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Plants for Wildlife
Always buy seeds and plants from recognised suppliers and never scatter them in the countryside
as this could lead to the loss of native species.
* Good for butterflies
+ Good for bees
# Good for bats
Common name
Latin name
Flowering
period
Flower colour
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Primrose
Primula vulgaris,
Spring
Yellow
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Lungwort
Pulmonaria
Spring
Pink, blue
+
Bowles’ Perennial
Wallflower
Erysimum bicolor
Spring
Mauve
*
Sweet rocket
Hesperis
matronalis
Spring
Purple, white
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Sweet violet
Viola odorata
Spring
Purple
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Yellow alyssum
Alyssum saxatile
Spring
Yellow
Allium
Allium
Spring
Various
Daffodils
Narcissus
Spring
Crocus
Crocus
tomasianus
Spring
Japanese quince
chaenomelesjaponica
Spring
+
Honesty
Lunaria annua
Late spring
Purple or white
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Snapdragon
Antirrhinum majus
Spring to autumn
Various colours
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Globe thistle
Echinops ritro
Spring, summer
Blue
Aubretia
Aubretia deltoides
Spring, summer
Variety
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Bugle
Ajuga reptans
Spring, summer
Blue
+
Bergamot
Monarda didyma
Summer
Pink, red
+
Bellflower
Campanula
species
Summer
Blue, white
+
Lavender
Lavandula species
Summer
Blue
+
Musk mallow
Malva moschata
Summer
Pink
Key
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Yellow
Red
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Digitalis purpurea
Summer
Various
Buddleia species
Summer
Various colours
Night-flowering catchfly
Silene noctiflora
Summer
White, pink
Bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
Summer
White
Evening primrose
Oenothera species
Summer
White, yellow
+
Dogrose
Rosa canina
Summer
Pink
+
Thyme
Thymus drucei
Summer
Pink
Fennel
Foeniculum
vulgare
Summer
Yellow
+
Borage
Borago officinalis
Summer
Blue
+
Lupins
Lupinus
Summer
Variety
+
Catmint
Nepeta mussinii
Summer
Purple, blue
*
Heliotrope
Heliotropium x
hybridum
Summer
Purple
*
Petunia
Petunia x hybrida
Summer
Variety
+
Chives
Allium
schoenoprasum
Summer
Purple
+
Escallonia
Escallonia
Summer
White, pink
+
Delphinium
Delphinium
Summer
White, pink,
purple
+
French marigold
Tagetes patula
Summer and early
autumn
Orange
+
Echinacea
Echinacea
purpurea
Summer, autumn
Various
White jasmine
Jasminum
officinale
Summer, autumn
White
*
+
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Perennial & biannual
foxglove
Buddleia (butterfly bush)
Non-invasive types only
please
*
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Honesty (perennial)
Lunaria rediviva
*
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Marjoram
Origanum
officinale
+
Honeysuckle
Lonicera
periclymenum
Early summer
White and pink
+
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
Early summer
Variety
+
Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Late summer
Yellow
Purple
*
Ice plant (Sedum)
Sedum spectabile
Late summer
Pink
Penstemon
Penstemon
Late summer
Various
Soapwort
Saponaria
officinalis
Late summer
pink
Red valerian
Centranthus ruber
Late summer
Red
+
Verbena
Verbena
bonariensis
Late summer,
autumn
Purple
+
Hemp agrimony
Eupatorium
purpureum
Late summer,
early autumn
Pink
*
+
Michaelmas Daisy
Aster novi-belgii
Autumn
Purple, blue
*
+
Sweet scabious
Scabiosa
atropurpurea
Autumn
Purple
*
+
Hyssop
Hyssopus
officinalis
Autumn
Purple
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Ivy
Hederad helix
Autumn, winter
Green
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