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Every plant that is native to the Netherlands and fits a garden, species by species: position, planting, pruning, diseases, and the insects and birds it supports.
Native to the Netherlands69 articles
Native species that grow wild in the Netherlands according to the Standard List of the Dutch flora 2020, from pedunculate oak and hazel to marsh marigold and yarrow.
Trees7 articles
Native trees for the garden, from oak and lime to rowan and holly. For each: how large it grows, where it wants to stand and what lives in it.
Shrubs11 articles
Shrubs that flower, carry berries or make a hedge: guelder rose, blackthorn, hazel, wild roses, willows and heather.
Climbers2 articles
Ivy, honeysuckle, hop and traveller's joy. What each needs to climb, and what it gives a fence or pergola.
Perennials26 articles
Plants that return from the root every year, for sun, shade, wet ground and as ground cover.
Annuals and biennials4 articles
The wild flowers that seed themselves: poppy, cornflower, foxglove and viper's bugloss.
Bulbs and tubers3 articles
Spring flowers you plant in autumn and then leave to spread, such as wild garlic, wood anemone and snake's head fritillary.
Grasses6 articles
Native ornamental grasses, sedges and rushes, from purple moor grass in the border to soft rush at the pond edge.
Ferns3 articles
Ferns for the places where little else grows: under trees, along a north-facing wall, on damp ground.
Pond and marginal plants7 articles
Plants for the pond and the wet edge around it, from white water lily to yellow flag and marsh marigold.
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Alder Buckthorn: How to Recognise, Plant and Care For It
Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus): a native shrub, 1.5 to 5 metres tall, thornless, with berries that turn from green to red to black. How to plant and care.
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Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia): planting and care
Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) is a native marginal plant, 30 to 90 cm tall, with white flowers. Where it fits in a pond, its price and how to plant it.
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Blackcurrant bush: how to recognise, plant and prune it
Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum): a native, thornless shrub of 0.6 to 1.5 metres, with glossy black berries. How to recognise, plant, prune it, and what it costs.
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Common beech: where to plant it, hedges, pruning and nuts
Common beech (Fagus sylvatica): a native tree of 24 to 30 metres with a smooth grey trunk. Where it fits, how to plant it and when to trim a beech hedge.
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Common bugle: planting, care and price
Common bugle (Ajuga reptans) is a native ground cover 7 to 30 cm tall that stays green in winter. Where it fits, how to plant it and what a plant costs.
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Common daisy: planting and care for the native lawn flower
The common daisy (Bellis perennis) is a native perennial 5 to 15 cm tall that flowers from March to October. Where it grows, what it costs and what goes wrong.
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Common dogwood: how to recognise, plant and care for it
Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) is a native shrub of 1.5 to 3 metres with red twigs in winter. Where it fits, what it costs and how to look after it.
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Common foxglove: planting, care and poisonous parts
Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a native biennial 0.3 to 1.5 m tall. Where it grows, what it costs, how to sow it and which parts are poisonous.
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Common hornbeam: planting, hedges and pruning
Common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): a native tree, 15 to 25 metres, often grown as a hedge. How to identify, plant and trim it, and which bird eats the seeds.
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Common juniper: where it grows, price and pruning
Common juniper (Juniperus communis): a native conifer 4 to 8 m tall that stays green and pricks. Where it fits, what it costs, how to plant and what goes wrong.
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Common sea lavender: how to recognise and grow it
Common sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) is a native perennial 10 to 50 cm tall with blue-violet flowers from July to October. Where it fits and what it costs.
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Common yew: where it grows, pruning and poison
Common yew (Taxus baccata): a native evergreen conifer up to 18 m tall that copes even with deep shade. Where it fits, how to prune it and what is poisonous.