Plants and wildlife
Plants for bees back to top
They are more likely to be attracted to plants grown in clumps and not scattered, and a sunny sheltered spot
Annuals & biennials
Borage
Cosmos
Helianthus annuus (sunflower)
Marigolds
Myosotis
Poppies
Alcea rosea (hollyhock)
Perennials
Agastache Foeniculum
Anchusa azurea
Anemone hybrida
Armeria maritime
Aster
Calamintha nepeta
Campanula
Cynara cardunculus AGM cardoon
Comfrey
Dahlia
Echinops ritro agm
Erigeron
Eryngium
Geranium (hardy)
Geum
Helleborus
Liatris spicata
Marrubium vulgare
Nepeta
Papaver orientale
Periwinkle
Persicaria amplexicaulis
Pinks
Polemonium caeruleum
Rudbeckia
Salvias, especially blue ones
Scabious
Sedum spectabile agm
Veronica longifolia
Vinca
Violet (sweet violet)
Bulbs, corms and tubers
Allium
Trees and shrubs
Buddleia globosa AGM and other buddleias
Buxus sempervirens AGM
Caryopteris
Cornus alba Elegantissima AGM(dogwood)
Fuchsia
Hebe
Helianthemum
Hypericum
Laurus nobilis AGM (bay)
Lavender
Marjoram
Ribes
Tayberry
Weigela florida
Wild flowers
Digitalis purpurea
Echium vulgare Viper’s Bugloss
Lamium purpureum
Linaria vulgaris Toadflax
Lythrum salicaria
Papaver
Persicaria
Valeriana officinalis
Plants for butterflies back to top
Annuals and biennials
Borage
Calendula officinalis
Matthiola incana
Tagetes
Perennials
Agastache
Armeria
Aster
Astrantia major
Cardoon
Catmints
Centranthus rubber, Red Valerian
Cynara cardunculus cardoon
Dahlia
Echinops
Eryngium
Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’
Foxgloves
Hesperis matronalis
Horehound
Hyssopus officinalis Hyssop
Iberis sempervirens AGM
Lamium
Liatris spicata
Lobelia cardinalis
Mentha spicata mints
Nepeta faassenii AGM
Pinks
Polemonium caeruleum
Purple Loosestrife
Salvias, especially blue ones
Scabiosa
Sedum spectabile AGM
Toadflax
Verbena rigida AGM
Shrubs
Blackberry
Buddleias
Caryopteris clandonensis
Hebe
Lavender
Marjoram
Rosemary
Thymus
Wild plants
angelica sylvestris
Dipsacus fullonum teasel
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Origanum vulgare
Primroses
Valeriana officinalis
Viper’s bugloss
Plants for ladybirds back to top
Anthemis (various)
Bellis perennis
Calendula
Cosmos ‘Sonata white’
Echinacea
Helenium
Rudbeckia
Plants for hoverflies (pest predators) back to top
Angelica
Convolvulus tricolor
coriander
fennel
figwort
teasel
Valerian
Viper’s bugloss
Rabbit resistant plants back to top
It is said that a really hungry rabbit will eat most things, especially in winter, but these should at least give you a head start.
Aquilegia
Asters
Aucuba
Box
Buddleia
Campanulas
Catmint
Dahlia
Day lily
Delphinium
Euonymus
Forget me not
Foxglove
Geranium
Hellebores
Jacob’s ladder
Lamium
Nicotiana
Penstemons
Salvias
Sea hollies (Eryngiums)
Stachys
Sunflowers