DBN Quick Reference Plant Guide

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DBN Quick reference plant guide

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DBN Quick reference plant guide
Aspect	Moisture	pH.	Common Name	Colour	Fl'Time	Height	Sandro's Wildflower notes
Sun	All	N	Birdsfoot Trefoil	Yellow	E-H	Small	Creeping, excellent on dry banks
Sun	Dry	N	Bladder Campion	White	H	Tall	Competes well with most grasses
All	Wet	A	Bugle	Blue	S	Small	Spreading, Pim* Dfseed*.
Sun	Dry	N	Chamomile	Y/white	H	Small	Scented, plant at lawn edge.
Sun	All	N	Cowslip	Yellow	S	Small	Pim, Dfseed
Sun	Wet	N	Cuckoo Flower	Lilac	S	Small	Pim, Dfseed, loves moisture
All	Damp	N	Devils Bit Scabious	Blue	L	Med	Pim, DfseedAttracts Butterflies
Sun	Dry	N	Fairy Foxglove	Purple	E	Small	Pim, Dfseed Grows on walls
Sun	Dry	N	Field Scabious	Blue	H	Tall	One of the very best border wildflowers.
Sun	Dry	L	Greater Knapweed	Purple	H	Tall	Ovb*,. Attracts Butterflies.
Sun	Dry	N	Hypericum	Orange	H	Tall	One of the very best orange flowers.
Sun	Dry	N	Lady's Bedstraw	Yellow	H-L	Med	One of the very best low spreaders.
All	All	N	Lesser Knapweed	Pink	H-L	Tall	Attracts Butterflies, ordinary plant.
All	Wet	N	Marsh Marigold	Yellow	S	Med	Pim, DfseedPond edge
Sun	Dry	L	Marjoram	Pink	H-L	Med	One of the best pink to mauve .
All	Wet	N	Meadowsweet	Cream	H-L	Tall	Pim, Dfseed Scented herb
Sun	All	N	Ox-eye Daisy	White	E-H	Tall	View at night, short- lived species.
Shade	Damp	N	Primrose	Yellow	S	Small	Pim,Dfseed Prefers damp.
Sun	Wet	N	Purple Loosestrife	Purple	H	Tall	Plant into very wet or flooded soil.
Sun	Dry	N	Purple Toadflax	Purple	H	Tall	Ovb, Grows well on walls.
Sun	Wet	N	Ragged Robin	Pink	S	Small	My favourite spring flower.
Shade	All	N	Red Campion	Rose	S-E	Tall	Plant with Bluebells, likes shade.
Shade	All	N	Wood Millet	Green	S-E	Med	Woodland grass. Graceful.
Shade	Damp	A	Saxifrage hirusta	Rose	E	Small	Wild parent of London Pride.
All	All	N	Self Heal	Purple	E-H	Small	Creeping, excellent on dry banks.
Sun	Wet	N	Water Avens	Cream	E-H	Med	Pim, Dfseed Beautiful!
Sun	Dry	N	White Campion	White	H	Med	Ovb, Loves a light soil. Easy.
Shade	All	N	Wood Avens	Yellow	E	Small	Easy ground cover, easy.
Shade	All	N	Wood Sanicle	White	E	Small	Difficult, alike wild strawberry.
Sun	Wet	N	Yellow Flag Iris	Yellow	H	Tall	Cut flower, blooms best on moist soil.
Sun	Dry	N	Woundwort	Purple	H	Tall	Ovb, Supplied as rhizome

Plant Reference Key

pH; N =Neutral or any soil type. A =Acid soil. L =Limey soil.
Flowering time code Fl'Time. S = spring, E = Early summer, H = High summer, L = Late summer.
Dfseed* = Difficult from seed. Pim* = Plant into meadow. Ovb* = One of the very best flowers.

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Stonecrop, Blue Thistle, Bittersweet, Burdock, Burren Cranesbill, Burnet Saxifrage, Catchfly, Coltsfoot, Columbine, Cranesbill, Dames Violet, Feverfew *, Figwort, Fleabane, Foxglove, Garlic Mustard, Gladdon Iris, Greater Stitchwort, Greater Celandine, Greater Trefoil, Ground Ivy, Harebell, Hemp Agrimony, Kidney Vetch*, Lesser Celandine, Lesser Century, Mallow, Marsh Ragwort, Marsh Thistle, Mignonette, Mint, Mugwort, Mullein*, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Pokeweed, Purple Goatsbeard, Ramsons, Red Valarian, Rest Harrow, Rocket, Salad Burnet, Sea Aster, Sea Campion, Spearwort, Storksbill, Tansy, Teasel, Thrift*, Vervain, Water Cress, White Dead Nettle, Welsh Poppy, Wild Angelica, Wild Parsnip*, Wild Strawberry, Wild Valarian*, Wood Sage, Yellow Agrimony, Yellow Goatsbeard, Yellow Pimpernel, Yellow Water Lilly, Viola species and much more.
Species marked * available in large quantities.