Plants

Total count = 433. Click on a species name to go to the associated blog post.

Plants that are known or presumed to have been deliberately planted are marked with an asterisk*. However, these are still included on the list as they add to the diversity of the site and include some of the larger plants that add significantly to the habitat in the garden.

Mosses
Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)
Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis)
Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata)
Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)

Higher Plants
*Pillwort (Pilularia globulifera)
Hart's-tongue (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Male Fern (Dryopteris felix-mas)
*Broad Buckler Fern (Dryopteris dilatata)
*Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
*European Yew (Taxus baccata)
*Leyland Cypress (X Cupressocyparis leylandii)
*Lawson's Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
*Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
*Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
*Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
*Italian Lords-and-ladies (Arum italicum)
Black Bryony (Tamus communis)
*Toadshade (Trillium sessile)
*Peruvian Lily (Alstroemeria fulva)
*Tulip hybrid (Tulipa gesneriana)
*Lily hybrid (Lilium x hollandicum)
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
Californian Yellow-eyed-grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)
*Siberian Iris (Iris sibirica)
Stinking Iris (Iris foetidissima)
*Dutch Iris (Iris x hollandica)
*Californian Iris (Iris 'Californian Hybrids')
Spring Crocus (Crocus neapolitanus)
Early Crocus (Crocus tommasinianus)
*Ankara Crocus (Crocus ancyrensis)
*Bieberstein's Crocus (Crocus speciosus)
*Hairy Crocus (Crocus pulchellus)
*Kotschy's Crocus (Crocus kotschyanus)
*Kaffir Lily (Schizostylis coccinea)
*Montbretia (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora)
*Orange Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
*Greater Red-hot-poker (Kniphofia praecox)
*Lesser New Zealand Flax (Phormium colensoi)
Allium hollandicum
Star-of-Persia (Allium cristophii)
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
*Chinese Chives (Allium tuberosum)
*Spring Starflower (Tristagma uniflorum)
*Bowden's Lily (Nerine bowdenii)
Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum)
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
*Greater Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii)
*Bunch-flowered Daffodil (Narcissus tazetta)
*Head-to-head Daffodil (Narcissus x cyclazetta)
*Nonesuch Daffodil (Narcissus x incomparabilis)
*Daffodil cultivars (Narcissus pseudonarcissus forms)
European Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)
*Cast-iron-plant (Aspidistra elatior)
Common Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
Hybrid Bluebell (Hyacinthoides x massartiana)
*Common Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)
Armenian Grape-hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum)
*Broad-leaved Grape-hyacinth (Muscari latifolium)
*Siebold's Plantain-lily (Hosta sieboldiana)
*New Zealand Cabbage-palm (Cordyline australis)
*Puñeñe (Fascicularia bicolor)
Pendulous Sedge (Carex pendula)
Prickly Sedge (Carex muricata ssp. pairae)
*Arrow Bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
*Argentine Needle-grass (Nassella tenuissima)
*New Zealand Wind-grass (Anemanthele lessoniana)
False Oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)
Common Canary-grass (Phalaris canariensis)
Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
Greater Quaking-grass (Briza maxima)
Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera)
Water Bent (Polypogon viridis)
Smaller Cat's-tail (Phleum bertolonii)
Annual Meadow-grass (Poa anua)
Rough Meadow-grass (Poa trivialis)
Smooth Meadow-grass (Poa pratensis)
Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus)
Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
Tall Fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus)
Perennial Rye-grass (Lolium perenne)
Common Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata)
Crested Dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus)
Barren Brome (Anisantha sterilis)
Common Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)
Common Couch (Elytrigia repens)
Two-rowed Barley (Hordeum distichon)
Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Yellow Bristle-grass (Setaria pumila)
*Uruguayan Pampas-grass (Cortaderia selloana)
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
*Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule)
Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
*Five-leaved Akebia (Akebia quinata)
*Barrenwort (Epimedium sp.)
*Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Common Oregon-grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
Stinking Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus)
Corsican Hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius)
Common Larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
Traveller's-joy (Clematis vitalba)
*Clematis hybrid (Clematis sp.)
*Early Clematis (Clematis cirrhosa)
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)
Greater Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Common Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
*Common Box (Buxus sempervirens)
Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
*Buffalo Currant (Ribes odoratum)
*Red False Buck's-beard (Astilbe x arendsii)
Elephant-ears (Bergenia crassifolia)
Common House-leek (Sempervivum tectorum)
Cobweb House-leek (Sempervivum arachnoideum)
*Butterfly Stonecrop (Hylotelephium spectabile)
*Tasteless Stonecrop (Sedum sexangulare)
*Lesser Caucasian Stonecrop (Phedimus stoloniferus)
*Grape Vine (Vitis vinifera)
*Common Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Ruddy Clover (Trifolium rubens)
Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)
*Hybrid Lupin (Lupinus x regalis)
*Common Laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides)
*Rowan-leaved Sorbaria (Sorbaria sorbifolia)
*Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica)
*Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)
*Wild Plum (Prunus domestica)
*Flowering Cherry (Prunus 'Shirotae')
*Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
*Cultivated Apple (Malus domestica)
*Crab Apple variety (Malus 'John Downie')
*Cultivated Whitebeam (Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell')
*Bearberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri)
*Himalayan Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster simonsi)
*Bullate Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster rehderi)
*Asian Firethorn (Pyracantha rogersiana)
*European Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea)
Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.)
Himalayan Giant Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
*Potentilla neumanniana
*Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta warrenii)
*Garden Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)
Wood Avens (Geum urbanum)
Common Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)
Downy Lady's-mantle (Alchemilla mollis)
*Many-flowered Rose (Rosa multiflora)
*Ebbinge's Oleaster (Elaeagnus x submacrophylla)
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Small Nettle (Urtica urens)
Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)
Common Oak (Quercus robur)
*Silver Birch (Betula pendula)
*Japanese Spindle (Euonymus japonicus)
*Climbing Spindle (Euonymus fortunei)
Procumbent Yellow-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
Common Pink-sorrel (Oxalis articulata)
Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)
American Dog Violet (Viola labradorica)
Cultivated Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
*Corkscrew Willow (Salix babylonica var. pekinensis 'Tortuosa')
Annual Mercury (Mercurialis annua)
Balkan Spurge (Euphorbia oblongata)
Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia)
*Broad-leaved Glaucous Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)
*Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)
Petty Spurge (Euphorbia peplus)
*Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
*Turkish Wood Spurge (Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp. robbiae)
*Bloody Crane's-bill (Geranium sanguineum)
*Druce's Crane's-bill (Geranium x oxonianum)
*Geranium "rozanne"
Hedgerow Crane's-bill (Geranium pyrenaicum)
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill (Geranium molle)
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
Common Stork's-bill (Erodium cicutarium)
Manescau's Stork's-bill (Erodium manescavii)
Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
Hoary Willowherb (Epilobium parviflorum)
Broad-leaved Willowherb (Epilobium montanum)
Square-stalked Willowherb (Epilobium tetragonum)
Fringed Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum)
*Fragrant Evening-primrose (Oenothera stricta)
*Lindheimer's Beeblossom (Gaura lindheimeri)
*Hybrid Fuchsia (Fuchsia x hybrida)
*Stag's-horn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
*Common Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
*Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
*Common Rue (Ruta graveolens)
*Japanese Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)
*Common Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Thale Cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
Gold-of-pleasure (Camelina sativa)
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)
Wavy Bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa)
Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)
New Zealand Bittercress (Cardamine corymbosa)
Lesser Swinecress (Lepidium didymum)
Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua)
Common Whitlowgrass (Erophila verna)
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Sweet Alison (Lobularia maritima)
*Perennial Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
*Common Thrift (Armeria arenaria)
*Common Bistort (Bistorta officinalis)
*Red Bistort (Bistorta amplexicaulis)
Common Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
Equal-leaved Knotgrass (Polygonum arenastrum)
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus)
*Culinary Rhubarb (Rheum x rabarbarum)
Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolium)
Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)
Common Mouse-ear (Cerastium fontanum)
Sticky Mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum)
Procumbent Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens)
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
*Maltese-cross (Silene chalcedonica)
Rose Campion (Silene coronaria)
*Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides)
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)
Fat-hen (Chenopodium album)
*Indian Pokeweed (Phytolacca acinosa)
*European Mock-orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
*Rough Deutzia (Deutzia scabra)
*Elegant Deutzia (Deutzia x elegantissima)
*Mophead Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
*Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea petiolaris)
*Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
Common Primrose (Primula vulgaris)
Hybrid Primrose (Primula x pruhonicensis)
*Gooseneck Loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagalis arvensis)
*Eastern Sowbread (Cyclamen coum)
*Camellia (Camellia japonica)
*European Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
*Japanese Aucuba (Aucuba japonica)
Common Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major)
*Glandora diffusa
*Purple Gromwell (Aegonyvhon purpureocaeruleum)
*Hidcote Comfrey (Symphytum x hidcotense)
*Giant Viper's-bugloss (Echium pininana)
*Greater Honeywort (Cerinthe major)
Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens)
Wood Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Field Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica)
*Sweet Tobacco (Nicotiana alatus)
*Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Common Thorn-apple (Datura somniferum)
Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
*Mountain Kangaroo-apple (Solanum linearifolium)
*Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
*Pink Jasmine (Jasminum x stephanense)
*Common Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia)
*Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
*Oval-leaved Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
*Holly Osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
Common Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
Purple Toadflax (Linaria purpurea)
*Gentian Speedwell (Veronica gentianoides)
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
*Large Speedwell (Veronica teucrium)
Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Wall Speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
Common Field Speedwell (Veronica persica)
Ivy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)
*Long-leaved Speedwell (Veronica longifolia)
*White Hebe (Veronica albicans)
*Koromiko (Veronica salicifolia)
*Hebe hybrid (Veronica sp.)
Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Greater Plantain (Plantago major)
Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Common Butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)
*Purple Mullein (Verbascum phoeniceum)
Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
*Red Cape Figwort (Phygelius capensis)
*Yellow Cape Figwort (Phygelius aequalis)
Argentinian Vervain (Verbena bonariensis)
*Wall Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
*Turkish Germander (Teucrium hircanicum)
Common Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
*Russian Sage (Perovskia x atriplicifolia)
Narrow-leaved Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
*French Lavender (Lavendula stoechas)
*Common Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus)
*Common Sage (Salvia officinalis)
*Balkan Clary (Salvia nemorosa)
*Common Clary (Salvia verbenaca)
*Small-leaved Sage (Salvia microphylla)
*Blue Anise Sage (Salvia guaranitica)
*Corsican Mint (Mentha requienii)
*Spear Mint (Mentha spicata)
*Ginger Mint (Mentha x gracilis)
Large Thyme (Thymus pulegioides)
*Lemon Thyme (Thymus x carolipaui)
*Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
Common Marjoram (Origanum vulgare)
Italian Marjoram (Origanum x majoricum)
Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
*Red Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)
*Low Cat-mint (Nepeta x faasenii)
*Nerved Cat-mint (Nepeta nervosa)
*Obedient-plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Spotted Dead-nettle (Lamium maculatum)
Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)
Cut-leaved Dead-nettle (Lamium hybridum) Henbit Dead-nettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
*Turkish Sage (Phlomis russeliana)
Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)
*Greek Horehound (Ballota acetabulosa)
Anise-hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
*Betony (Betonica officinalis)
*Lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina)
*Hybrid Woundwort (Stachys x ambigua)
Lesser Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Yarrow Broomrape (Phelipanche purpurea)
Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)
Common Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
*Clustered Bellflower (Campanula glomerata)
*Nettle-leaved Bellflower (Campanula trachelium)
Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus)
Common Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
Common Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata)
Autumn Hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis)
Lesser Hawkbit (Leontodon saxatilis)
Bristly Oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
Prickly Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper)
Smooth Sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)
Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.)
Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)
Beaked Hawk's-beard (Crepis vesicaria)
Orange Fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)
Dappled Hawkweed (Hieracium scotostictum)
*Treasureflower (Gazania rigens)
Common Cudweed (Filago vulgaris)
*Mountain Catsfoot (Antennaria dioica)
*Curry Plant (Helichrysum italicum)
Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
*Hybrid Goldenrod (X Solidaster x luteus)
*Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
*Aster ageratoides
Canadian Fleabane (Erigeron canadensis)
*Seaside Fleabane (Erigeron glaucus)
Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
*Blue Marguerite (Felicia amelloides)
Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
*Western Mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana)
*Shrubby Wormwood (Artemisia arborescens)
*Lavender-cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
*Green Lavender-cotton (Santolina rosmarinifolia)
Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
*Common Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)
*Anthemis sancti-johannis
*Florists' Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflorum)
*Canaries Marguerite (Argyranthemum frutescens)
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
*Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum)
Pineappleweed (Matricaria discoidea)
Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum)
Jacobaea x albescens
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
*Euryops pectinatus
*German-ivy (Delairea odorata)
*Shrub Ragwort (Brachyglottis x jubar)
*Eastern Leopard's-bane (Doronicum caucasicum)
Colt's-foot (Tussilago farfara)
Common Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
*Cape Daisy (Osteopsermum jucundum)
*Cape Daisy (Osteopsermum ecklonis)
*Perennial Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
*Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia)
Annual Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
*Mexican Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)
Niger (Guizotia abyssinica)
*Whorled Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)
*Lance-leaved Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata)
*Garden Dahlia (Dahlia x hortensis)
*African Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
*Signet Marigold (Tagetes tenuifolia)
*Mexican Tarragon (Tagetes lucida)
*Hybrid Escallonia (Escallonia x rigida)
European Elder (Sambucus nigra)
*Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)
*Viburnum plicatum
*Viburnum x burkwoodii
*Wilson's Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida)
Common Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
*Italian Honeysuckle (Lonicera x italica)
*Beauty-bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)
Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
*Giant Scabious (Cephalaria gigantea)
*Dark Scabious (Knautia macedonica)
*Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)
*New Zealand Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)
*Kohuhu (Pittosporum tenuifolium)
Common Ivy (Hedera helix)
*Fatsia (Fatsia japonica)
Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
Fool's Parsley (Aethusa cynapium)
*Common Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
Common Parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Common Hogweed (Heraceleum sphondylium)
Dill (Anethum graveolens)

Last modified on 17 July 2023