Wild life friendly plants
Viburnum opulus, Guelder rose, :Good autumn colour and white summer flowers, which turn into red berries in autumn, providing a good food source for birds.
Echinops ritro, Globe thistle, : This thistle is a great architectural perennial, with its spherical blue flower-heads drying into striking seed-heads. The flowers attract bees and butterflies, and birds eat the seeds. Buddleia, Butterfly bush, : A good source of nectar for butterflies.
Honeysuckle: Provides nectar for butterflies and moths, which it attracts with its nocturnal scent. Birds also eat the seeds.
Calendula officinalis, Marigold, : Nectar rich and also good for companion planting.
Primula vulgaris, Primrose, : The spring flowers provide an early source of nectar in spring, while the leaves are food for butterfly larvae and finches eat the seeds.
Hedera helix, Ivy, : Provides shelter for birds, nectar in winter and berries in spring.
Buckthorn - for brimstone butterflies.
Holly - for holly blue butterflies.
Nettles - for peacock, comma, small tortoiseshell butterflies.
Meadow grasses - for gatekeeper, meadow brown, wall and skipper butterflies.
more wildlife friendly plants for creating a wildlife area .
I found this list and a very usefull database of wildlife plants @ THE VEGAN NEWS website
Alyssum......Alyssum maritimum . Applemint......Mentha x rotundifolia Arabis......Arabis caucasica. Basil......Ocimum minimum. Barberry......Berberis x stenophylla. Bergamot......Monarda didyma. Betony......Stachys officinalis. Bird's Foot Trefoil......Lotus corniculatus . Bramble (Blackberry)......Rubus fruticosus. Bugle......Ajuga reptans. Butterfly Bush......Buddleia davidii. Candytuft......Iberis saxatilis Caryopteris......Caryopteris x clandonensis. Clover ......Trifolium spp.. Common Toadflax.......Linaria vulgaris . Cornflower.......Centaurea cyanus. Corn Marigold.......Chrysantheum segetum. Cotoneaster......Cotoneaster frigidus Cowslip.......Primula veris. Cuckoo Flower......Cardamine pratensis Devil's Bit Scabious (Hawkbit)......Succisa pratensis Evening Primrose......Oethera missouriensis. Fennel......Foeniculum vulgare. Field Scabious......Knautia arvensisFleabane......Erygeron spp. Floss Flower......Ageratum houstonianum. Forget-Me-Not......Myosotis sylvatica. Foxglove......Digitalis purpurea Golden Rod......Solidago canadensis. Greater Knapweed.....Centaurea scabiosa
Hazel......Corylus avellana. Heather......Calluna vulgaris. Hebe......Hebe spp. .Heliotrope......Heliotropium x ridum. Hemp Agrimony...... Holly......Hex aquifolium Honesty (purple & variegated)......Lunaria annuum. Honeysuckle......Lonicera periclymenum. Horse-radish......Cochlearia armoracia. Hyssop......Hyssopus officinalis
Iceplant......Sedum spectabile. Ivy......Hedera helix Lavender......Lavendula angustifolia Californian lilac.......Ceanothus spp.Love-in-a-Mist......Nigella damascena Marjoram (Wild)......Origanum vulgare Meadow Crane's Bill......Geranium pratense Michaelmas Daisy......Aster amellus......
Poached Egg Plant......Limnanthes douglassi. Pot Marigold......Calendula officinalis. Primrose......Primula vulgaris. Purple Loosestrife......Lythrum salicaria. Purple Rock Cress......Aubretia spp. Pyracantha......Pyrocantha coccinea
Ragged Robin......Lychis flos-cuculi Scabious......Knautia arvensis. Selfheal......Prunella vulgaris. Sorrel......Rumex acetosa Spurge Laurel......Daphne odora St John's Wort......Hypericum olympicum Sweet Rocket......Hesperis candidissima Sweet William......Dianthus barbatus. Sunflower......Helianthus decapetalus.Tansy......Tanacetum vulgare Teasel......Dipsacus fullonum Thistles......Thistle spp .Thrift......Armeria caespitosa Thyme.......Thymus praecox Tobacco Plant......Nicotiana alata Valerian......Valeriana officinalis Verbena......Verbena bonariensis Virburnum......Virburnum lantana Violet......Viola odorata Wallflower......Cheiranthus cheiri Wild angelica......Angelica sylvestris Willow......Salix caprea Yarrow......Achillea spp.
These pages are also worth a look if you are a gardener interested in planting up a wildlife friendly area. soil wildflowers grow in lists the types of soil and the wildlife friendly plants that grow best in them. Meadow butterflies lists plants and butterflies that thrive on them and the wildlife garden page gives information about layout and structure in a wildlife friendly area.
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