Available from 2010: British, native wildflower plants which are endangered, rare or unusual.  

 Deptford Pink (dianthus armeria) 

  • Profiled by Plantlife, the national wildflower conservation charity, in 2009 when, "on the brink".
  • Can thrive in "disturbed" or rough, even sandy soil.
  • Established plants measure approximately 32 centimetres/13 inches in height and cover a dinner plate sized patch of ground.
  • Parent plant can produce babies the following year without any gardening intervention! These appear up to 3 metres from original in more exposed patches as well as nestling close to other small bushes and plants.
  • Flowers appear July to October and are a lushiously deep pink, delicate looking, though plant is as hardy as any other native wildflower. Many find it exquisite...how about you?!

 

Night Flowering Catchfly (silene noctiflora)

 

  • An unusual native wildflower plant, new to many.
  • Can tolerate most soils and positions: sandy, dry, shady or damp.
  • Somewhat campion-like: flower heads can grow a foot and a half tall from compact, side-plate sized plant.
  • Another annual from which seedlings will appear the following year. (Seeds are also easy to collect and grow.) 
  • Late summer flowers an unusual peachy colour which open in evenings with lovely scent.
  • An excellent moth plant!

 

Spreading Bellflower (campanula patula)

 
  • Like the Deptford Pink, listed as rare.
  • Similarly, will grow in disturbed, rough, even rocky, ground.
  • In the wild, likes woodland edges and roadsides.
  • Can grow in full sun, on drier soil.
  • Bell-shaped flowers appear July to October.

 CHOOSE A RARE OR UNUSUAL PLANT NATIVE TO YOUR ADDRESS!