Notes below from the talk given by Ailia Ashworth, October 5th 2022.
Spring Summer
Agrimony Alliums (inc Onions/leeks) Angelica
Almond Asparagus
Apple* Beans
Box Blackberry
Broom* Blackthorn (sloe)* Borage
Camassia Catmint*
Chives Ceanothus*
Clematis Citrus trees
Clover* Cosmos*
Comfrey* Cotoneaster*
Crocus Dandelion
Currants (red, white,black) Dandelion Deutzia
Daphne Dill
Forget-me-Not* Dog Rose
Forsythia Echinops*
Geranium pratense (Cranesbill)* Hawthorn* Edible Squash
Hazel Evening primrose Foxglove
Hellebore Germander
Holly* Globe Artichoke* Golden Rod
Honesty* Hogweed
Horse Chestnut Honeysuckle* Hypericum
Knapweed* Lavender*
Lilac* Mint*
Medlar Mock Orange
Mustard (green manure) Pear* Myrtle
Plum* Nettle*
Poppy Oregano*
Pussy Willow Oriental poppy
Ribes* (flowering currant) Solomon Seal Ox-eye Daisy*
Sorbus (Mountain Ash/Rowan) Sycamore Passion Flower
Wisteria Peas
Wood Anenome Potentilla
Purple Loosestrife* Pyracantha
Autumn Queen Ann’s lace Ragged Robin
Achillea Red Clover
Aster* Rosebay Willow herb Sage*
Buddleja* Sloe(Blackthorn) Strawberry
Calendula* Sweet William* Vibernum
Calluna (Ling heather)* Cardoon* Virginia creeper Walnut
Cyclamen Weigela
Echinacea* White Clover
Erica (Bell heather)* Eryngium*
Fennel
Golden Rod (Solidago) Heather Winter
Hypericum Cyclamen
Ivy* Daphne odorata
Japanese Anenome Mallow Hellebore
Nasturtium Mahonia
Nicotiana Snowdrop
Onion Squill
Parsnip Winter Aconite
Raspberry Winter Jasmine
Rosemary* Witch Hazel
Rudbeckia
Scaboius*
Sedum*
Selfheal
Sunflower*
Teasel*
Verbena bonariensis*
Viper’s Bugloss*
Yarrow
Zinnia
This list is of readily available plants for flower, vegetable, herb and wild gardens, from window boxes to large gardens.
Consider putting a green roof on your shed, log store or bin shelter too! Leave an area of lawn unmown from May to July and watch the variety of wild flowers increase each year.
* Many of these plants are also attractive to butterflies, and birds if left to seed or fruit.
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