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Native Wild flower. The flowers of red campion are important for various pollinating insects, including bees, butterflies and hoverflies. Grow red campion in moist but well-drained, fairly fertile soil. It's an ideal plant for woodland areas, wildlife gardens and damp wildflower meadows, where it should naturalise. Plants can tolerate drier soils once established.

A biennial native wild flower. Grow foxgloves in moist but free-draining soil, in full sun to full shade. Deadhead spent blooms after flowering to encourage a second flush, or let them self-seed over the garden.

A native wild flower. Red clover is a common soil amendment and green manure. The plant fixes nitrogen in soil, enhancing fertility for better growth in other plants.  You can plant the clover in full sun or partial shade, although full sun provides the best yields.

A native wild flower perennial. It does not usually flower until the second season and lives and flowers for multiple seasons thereafter. Grow in full sun. Keep well watered and feed with a complete plant food each spring before the plants begin to grow. Keep flowers picked to prolong blooming period.

This unusual Spanish heirloom has absolutely enormous leaves - and it looks like a Kale rather than a cabbage; it makes no head, just a tall stalk with  a loose head on top. You simply take the huge leaves a few at a time to eat all year round. Grows like cabbage, harvested like a kale . Very, very rare. Can be a short-lived perennial vegetable if the flowers are removed as they form.

 A perennial native wild flower. Using yarrow as a potential fertilizer is just one of many ways we can “stack the deck” toward a thriving, healthy garden and improve our biodiversity. Plant in an area that receives full sun to encourage compact growth and many flowers. performs best in well-drained soil.

A perennial and easy to grow.. this is a must have multi-purpose plant with delicious leaves to scatter raw in salads, make an aniseed tea or use as pretty aromatic cut flower foliage. Grow in full sun.

'Queen of the Ices' and it is a fantastic crisphead lettuce - green tightly wrapped crisp iceberg heads, with incredibly frilly & toothed leaves around them. 

Cosmos need good, well-drained soil to thrive. Cosmos need a position in full sun to flower productively. Plant the cosmos in full sun and water well, then add a mulch to help conserve moisture. Stake and tie plants if necessary during the growing season and don’t forget to water regularly as they grow.

​Each sowing should give you several harvests before the plants start to flower – as coriander is an annual, it will then set seed and die. Plants flower more quickly in hot, dry weather, then stop producing leaves to concentrate on setting seed. However, don’t let this discourage you from growing coriander – just remember to keep sowing new batches regularly, so you always have more to harvest.

A location with full sun is best. The soil should be well-drained with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. The low-growing Roman chamomile makes a fragrant perennial groundcover. Plant it in a rock garden where it will soften hard edges and slowly spread to cover large swaths of soil. Roman chamomile is used to make tea, creams, ointments, and extracts, mainly from the plant's white and yellow flower portion.

Perennial . Widely referred to as a ‘herb-vegetable’ or ‘pot-herb’ as it can be cooked like a vegetable, while it has a distinctive lemony flavour like an herb. It can be harvested at baby leaf stage and is a great lettuce substitute in salads and sandwiches as it doesn't go limp. It is most delicious when cooked, the flavour is delightfully acidic. It is a fantastic partner to fish, veal, eggs and potatoes in soup or gratin. prefers a sunny (or partially-shaded) spot with a reasonably-fertile and moisture-retentive soil,

Semi bush variety which require s training up canes, strings or wires. Remove side shoots as they appear. Feed and water regularly. Pinch out the growing tip once it reaches the top of the support, allowing a maximum of 6 fruiting trusses.

Trailing bush that needs no pruning. No pinching out required. Feed and water regularly.

'Hot Lips' is perfect for planting near a bench or path, where you can enjoy its pretty blooms and fragrant foliage. The flowers are extremely attractive bees and other pollinators. For best results grow Salvia x jamensis 'Hot Lips' in well-drained soil in full sun. Plants may need protection in extreme winters.

Easy to grow shrub. Flowers in late spring and summer. Best planted in free-draining soil.  Thrives in full sun and is drought tolerant. Prune annually to keep compact.