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Ostrich Fern, Shuttlecock Fern. A beautiful british wild evergreen fern with bright pale green fronds which unfurl in spring to form tight architectural shuttlecocks. Suitable for moist shady borders...
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Water mint. A british wild marginal plant with purple stems and aromatic dark green leaves. Clusters of lilac flowers in summer. Attractive to butterflies. Food plant of the water ermine moth. Suitabl...
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Bog bean. British wild deep marginal plant with attractive leaves that spread across the top of the water and dense spikes of dainty frilled white-purplish flowers that emerge from attractive pink bu...
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Allegheny Monkey Musk. Marginal with pretty tubular violet flowers. Suitable for ponds, streams and lakes in full sun and semi-shade. Height 60 cm. Flowering time June-August. Water depth 0-2 cm over ...
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Water Forget-me-not. A british wild marginal plant with glossy, bright green leaves and small blue flowers with a yellow eye. Suitable for ponds,streams and lakes in full sun. Height 10-35cm. Flowerin...
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Water crowfoot. British wild submerged plant. Three-lobed floating leaves. Attractive white flowers with yellow throats above the water. Submerged and part terrestrial (both land and water) Excellent ...
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Lesser Spearwort. A british wild marginal with red-tinted stems and dark green leaves. Stems of cup-shaped, bright yellow flowers in early summer. Suitable for ponds,streams and lakes in full sun. Hei...
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Common Arrowhead. A marginal plant with very elongated pointed arrow shaped leaves. Clusters of white flowers with dark brown / black centres. Suitable for ponds, lakes and streams in full sun or part...
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Hybrid Woundwort. British wild plant with Pink / purple flowers. Height 30-60 cm. Flowers throughout summer.
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Globe flower. A clump-forming british wild plant with deeply divided leaves. Lemon-yellow flowers. Suitable for moist sunny borders. Height 30-50 cm. Flowering time May-June.
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Lesser Reed mace. A british wild marginal with narrow leaves. Brown flower spikes. Suitable for natural clay bottomed ponds and lakes in full sun and partial shade. Must be containerised in a small po...
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Common Valerian, An upright perennial with bright green leaves. Branched stems bear clusters of pink flowers throughout the summer. Height 1.2m. Flowering time May-July.
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Brooklime. British wild plant. A marginal plant with creeping mid-green leaves and tiny blue flowers. Excellent ground cover for the edge of ponds and streams in full sun and partial shade. Height 10c...
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