Perennials

We grow a few perennial plants (come back every year) that we know bees love. Our focus is to see a return of insects to gardens. A lot of the herbs we grow also act as attractants for insects.

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Name	Description
Sedum spurium Variegatum	Light pink flowers with cerise eye over variegated foliage in the summer.
Bergenia cordifolia 'Purpurea'	superb plant, ideal for ground-cover and contrast with large rounded wavy leaves. Occasionally in summer one turns bright red or yellow, while winter frost burnishes them all to a purplish-red.
Leuchanthemum silver princess	A garden classic this picturesque, deciduous perennial (herbaceous) has slim-petalled daisy white flowers in Summer and Autumn. It has green leaves.
Bergemont Lodden Crown	Showy reddish-maroon flower heads above spreading, upright mid-green aromatic foliage.
Evening Primrose	Easy to grow wild flower, great for insects.
Oxeye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare P. A well known wild flower with lovely, large, white daisy flowers. Also known as the Dog Daisy. Often seen in meadows and on roadsides.
Betony	(Stachys officinalis) A native perennial common in England and Wales, usually on light soils, in open woods, grassland and hedgerows. Attracts: Bees and butterflies. Spikes of red-purple flowers are produced on long slender stems growing from a rosette of crinkled leaves.
Marsh Mallow	(Althaea officinalis), perennial herbaceous plant of the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Europe and northern Africa.
Gunnera	dramatic, architectural plant, with massive, deeply veined, rounded leaves held on stout, prickly stems. This majestic plant looks wonderful at the edge of a large pond or stream where its foliage is reflected in the water. One of the most spectacular plants that can be grown in Britain, it requires deep, permanently moist, humus-rich soil, lots of space and protection from cold, drying winds.
Woolly Thistle	1.5m tall and with a flower head 7cm across Woolly thistle is our tallest and most impressive native thistle
Native Bulbs
Wild Garlic	Allium ursinum - Edible leaves and easy to grow
Bluebells - Native	(Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Enchanting and iconic, bluebells are a favourite with the fairies and a sure sign spring is in full swing. The violet glow of a bluebell wood is an incredible wildflower spectacle.
Snake's-head fritillary	Fritillaria meleagris The nodding, pink-and-purple-chequered flowers of the snake's-head fritillary are said to resemble a snake, hence the name. Declining with the loss of our meadows, this delicate plant can be seen in spring.