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Wild Flowers/ Native Plants

Plants which are native to the British Isles are extremely important for our wildlife. As natural habitats are under increasing threat, gardens are becoming a vital haven for many species. Unfortunately, many of our native plants have fallen out of favour in preference to foreign and cultivated plants which are seen as being be more attractive to the gardener. If every garden had just one native plant it would make a huge difference to our wildlife.

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Hart's Tongue Fern	Asplenium scolopendrium Native evergreen fern with glossy, strap-shaped leaves. One of the few ferns which thrives in alkaline soil. Can be planted into crevices in walls. For fertile, moist, preferably neutral-alkaline ...... more	£5.99 Add:
Salad Burnet	Burnet (sanguisorba minor) Native perennial herb usually found growing in grassland on chalky soil. The young cucumber-flavoured leaves can be used in salads and to flavour cold drinks. A source of vitamin A and D. Grow in ...... more	£1.50 Add:
Alder Buckthorn	Frangula alnus (Rhamnus frangula.) Often found growing on damp ground with alders, hence the name. It is a handsome, thornless, deciduous, bushy shrub. Berries change colour from red to dark purple as they ripen. ...... more	£5.00 Add:
Yellow Archangel, Yellow Deadnettle	Lamium galeobdolon This native wild flower revels in damp soil and partial shade. Spikes of yellow flowers appear in early spring, and are welcomed by bees. Ideal for naturalising under trees in woodland. Roots as it ...... more	£3.99 Add:
Ox Eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare This perennial is found growing in our native meadows and grasslands. In summer it produces white daisies to 2 inches across which are very good for Bees and Butterflies. Does well on poor, low ...... more	£3.99 Add:
Snowy Woodrush	Luzula nivea A slowly spreading grass-like perennial with narrow green leaves edged with white hairs and fluffy white flower heads in early summer. Eventually makes good groundcover. Evergreen. Grow in sun/ part ...... more	£4.50 Add:
Intermediate Polypody	Polypodium interjectum This adaptive, spreading fern is happy on neutral or alkaline soils including chalk. Grows well on a damp wall or rockery also on tree trunks and tolerates sun or shade. Similar to P. vulgare but ...... more	£5.99 Add:
Common Polypody	Polypodium vulgare A spreading evergreen native fern which tolerates drier conditions than other ferns. Useful for colonising banks or dry areas under trees. In moist climates it will grow on trees/damp walls. Neutral/ ...... more	£5.99 Add:
Hard Shield Fern	Polystichum aculeatum Spreading, evergreen fern with glossy, dark green quite leathery, pinnate fronds. Grow in humus-rich, well drained soil in part or full shade. Fairly drought tolerant once established. Native to the ...... more	£5.99 Add:
Common Buckthorn, Purging Buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica A large deciduous shrub or small tree with spiny branches; yellowish-green flowers are followed by bunches of shining red fruits that mature to black. Like the Alder Buckthorn (Alnus Frangula, q.v.) ...... more	£5.00 Add:
Guelder Rose	Viburnum opulus A native deciduous shrub or small tree with heads of scented white flowers in May and June followed by clusters of bright red berries in autumn; these are complimented by the red autumn colouration ...... more	£5.00 Add: