Post on 21-Apr-2022
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It's easy to make your garden more wildlife-friendly. Encouraging pollinating insects like bees and butterflies will increase your crops of fruit, and of
vegetables like runner
beans.
Birds
will
eat
your
insect
pests,
and
enable
you
to
reduce
the
amount
of pesticide
you
have
to
use
in
the
garden.
And
you'll
be
doing
your
bit
for
conservation!
Bees prefer
simple,
single
flowers
providing
pollen
&
nectar
throughout
the
year.
Daisy-likeflowers,
or
two-lipped
ones
(like
catmint)
are
best.
Butterflies
need
similar
flowers
to
bees,
rich
in
nectar,
in
a
sheltered,
sunny
area
where
they
won't
be
buffeted
by
wind.
Long,
tubular
flowers
like
honeysuckle
are
popular.Birds need
plants
which
attract
insects
on
which
they
can
feed,
or
which
bear
fruit.
They
alsoappreciate
dense
cover
(like
ivy)
for
shelter
and
nesting.c
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(Spindle)Ilex
(Holly)Malus
(Crab
Apple)Salix
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(Sallow)
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(Butterfly
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(Summer
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(coloured-stem
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(Winter
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(Lavender)Leycesteria
(Pheasant
Berry)Ligustrum
(Privet)Pyracantha
(Firethorn)Rosa
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(Guelder
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(Honeysuckle)Wisteria
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ArtichokeHyssopLavenderLemon
BalmMarjoramMintOreganoParsleyRosemaryRunner beanSageSavoryThyme
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(Cornflower)Cheiranthus
(Wallflower)CosmosHelianthus
(Sunflower)Heliotropium
(Cherry
Pie)Iberis
(Candytuft)Limnanthes
(Poached
Eggs)Malva
(Mallow)Myosotis
(Forget-me-not)NasturtiumNigella
(Love-in-a-mist)Papaver
(Poppy)PetuniaTagetes
(French
Marigold)VerbenaZinnia
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(Snowdrop)Hyacinthoides
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(Bluebell)Muscari
(Grape
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(Daffodil)
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(Loosestrife)Malva
(Mallow)Monarda
(Bergamot)Nepeta
(Catmint)Panicum
(Millet)Papaver
(Poppy)PhloxPolemonium
(Jacob's
Ladder)Polygonum
(Bistort)Primula
(Primrose,
Cowslip)Pulmonaria
(Lungwort)Rubus
Rudbeckia
(Coneflower)SalviaScabiosa
(Scabious)Sedum
(esp.
spectabile)
(Ice
Plant)SidalceaSolidago
(Golden
Rod)Stachys
(Lamb's
Ears)Symphytum
(Comfrey)Verbascum
(Mullein)VerbenaVeronica
(Speedwell)Viola
odorata
(Sweet
Violet)
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:Feed wild birdsPut up bird & insect boxesSow some wild flowers
Aconitum
(Monk's
Hood)AgastacheAjuga
(Bugle)Alcea
(Hollyhock)AlyssumAnemone
hybridaAquilegiaArabisArmeria
(Thrift)
Aster
(Michaelmas
Daisy)AubrietaCampanulaCentaurea
(Cornflower)Centranthus
(Valerian)Digitalis
(Foxglove)DoronicumEchinacea (Cone Flower)Echinops (Globe Flower)Erigeron
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(Wallflower)Geranium
(hardy)GeumGypsophilaHelenium
(Sneezewort)HelleborusHesperis
(Sweet
Rocket)Iberis
(Candytuft)Lamium
(Deadnettle)Leucanthemum
(Shasta
Daisy)LiatrisLunaria
(Honesty)Lupinus
(Lupin)
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NB. Not all plants on these lists will be available throughout the year at Gordon Riggs. Some plants can be grown from seed
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