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Create a woodland wonder

Create your own woodland wonder in your back garden, with wild flowers and grasses. Attract butterflies, ladybirds and create a safe haven for squirrels and bees.

Wild Foxglove

Foxgloves

Hardy Biennial.
A familiar sight in early summer growing wild in shady places in Britain Its tall spires of drooping rose purple flowers will grace any garden in sun of part shade. Very easy to grow.

Bee Box

Bees

Help endangered bees.
Every garden needs bees as they pollinate trees, flowers fruit and vegetables. Help today's endangered bee population by providing essential nesting accommodation for them. This bee house should be placed in a sunny position. Full instructions enclosed.

Wild Cowslip

Hardy Biennial.
The famous meadow and hedge row plant of simple beauty. Fragrant lemon yellow pendulous blooms. Easy to grow in sun or part shade. Flowers spring.

Teasel

Hardy Biennial.
Grows to 150cm (5 feet).

Sweet Rocket

Hardy Biennial.
Charming, large spikes of single, lilac and purple flowers, fragrant in the evening. Flowers summer. Grows to 45cm (18 inches).

Squirrel Feeder

Squirrel Feeder

Squirrels have a terrible reputation for stealing bird food, often by quite spectacular methods. However, by providing a dedicated squirrel feed area you can not only deter them from this trait, but also make the most of watching these beautiful mammals feed. This feeder is made from durable plywood and with a Perspex front panel and allows easy entry for squirrels, and can be attached to a wall, fence or tree. Easy to clean and long lasting.

Ladybird House

Ladybird

An easy and fun way to increase the numbers of this beneficial insect in your garden. The special internal honeycomb structure provides a safe place for ladybirds to roost on cold nights and hibernate in winter, making your garden a more welcoming place.
Ladybirds will help to control the number of aphids in your garden.

Honesty

Hardy Biennial.
It blooms from March to April in rich, purples, pinks and starry bi-coloured combinations with white. It's a vital nectar plant and therefore popular with butterflies, very easy to grow, normally self-seeding itself in sunny or shady positions. Over a long season it produces masses of silvery pods.

Butterfly Bush

Butterfly

Hardy Shrub.
A strong growing easy to raise shrub producing fragrant plumes during the summer which are much loved by butterflies. Saved from named varieties. Flowers summer.

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