www.gordonrigg.com It's easy to make your garden more wildlife-friendly. Encouraging pollinating insects like bees and butterflies will increase your crops of fruit, and of vegetables like runner beans. Birds will eat your insect pests, and enable you to reduce the amount of pesticide you have to use in the garden. And you'll be doing your bit for conservation! B e e s prefer simple, single flowers providing pollen & nectar throughout the year. Daisy-like flowers, or two-lipped ones (like catmint) are best. B u t t e r f l i e s need similar flowers to bees, rich in nectar, in a sheltered, sunny area where they won't be buffeted by wind. Long, tubular flowers like honeysuckle are popular. B i r d s need plants which attract insects on which they can feed, or which bear fruit. They also appreciate dense cover (like ivy) for shelter and nesting. c y r T R E E S Crataegus (Hawthorn) Euonymus europaeus (Spindle) Ilex (Holly) Malus (Crab Apple) Salix caprea (Sallow) S H R U B S Berberis Buddleja (Butterfly Bush) Calluna (Summer Heather) Cornus (coloured-stem dogwood) Cotoneaster Erica (Winter Heather) Escallonia Hebe Lavandula (Lavender) Leycesteria (Pheasant Berry) Ligustrum (Privet) Pyracantha (Firethorn) Rosa rugosa Skimmia Viburnum opulus (Guelder Rose) C L I M B E R S Clematis species Hedera (Ivy) Lonicera (Honeysuckle) Wisteria H E R B S & V E G Borage Chives Dill Fennel Globe Artichoke Hyssop Lavender Lemon Balm Marjoram Mint Oregano Parsley Rosemary Runner bean Sage Savory Thyme B E D D I N G & A N N U A L S Alyssum Centaurea (Cornflower) Cheiranthus (Wallflower) Cosmos Helianthus (Sunflower) Heliotropium (Cherry Pie) Iberis (Candytuft) Limnanthes (Poached Eggs) Malva (Mallow) Myosotis (Forget-me-not) Nasturtium Nigella (Love-in-a-mist) Papaver (Poppy) Petunia Tagetes (French Marigold) Verbena Zinnia B U L B S Crocus Galanthus (Snowdrop) Hyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell) Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) Narcissus (Daffodil) H E R B A C E O U S e t c Lythrum (Loosestrife) Malva (Mallow) Monarda (Bergamot) Nepeta (Catmint) Panicum (Millet) Papaver (Poppy) Phlox Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) Polygonum (Bistort) Primula (Primrose, Cowslip) Pulmonaria (Lungwort) Rubus Rudbeckia (Coneflower) Salvia Scabiosa (Scabious) Sedum (esp. spectabile) (Ice Plant) Sidalcea Solidago (Golden Rod) Stachys (Lamb's Ears) Symphytum (Comfrey) Verbascum (Mullein) Verbena Veronica (Speedwell) Viola odorata (Sweet Violet) c c ryc yc c ryc ry y yc yc y ry ry ryc c ryc yc c yc c c ryc rc c ry ry ry ry y ry ryc ry ry ry ry ry ry ry ry ry ry ryc ryc ry y yc ry ryc ry y ry r y y r r ry y y y ry ry y r y y ry c y r y y ry y ry ry ry ry ry y ry ry y ry ry y r M o r e i d e a s : Feed wild birds Put up bird & insect boxes Sow some wild flowers Aconitum (Monk's Hood) Agastache Ajuga (Bugle) Alcea (Hollyhock) Alyssum Anemone hybrida Aquilegia Arabis Armeria (Thrift) Aster (Michaelmas Daisy) Aubrieta Campanula Centaurea (Cornflower) Centranthus (Valerian) Digitalis (Foxglove) Doronicum Echinacea (Cone Flower) Echinops (Globe Flower) Erigeron y y ry y ryc y ry y ry ry ry y ryc ry y y ry ry y Eryngium (Sea Holly) Erysimum (Wallflower) Geranium (hardy) Geum Gypsophila Helenium (Sneezewort) Helleborus Hesperis (Sweet Rocket) Iberis (Candytuft) Lamium (Deadnettle) Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy) Liatris Lunaria (Honesty) Lupinus (Lupin) ry ry ry y y ry y r ryc y ry y ry y NB. Not all plants on these lists will be available throughout the year at Gordon Riggs. Some plants can be grown from seed B, B B A guid t growing