Plants
Perennials
Plants that return from the root every year, for sun, shade, wet ground and as ground cover.
Sun and meadow
Perennials for full sun: in the border, in grass, or together as a flower meadow.
Plants
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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Field scabious: planting, care, bees and price
Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) is a native perennial 30 cm to 1 m tall that flowers from June to September. Where it fits, what it costs, how to plant it.
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Orpine plant: how to grow, identify and care for it
Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium) is a native succulent, 25 to 60 cm tall, with purple-red flowers. How to identify, plant, care for it and what it costs.
Shade and woodland edge
Woodland plants for under trees and along the north side of a house or fence.
Plants
Greater celandine: identifying, planting and care
Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) is a native perennial 30 to 90 cm tall with yellow flowers and orange sap. How to identify, plant and care for it.
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How to grow garlic mustard: a native plant for shade
Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata): a native biennial shade plant up to 90 cm. How to recognise and grow it, what it costs and what to do when it goes wrong.
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May lily: a native ground cover for shade
May lily (Maianthemum bifolium) is a native woodland plant 7 to 20 cm tall that flowers in May and June. Where it grows, what it costs, and which parts are poisonous.
Ground cover
Low plants that keep the soil covered, under shrubs, between paving or instead of lawn.
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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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Creeping Jenny: a native ground cover for damp soil
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia) is a native ground cover 5 to 15 cm tall with yellow flowers. Where it fits, what it costs and how to care for it.
Damp ground
For the spot that stays wet: meadowsweet, purple loosestrife, ragged robin and cuckoo flower.
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Herbs
Wild marjoram, thyme, chives and valerian: native herbs for the kitchen and for bees.
Plants
Mugwort plant: how to recognise, plant and care for it
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris): a native perennial 0.6 to 1.5 metres tall, flowering July to September. How to recognise it, where it grows, price, problems.
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Soapwort plant: identification, spread, care and price
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) is a 40 to 70 cm perennial with pale pink flowers from July to September. How to recognise it and keep it in its place.
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Water mint plant: where to grow it, care and insects
Water mint (Mentha aquatica) is a native marginal plant, 30 to 90 cm tall, with lilac flowers from July to November. Where it grows, its price, mint rust.