Butterfly and Bee

A perennial with dandelion-like flowers and seed heads. A good showy meadow subject. The seeds are a magnet for Finches.

• Height: 15 - 50cm
• Flowers: July - September
• Soil Requirement: Moist
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 

If you are trying to encourage bees the Bee wildflower plant collection is the one your looking for. This plug plant collection contains a minimum of 10 species available from our range and provide an excellent food source for bees.

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Excellent food source. 

This selection of plants will attract butterflies into your garden, you'll receive a minimum of 10 species of plugs plants from the list. Your collection will capture the small purple flowers of Field scabious to the light scent of Musk mallow.

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Designed to attract butterflies into your garden. 

The Chalk and Limestone plug plant collection is made up of a minimum of 10 species from the list below and is made up of the specie you would expect to find in natural chalk and limestone meadows. This collection will blossom in the most chalky, calcareous soils.

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Suitable for chalk and calcareous so...

When ordering this Clay soil plug plant collection you will receive a minimum of 10 small plugs that are specifically picked for soils that dry out during the summer and retain water during the winter. This beautiful collection of plants will help you create the perfect meadow in areas of poor drainage.

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities...

The Common agrimony plant is known as church steeples, good for a sunny border. It has slender tapering spikes of yellow, star-shaped flowers and finely cut leaves. As well as luring and other pollinators, wild birds struggle to resist! 

• Height: 40 - 80cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, neutral
• Light Requirement: Full sun

This perennial makes a good meadow component with its rich yellow flowers and dandelion-like seed heads.

• Height: 30 - 45cm
• Flowers: May - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade

Common mallow is a very ornate, tough plant with an abundance of pink/purple flowers. To get the best from this pretty plant place in full sun and in well-draining soils. 

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun

A beautiful native perennial wildflower plant growing in grassland and meadows. The deep yellow flowers are grouped on upright stalks growing from rosettes of crinkled leaves. Cowslip wildflower plants are a good nectar source for butterflies and bees. Cowslips are the food plants of the caterpillars of the Duke of Burgundy Fritillary.

• Height: 10 - 30cm
• Requires: Dry grassland & scrubland

An invasive buttercup found in damp places on grassland, along woodland and field edges with its yellow flowers about 2cm across and hairy leaves which are divided into three lobes with rough edges. This bright, golden-cupped flower is a childhood favourite: if a yellow reflection appears when it is held up to the chin, it is considered as a sign that the person likes butter.

• Height: up to 5...

Dandelion is a perennial, a golden blaze in the May meadows and banks. Basal rosettes of leaves deeply lobed or toothed (dent de lion), flowers are composed of bright yellow ray - florets.

• Height: upto 35cm
• Requires: Well-drained
• Flowers: April - May

A tall native perennial common throughout Britain in marshes, meadows, roadsides and damp woods. Mauve to purple wildflower heads on slender stems from June to October attracts bees and butterflies. These are the food caterpillars of the Marsh Fritillary.

• Height: 15 -100cm (6-40in)
• Requires: Full sun on moist soils
• Flowers: June - October

A perennial with fern-like leaves and foamy cream flowers opening from pink buds, emitting a robust, delicious smell. Dropwort can tolerate the drier conditions to partial shade, this plant is also known as Lady's Belt, Little Queen and Meadowsweet. 

• Height: 60 - 90cm
• Requires: Sun
• Flowers: May-August

This perennial plant with bright daisy-like flowers that are excellent in full sunlight and have been admired for their medicinal values. Feverfew is known for the strong scent that is given off when the flowers are in bloom. 

• Height: 15 - 45cm
• Requires: Sun
• Flowers: July onwards

A tall native perennial wildflower plant with hairy stems found in grasslands across Britain. An individual Field Scabious wildflower plant can have as many as 50 purplish-blue wildflowers on it at a time. It is very attractive to wildflower butterflies.

• Height: 30 - 100cm
• Requires: Full sun on moist soil types
• Flower: July - September

Native perennial wildflower plant common in marshes, ditches and wet meadows. Rare in Scotland. Upright woolly wildflower plant with clusters of gold flowers during August and September.

• Height: 25 - 60cm (10in - 2ft)
• Requires: Moist soils, sun
• Flowers: August - September

The selection of Flowering lawn wildflower plants that you will receive in this collection contain a variety of species which can tolerate close mowing down to a height of 5cm. This collection is ideal to be included in flowering lawns or road verges. 
 

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Can be mown down to 5cm. 

A native biennial is occasionally perennial, common in woodland leering, hedgerows and heaths. The Foxglove wildflower plant has tall spikes of pinkish-purple bell-shaped wildflowers. The wildflowers are pollinated by bumblebees.  

• Height: 50 -150cm (20-60in)
• Requires: Partial shade or sun on moist well-drained soil
• Flowers: June - September

A hairless biennial that smells of garlic when crushed, leaves are toothed and heart-shaped, with long-stalked with white flowers.

• Height: 30-80cm
• Requires: Damp deciduous woods and scrub, hedgerows. Moist-dry soils
• Flowers: April - July

A perennial with yellow dandelion flowers followed by impressive seed heads, that bloom in the early morning sun but shy away after midday. This plant grows nearly a meter tall and is attractive to birds.

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Requires: Sun
• Flowers: May - July

A native perennial wildflower plant, common on dry grassland, roadsides and hedgerows, especially on chalky soils. Reddish purple thistle-like flowers on long stalks are produced from July to September.

• Height: 30 - 90cm (8-36in)
• Requires: Full sun on well-drained soil
• Flowers: July - September

A scrambling wildflower plant is found in hedgerows and woodland but can also be found in open grassland. Tall white spikes of tiny star-like wildflowers attract butterflies and moths. It is a perennial and the larval food plant for a number of moth species.

• Height: 20 - 100cm
• Requires: Full sun or shade on most soil types
• Flowers: June - September

This collection of plugs have been designed to flourish in full sun and in partial shade. You will receive 10 specie of wildflowers plugs that will succeed regardless of where you position, these plants will grow with fragmented sunlight either side of your hedge. 

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Suitable for sun and partial shade...

A tall stately perennial plant with masses of white-pink flowers, an excellent butterfly plant attracting large numbers in late summer. Once cut a distinctly sweet aroma can be detected. 

• Height: 60 -120 cm
• Requires: Damp, riverbanks, pond margins
• Flower: July - September

A scrambling biennial wildflower is found in dry grassland often by the sea. The unusual yellow woolly flowers attract a multitude of butterflies and bees and it is the larval food plant for the Small Blue Butterfly.

• Height: 30-60cm
• Requires: Full sun on light soils
• Flowers: May to September

Lady's bedstraw is a perennial plant used in Victorian times to scent bedding. Delicately whorled leaves and bright golden. The beautiful sweet scent in high summer.

• Height: 15 - 30cm
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil
• Flowers: July onwards

The Long Season Meadow plug plant collection is suitable for a wide range of soil types. Once this collection is established it will provide an assortment of wildflowers carefully selected to provide flowers for the whole season. 

• A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
• Suitable for a wide range of soil types. 

The most majestic of the three common Buttercup species native to Britain. Its pale yellow flowers are a familiar sight in traditional meadows and grasslands on damp soils. There is a species of Solitary Bee, which uses the flowers to sleep in.

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Requires: Full sun on damper soils but can tolerate some dryness.
• Flower: May-August  

A common tall perennial found in damp meadows, ditches and river banks. Its fluffy cream flowers have a strong, heady, sweet aroma. In medieval times the plant was crushed and used as a pain relief as the chemicals it contains are similar to aspirin.

• Height: 60 – 150cm
• Requires: Sun or partial shade on damp or wet soils
• Flower: June - August

This perennial wildflower has beautiful, pretty pale pink flowers which are adored in all gardens and have a strong musky aroma, these are most suited to areas with full sun and well-drained soils. 

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Requires: Sun
• Flowers: May-August