soils.	Click to Enlarge

Hoary Cinquefoil	Potentilla argentea
Delicate stems and small yellow flowers June to July, but whole plant very attractive silver colour. Cut back after flowering to flower in autumn	Click to Enlarge

Sulphur Cinquefoil	Potentilla recta
Short to medium, erect hairy perennial, with grey/green leaves. Pale yellow flowers June to September. Native to dry grassy and waste places, meadows, banks, woodland margins and roadsides	Click to Enlarge

Spring Cinquefoil	Potentilla tabernaemontanii
Variable, low growing, hairy, mat-forming perennial. Stems root freely at nodes. Yellow flowers April to June. Found in dry grassy or rocky places, often on south facing aspect	Click to Enlarge

Wild Clary	Salvia verbenaca
30 to 40cm tall hairy perennial found on dry calcareous habitats and on roadsides and in churchyards where it was often planted. Violet/blue flowers June to August are rich in nectar and pollinated by bumblebees. The word Clary comes from Clear-eye, as the seeds were once used to produce eyewash	Click to Enlarge

Tansy	Tanacetum vulgare
30 to 100cm tall with bright yellow button flowers and aromatic fern like leaves. Likes dry, sunny sites, and is said to repel flies. Flowers all summer from June. Food plant of the Essex Emerald Moth	Click to Enlarge

Alpine Meadow Rue	Thalictrum alpinum
A creeping perennial of dry, grassy and rocky places on mountains. Rarely taller than 15cm but dark green leaves are pretty in dry rocks or paving. Pale yellow flowers June to August.	Click to Enlarge

Heath Speedwell	Veronica officinalis
A creeping perennial of open woods and heaths, usually on acid to neutral soils. Lilac flowers June to September	Click to Enlarge

Common Vetch	Vicia sativa
Erect, trailing or scrambling annual 15 to 40cm tall, but stems can be up to 1.5metres long. Variable pink purple flowers June onwards	Click to Enlarge

Heartsease	Viola tricolor
15 to 20cm tall annual to short lived perennial. Purple flowers often blotched with yellow from April to August. Will usually seed itself well	Click to Enlarge

Corn Marigold	Chrysanthemum segetum
30 to 60cm tall annual easy to collect seed from and soon seeds itself. Blue green leaves and bright yellow flowers. Food plant of the Chamolmile Shark Moth	Click to Enlarge

Pignut	Conopodium majus
30 to 50cm tall perennial of grasslands, hedgerows and woods. White flowers in umbels june to august, seed remaining until autumn. Produces a roundish tuber from where next years growth comes and was used as fodder hence the name.The leaves in second and further years form delicate fern-like fronds.	Click to Enlarge

Small Teasel	Dipsacus pilosus
A biennial flowering at up to 2 metres. Much smaller and shorter than the commoner teasel, but just as popular with bees and finches. White flowers July to August	Click to Enlarge

Weld	Reseda luteola
A tall biennial with lemon yellow and green flowers from June to September. Likes a lime rich soil, well drained in full sun. Food plant of the Bath White Butterfly	Click to Enlarge

Sheeps Sorrel	Rumex acetosella
Up to 30cm tall, usually upright plant with branched, almost leafless flower spikes. The reddish flowers from May to August are tiny, in whorls around the spike, and are wind pollinated. Male and female flowers are on different plants. Flound on heaths, grassland, roadsides and cultivated land.	Click to Enlarge


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