Welcome To Plants For Wildlife
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Early season nectar plants
* Aubretia (Aubretia) * Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) * Grape hyacinth (Muscari botryoides) * Lungwort (Pulmonaria spp) * Primrose (Primula vulgaris) * Sweet violet (Viola odorata) * Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)
* Yellow alyssum (Alyssum saxitile)
* Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) * Heather (Calluna vulgaris) * Lady's bedstraw (Galium verum) * Lavender (Lavendula spp) * Mallow (Lavatera spp) * Purple toadflax (Linaria purpurea) * Rock cress (Arabis caucasica) * Sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) * Verbena (Verbena bonariensis)
* Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) * French marigold (Tagetes spp) * Golden rod (Solidago candensis) * Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp) * Ice plant (Sedum spectabile) * Ivy (Hedera helix) * Michaelmas daisies (Aster novi-belgii) * Perennial sunflower (Helianthus spp) *Red valerian (Centranthus rubra)
* Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) * Greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) * Night scented stock (Matthiola longipetala) * Tobacco plant (Nicotiana spp) * White campion (Silene latifolia)
Herbs are great for attracting a variety of insects in the garden, such as day-flying moths and hoverflies.
* Angelica (Angelica spp) * Borage (Borago officinalis) * Catmint (Nepeta spp) * Chives (Allium shoenoprasam) * Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) * Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) * Mint (Mentha spp) * Rosemary (Rosmarimus officinalis) * Thyme (Thymus spp)
We love to see butterflies, but we would not have them without their caterpillars. So why not try planting some of the following to help them out.
* Alder buckthorn - brimstone butterfly * Birds foot trefoil - for dingy skipper butterflies and burnet moths * Common nettle - for red admiral, comma, peacock and small tortoiseshell butterflies * Cuckoo flower - for green-veined white butterfly * Garlic mustard - Orange tip butterfly * Grasses - speckled wood butterfly * Holly and ivy - holly blue butterfly * Rosebay willowherb - elephant hawkmoth * Thistles - painted lady butterfly
