Bee Border

Agastache

Alcea rosea

Allium gigantium

Aquilegia vulgaris

Aquilegia 'Denim and Ice'

Aster ericoides 'Golden Spray'      

Berberis stenophylla

Astilbe ‘Glut’

Campanula latifolia

Cerinthe major purpurea

Chrysanthemum 'Mrs Jessie Cooper'

Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'

Clematis tangutica

Cornus mas

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Crocus mix

Digitalis purpurea

Echinops ritro 'Blue Globe'

Eschscholzia californica

Eranthus hymalis

Lathyrus latifolius 'White Pearl'

Limanthus douglasii

Mahonia 'Charity'

Monarda 'Adam'

Muscari armeniacum

Nectariscordium

Nepeta 'Snowflake'

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Pulmonaria 'beth Chatto'

Ribes ‘koja’

Rose canina

Sedum spectabile 'Green expectations'

Snow drops

Wallflowers

      

Butterfly Border

Achillea filipendulina 'Parker's Variety

Agastache

Anchusa azurea 'Dropmore'

Aquilegia 'Duets Mix'

Buddleia alternifolia

Budleia 'Loch Inch'

Centranthus ruber

Dianthus barbatus

Eupatorium ‘Gateway’

Hedera helix 'Goldheart'

Helianthus decapetalus 'Morning Sun'

Ilex aquifolium

Knautia arvensis

Leucanthemum 'Esther Read'

Origanum marjoranum

Origanum vulgare

Phlox paniculata 'Monica Lynden Bell’

Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii

Sedum 'Linda Windsor'

If you’ve visited the nursery and gardens recently, you may have wondered what plants we’ve planted in the new wildlife garden, so I’ve put together lists of which plants are in each area of the garden. We have created several borders, each for a group of wildlife: bees, butterflies, bird and bats and the wildlife pond. The gardens change quite dramatically from being very open over winter and spring until the willow has grown through summer to reach over ten feet tall by autumn, making the gardens feel enclosed and almost a secret garden.

Many of them are available to buy now in the nursery. There are also information boards in each border so you can learn about which plants are good for which section of wildlife, bugs and beasties.

Bird and bat border

Apple tree

Aquilegia 'Fancies'

Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)

Hedera helix 'Buttercup' on bird bath

Melissa officinalis (Lemon balm)

Nicotiana affinis

Origanum 'Rosenkuppel'

Oenothera bennis

Prunus ceracifera

Saponaria officinalis    

Teasels

Wildlife Pond and bog garden

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'

Anemonopsis macrophylia

Aquilegia single blue

Astilbe 'Deutschland'

Athyrium niponicum f metallicum

Betula nana 'Glengarry'

Caltha palustrus 'Flore Pleno'

Corydalis flexuosa 'Pere David'

Epimedium 'Spine Tingler’

Filipendula 'Kahome'

Gentiana 'Pink Swallow'

Geranium × oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'

Geum 'Primrose Cottage'

Heuchera 'Blackberry Jam'

Hosta 'Shade Fanfare'

Hosta 'Wide Brim'

Iris bulleyana

Iris halophila

Lysachyton cantshatensis

Primula florindae Red form

Rodgersia pinnata 'Cally Salmon'

Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen'

   

    

Wildlife Garden