Plant Use is Attracting Butterflies Page 1 of 2

Ivydene Gardens Colour Wheel - Plant Use and Flower Shape Gallery:
Plant Use is Attracting Butterflies Page 1 of 2
with Infill Attractive to Wildlife including Bees, Butterflies and Moths, Attracting Birds and Butterflies and end of this table.

Flowering Months range abbreviates month
to its first 3 letters (Apr-Jun is April, May and June).

Click on centre of thumbnail to move from this page to the
Plant Description Page of the Plant named in the Text box below that photo.

The Comments Row of that Plant Description
links to where you personally can purchase that plant via mail-order.

Bulb and Perennial Height from Text Border Colour

Brown =
0-12
inches
(0-30
cms)

Blue = 12-24 inches (30-60 cms)

Green = 24-36 inches (60-90 cms)

Red = 36-72 inches (90-180 cms)

Black = 72+ inches (180+ cms)

Bulb and Perennial Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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Shrub
Height from Text Border Colour

Brown =
0-12
inches
(0-30
cms)

Blue = 12-36 inches (30-90 cms)

Green = 36-60 inches (90-150 cms)

Red = 60-120 inches (150-300 cms)

Black = 120+ inches (300+ cms)

Shrub
Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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Tree
Height from Text Border Colour

Brown =
0-240
inches
(0-600
cms)

Blue = 240-480 inches (600-1200 cms)

Green = 480+ inches (1200+ cms)

Red = Potted

Black = Use in Small Garden

Tree
Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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Climber
Height from Text Border Colour

Blue = 0-36 inches (0-90 cms)

Green = 36-120 inches (90-300 cms)

Red = 120+ inches (180+ cms)

Climber
Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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Aquatic, Bamboo, Bedding, Conifer, Fern, Grass, Herb, Rhododendron, Rose, Soft Fruit, Top Fruit, Vegetable and Wildflower
Height from Text Border Colour

Blue = 0-24 inches (0-60 cms)

Green = 24-72 inches (60-180 cms)

Red =
72+ inches (180+ cms)

Aquatic, Bamboo, Bedding, Conifer, Fern, Grass, Herb, Rhododendron, Rose, Soft Fruit, Top Fruit, Vegetable and Wildflower
Soil Moisture from Text Background

Wet Soil

Moist Soil

Dry Soil

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The Country Diary Book of Creating a Butterfly Garden by E.J.M. Warren (ISBN 0-86350-203-2) is a practical guide to planning and creating a butterfly garden.

Some suggestions for wildlife friendly gardening:-

No herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, slug - snail - worm or mole chemical killers, or lawndressings with their weed and worm killers, or poisonous chemicals of any kind whatsoever are ever to be used.
Plant everything in masses, never in single plants.
Plant flowers of one colour rather than mixed colours.
Plant single flowers rather than double ones.
Plant medium to pale-coloured flowers rather than dark ones.
Plant flowers fairly close together, thus leaving less room for weeds.
Save water by mulching the bed with 4 inch (100mm or 1 brick depth) deep organic compost in the autumn. Either use Spent Mushroom Compost for alkaline (chalk) soils or Forest Bark with sterilized bone-meal for acid soils as the Organic Compost.
Feed with liquid seaweed manure (Maxicrop) or seaweed meal on lawns and beds each year.

The Butterfly Gallery provides photos of butterflies with their egg, caterpillar and chrysalis stages. It also shows which plants they use/eat in their life-cycle.

Butterfly Name	Egg/ Caterpillar/ Chrysalis/ Butterfly	Plant Name	Plant Usage	Plant Usage Months
Adonis Blue	Egg	Horseshoe vetch	1 egg under leaf.	1
Adonis Blue	Caterpillar	Horseshoe vetch	Eats leaves.	June-March or September to July
Adonis Blue	Chrysalis	Leaf litter	---	3 weeks
Adonis Blue	Butterfly	Vetches, Trefoils, Clovers and Marjoram	Eats nectar.	1 Month
Berger's Clouded Yellow	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Horseshoe vetch Clover and Lucerne	1 egg on leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar.	8-10 days in Late May-June or Middle August-September June-July or September to October 8-15 days 1 Month in May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November
Brimstone	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Buckthorn, Alder Buckthorn Wild flowers and purple flowers such as Thistles and Greater Knapweed. Ivy	1 egg under leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar. Hibernates during winter	10 days in May-June 28 days. 12 days. 12 months.
Brown Argus	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Rock-rose or Storksbill l Leaf Litter Rock-rose or Storksbill l	1 egg under leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar.	May and June and those of the second generation in July to September for 6 days. 28 to 33 days. Second generation hibernates from September-March on the under surface of the leaf. 21 days. 5 weeks.
Chalk-Hill Blue	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Horseshoe vetch Birdsfoot Trefoil Kidney Vetch Leaf litter Vetches , Trefoils , Clovers and Marjoram	1 egg at base of plant. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar.	Late August-April April-June 1 Month 20 days
Clouded Yellow	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Clover, Lucerne Trefoils, Melilot. --- Clover, Lucerne Thistles, Greater Knapweed, Marjoram, Aubretia and Marigolds in gardens	1 egg on leaf. Eats leaves. Eats nectar.	6 days in May-June. Pupates in 30 days. 18 days in July-August. May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November
Comma	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Hop Red Currant Black Currant Gooseberry Stinging Nettle Bramble Creeping Thistle, Dwarf Thistle, Marsh Thistle, Meadow Thistle, Melancholy Thistle, Milk Thistle, Musk Thistle, Seaside Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Spear Thistle, Tuberous Thistle, Welted Thistle, Woolly Thistle Greater Knapweed Hemp agrimony in the wild and Asters, Buddleias and Michaelmas Daisies in urban gardens.	Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar.	April. 17 days 47 days. 10 days. July-October
Common Blue	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Birdsfoot Trefoil, Clovers, Black Medic, Vetches and Restharrow . --- Fleabanes, Marjoram and Thymes	Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf. Eats buds and flowers. Base of food plant. Eats nectar.	- - Spend winter at the base of the food plant. They resume feeding in March. 2 weeks 3 weeks between May and September
Dark Green Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Dog Violet, Violets Thistles - usually taller ones	1 egg on underside of leaf or on stalk. Hibernates where it hatches. Eats leaves. Base of food plant. Eats nectar	July-August for 17 days. Spends winter on plant until end of March. Eats leaves until end of May. 4 weeks. July-August for 6 weeks
Glanville Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Ribwort Plantain, Sea Plantain --- Vetches, Trefoils	Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. Feeds on leaves until middle of August. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats leaves until April-May. --- Eats nectar	Hatches after 16 days in June. June-April 25 days in April-May. June-July
Green-veined White	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Charlock, Cuckoo Flower, Hedge-Mustard, Garlic-Mustard, Yellow Rocket, Watercress --- Wild Cabbage family	1 egg on underside of leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats Nectar	July or August; hatches in 3 days 16 days 14 days in July or for caterpillars of August, they overwinter till May. A Month during May-June or second flight in late July-August
Heath Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Cow-Wheat, Narrow-leaved Plantain --- Cow-Wheat, Bugle, Germander Speedwell, Wood Sage, Ragged Robin, Narrow-leaved Plantain	Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. Feeds on leaves until end of August. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats young leaves until June. --- Eats nectar	Hatches after 16 days in June. June-April 25 days in June. June-July
High Brown Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Common Dog Violet, Hairy Violet, Heath Dog-violet Pale Dog violet Sweet Violet Thistles Bramble	1 egg on stem or stalk near plant base. Feed on young leaves, stalks and stems --- Eats nectar	July to hatch in 8 months in March. 9 weeks pupating in May 4 weeks June-August
Holly Blue	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Holly Ivy Dogwood Spindle-tree Gorse Buckthorn Snowberry Bramble Lilac, Bluebell Dandelion Oak Birch	1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk. Eats flower bud. --- Eats nectar and sap exuding from trunks.	7 days. 28-42 days. 18 days. Early September to Late April for second generation. April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation.
Large Skipper	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Cocksfoot grass False Brome grass --- Wild flowers	1 egg under leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar	11 Months 3 weeks from May June-August
Large Tortoiseshell	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Elm, Wych Elm, Willow, Sallow, Aspen, Poplar, Whitebeam, Cherry --- Tree sap and damaged ripe fruit, which are high in sugar	Eggs laid in batches encircling the branch of the food plant. Feeds on leaves. Hangs suspended from stem. Hibernates inside hollow trees or outhouses until March. Eats sap or fruit juice until April.	Hatches after 18-22 days in April. 30 days in May 9 days in June. 10 months in June-April
Large White	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Cabbages --- Cabbages, Beans, Clover and Lucerne Garden Nasturtiums, Mignonettes	40-100 eggs on both surfaces of leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar	May-June and August-Early September. 4.5-17 days. 30-32 days 14 days for May-June eggs, or overwinter till April April-June or July-September
Marsh Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Devilsbit Scabious, Plantains, Foxglove, Wood Sage, Honeysuckle --- Yellow flowers such as Dandelion, Birds-Foot-Trefoil, Hawkbit	Eggs laid in batches on the under side of the leaves. Feeds on leaves until middle of August. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats leaves until May. --- Eats nectar	Hatches after 20 days in July. July-May 15 days in May. 30 days in May-June
Orange Tip	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Garlic Mustard, Cuckoo Flower, Yellow Rocket, Hedge Mustard, Ladies Smock, Charlock, Creeping Yellow-cress, Large Bittercress, Wild Turnip, Rock-cress, Horseradish, Dame's Violet, Watercress, Honesty (Lunaria biennis) Hedge Parsley Garlic Mustard and other wild flowers - mostly from Cabbage family	1 egg laid in the tight buds and flowers. Eats leaves, buds, flowers and especially the seed pods. --- Eats nectar	May-June 7 days. June-July 24 days. August-May May-June for 18 days.
Painted Lady	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Thistles Mallows Burdocks Stinging Nettle Vipers Bugloss --- Wild flowers like Clover, Lucerne, Thistles, Scabious, Charlock and Ivy	1 egg on leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar	2 weeks in June. 7-11days 7-11 days July-October
Pale Clouded Yellow	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Clover, Lucerne. --- Clover, Lucerne	1 egg on leaf. Eats leaves. Eats nectar.	10 days in May-June. Pupates in July-August. 17 days in August-September. May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November
Peacock	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Stinging Nettle. Thistles, Greater Knapweed, Scabious, Clover, Buddleias, Sedum, Rotten fruit Fruit tree blossom in Spring	Dense mass of 450-500 eggs on the under side of leaves over a 2 hour period. Eats leaves, and moves to another plant before pupating. --- From July-September, eats the nectar or juice from rotten fruit, then Eats nectar in April-May	14 days in April-May. 28 days. 13 days. July-May
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Dog Violet --- Bluebell, Bugles, Violets and Primroses.	1 egg on leaf or stem. Feeds on leaves until July. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats young leaves until May. --- Eats nectar	Hatches after 15 days in May-June. July-May 9 days in June. June.
Queen of Spain Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Heartsease, Borage, Sainfoin Mountain pansy, Seaside Pansy, Field Pansy and Culivated Pansy. --- Clover, Heartease, Thistles and Wild Flowers	1 egg laid under the leaf or on top of the flower. Eats leaves, then before pupating it eats the bloom and leaves of the pansies. --- Eats nectar	7 days in August. 23 days in August-September 3 weeks in September May-September
Silver-washed Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Pine, Oak. Dog violet Rock or Twig Bramble, Thistles, Teasels, Wild Flowers	1 egg on tree trunk Hibernates in a crevice in the bark of the tree trunk. Eats leaves --- Eats nectar	15 days in July. August-March. March-May. Late June-July 7 weeks in July-August.
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Dog Violet, Garden Pansy --- Thistles, Bluebell, Bugles, Violets and Primroses.	1 egg on leaf or stem. Feeds on leaves until July. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats young leaves until April. --- Eats nectar	Hatches after 10 days in May-June. June-April April- June. June-August
Small White	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Cabbages, Garden Nasturtiums, Mignonettes --- Cabbages, Beans, Clover and Lucerne Garden Nasturtiums, Mignonettes	1 egg on underside of leaf. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar	May-June and August. 7 days. 28 days 21 days for May-June eggs, or overwinter till March March-May or June-September
Swallowtail	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Milk Parsley Hogs's Fennel Wild Angelica Thistles	1 egg on leaf. 5 or 6 eggs may be deposited by separate females on one leaf. Eats leaves, and moves to stems of sedges or other fen plants before pupating. --- Eats nectar	14 days in July-August August-September September-May May-July
Wood White	Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly	Bitter vetch, Birds-foot-trefoil, Vetchs, Tufted Vetch, Fyfield Pea, Cuckoo Flower, Bitter Vetch, Birds-foot-trefoil, Bugle, Ragged Robin	1 egg laid on underside of leaflets or bracts. Eats leaves. --- Eats nectar.	7 days in June 32 days in June-July. July-May. May-June

Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe by D. Carter (ISBN 0-330-26642-x) lists their favourite food plants.

The following plants attract butterflies:-

Buddleia
Buddleia davidii (Butterfly Bush)
Buddleia globosa
Syringa vulgaris (Lilac)

The following plants attract birds:-

Aster (Michaelmas Daisy)
Aucuba
Aucuba japonica
Berberis (Barberry)
Buddleia
Buddleia davidii (Butterfly Bush)
Buddleia globosa
Cotoneaster
Daphne
Daphne mezereum
Hypericum
Papaver (Poppy)
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)
Ribes (Flowering Currant)
Ruscus
Ruscus aculeatus (Butchers Broom)
Sambucus (Elder)

The following plants are from Self Medication, Wildlife Style: How Birds and Other Creatures Use Medicinal Plants:-

Starlings use

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagaria)
Hogweed (Heracleum spondylium)
Elder (Sambucus niger)
Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and
White Willow (Salix alba)

Tree Swallows use Yarrow (Achillea millefoilum).

Corsican blue tits use

Lavender (Lavandula stoechas)
Mint (Mentha suaveolens) and
an aster (Helichrysum italicum)

Eagles and Wood Storks use pine boughs (Pinus).

The following plants are from Plants for nesting birds by the RHS:-

It may not be fashionable to grow ivy on walls and fences, but it's another excellent shrub providing nest sites for colonies of house sparrows as well as robins and wrens.

Shrubs and climbers that grow in a tangle are much appreciated by some birds but eager pruners should leave the secateurs in the shed. Honeysuckles such as Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' are ideal. Blackbirds will also strip the loose bark from the base to help build their nests.

Brambles make dense thickets, but it’s a trade off: the birds appreciate the tangle of thorny branches but your crop will be more difficult to pick - although the birds will appreciate that too.

Pyracantha is pretty much top of the list for nesting and the varieties Saphyr Rouge ('Cadrou') AGM, Saphyr Orange ('Cadange') AGM (see right) and 'Teton' AGM not only have a supportive branch structure, especially when grown on walls, but are unusually disease resistant. Their pretty white flowers are followed by berries the birds love.

Elderberries are often used as sites for nests and for the huge crop of berries. Perhaps think twice before planting them as they're favourites with wood pigeons which can be a problem in rural areas, especially for veg gardeners.

Other plants to consider are

rambling roses (Rosa),
sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides),
barberries (Berberis) and
the vigorous clematis that you just allow to climb (Clematis vitalba - Birds such as Goldfinch and Greenfinch feed on the seedheads but many more birds may use it to nest in and take the fluffy seedheads for nesting material.).

But remember: no pruning during the nesting season.

Colour Wheel - Plant Use and Flower Shape Gallery

Site Map

Dark Tone
or Shades (Colours mixed with Black) is the outer circle of colours.

Mid-Tone
(Colours mixed with Grey) is the next circle of colours.

Pure Hue
(the Primary, Secondary or Tertiary Colour named) is the next circle of colours.

Pastel
(Colours mixed with White) is the innermost circle of colours.

These 12 colour spokes of Dark Tone, Mid-Tone, Pure Hue and Pastel are split into:-

Number	Primary Colour Name	Pure Hue Colour Name Used
1	Red	Red
2	Yellow	Yellow
3	Blue	Blue
Number	Secondary Colour Name	Pure Hue Colour Name Used
10	Orange	Vitamin C
11	Green	Lime
12	Violet	Magenta
Number	Tertiary Colour Name	Pure Hue Colour Name Used
100	Red Orange	Orange
101	Yellow Orange	Tangerine
102	Yellow Green	Lovely Lime
103	Blue Green	Light Teal
104	Blue Violet	Grape
105	Red Violet	Process Pagenta

Plant Bloom
Dec-Jan
Feb-Mar

Plant Bloom
Apr-May
Jun-Aug

Plant Bloom
Sep-Oct
Nov-Dec

There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-

12 Bloom Colours per Month Index
Plants Blue, Orange, Red, Yellow, White, Other Colours which lead on to other pages
Colour Wheel - All Flowers per Month 12

Bedding
Bulb
Climber
Deciduous Shrub
Deciduous Tree
Evergreen Perennial
Evergreen Shrub
Evergreen Tree
Herbaceous Perennial
Rhododendron
Rock Garden and Alpine Flower Colour Wheel
Rock Plant Flowers 53
Rose
Wild Flower

Click on Flower Colour above Colour Name to compare flowers of same colour and different plant types or 1,
then 2, 3, or 4 for following pages

White 1, 2

White 3

White Wild-flower 1, 2

Gray

Silver
1, 2

Black

105

100

Red 1, 2

Pink
1, 2

104

101

Bone
1, 2

103

102

When you have reached the required Flower Colour Page, then click on Flowering Months of the required plant to compare this flower with others
from the same Plant Type - Bulbs, Climbers, Evergreen perennials - in that month
OR
with others from the plants at RHS Wisley in that month

Plant Selection by Flower Colour

Blue Flowers

Bedding.
Bulb.
Climber.
Evergr Per.
Evergr Shrub.
Wild Flower.

Orange Flowers

Bedding.
Wild Flower.

Other Colour Flowers

Bedding.
Bulb.
Climber.
Evergr Per.
Evergr Shrub.
Wild Flower.

Red Flowers

Bedding.
Bulb.
Climber.
Decid Shrub.
Evergr Per.
Evergr Shrub.
Herbac Per.
Rose.
Wild Flower.

White Flowers

Bedding.
Bulb.
Climber.
Decid Shrub.
Decid Tree.
Evergr Per.
Evergr Shrub.
Herbac Per.
Rose.
Wild Flower.

Yellow Flowers

Bedding.
Bulb.
Climber.
Decid Shrub.
Evergr Per.
Evergr Shrub.
Herbac Per.
Rose.
Wild Flower.

Plant Index to all compared thumbnails of this flower colour in this page:-

Click on Flowering Period Month to compare this flower EITHER with others from the same Plant Type - Bulbs, Climbers, Evergreen Perennials - in that month OR with others from the plants at RHS Wisley in that month

Plant Name.

A Ground Cover Name from the 1000 Ground Cover List from PLANTS Topic is in Brown

Flower Colour with
Flower Thumbnail

Flowering
Months
with Link to Flower Colour Comparison Page in that month

Form Thumbnail

Height x Width in inches (cms) -
1 inch = 2.5 cms,
12 inches = 1 foot,
36 inches = 3 feet = 1 yard,
40 inches = 100 cms

Foliage Colour with Foliage Thumbnail
Please note that the life cycle of an egg to butterfly can be 12 months. If you remove the relevant vegetation during that time you will lose that butterfly.

Plant Use

Comments

Adonis Blue

Egg

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Horseshoe vetch
Horseshoe vetch

Leaf Litter

Vetches , Trefoils, Clovers and Marjoram

1 egg under leaf.
Eats leaves.

----

Eats nectar

1 Month

June-March or September to July
3 weeks

1 Month

Berger's Clouded Yellow

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Horseshoe vetch

Horseshoe vetch

Clover and
Lucerne

1 egg on leaf.

Eats leaves.

---

Eats nectar.

8-10 days in Late May-June or Middle August-September.
June-July or September to October.
8-15 days.

1 Month in May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November

Egg,

Caterpillar
Chrysalis

Butterfly

Buckthorn,
Alder Buckthorn

Wild flowers and purple flowers such as
Thistles and Greater Knapweed.
Ivy

1 egg under leaf.

Eats leaves.
---

Eats nectar.

Hibernates during winter

10 days in
May-June

28 days.
12 days.

12 months.

Buckthorn

Alder

Wild flowers and purple flowers such as
Thistles and

Greater Knapweed.

Ivy

Brown Argus

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Rock-rose or Storksbill l
Leaf Litter

Rock-rose or Storksbill l

1 egg under leaf.

Eats leaves.

---

Eats nectar.

May and June and those of the second generation in July to September for 6 days.
28 to 33 days. Second generation hibernates from September-March on the under surface of the leaf.
21 days.

5 weeks.

Rock-rose

Storksbill l

Chalk-Hill Blue

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Horseshoe vetch
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Kidney Vetch
Leaf litter

Vetches , Trefoils , Clovers and Marjoram

1 egg at base of plant.

Eats leaves.

---

Eats nectar.

Late August-April

April-June

1 Month

20 days

Horseshoe vetch

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Kidney Vetch

Vetches , Trefoils , Clovers

Marjoram

Clouded Yellow

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Clover,
Lucerne
Trefoils,
Melilot.
---

Clover,
Lucerne
Thistles,
Greater Knapweed,
Marjoram,
Aubretia and
Marigolds in gardens

1 egg on leaf.

Eats leaves.

Eats nectar.

6 days in
May-June.
Pupates in
30 days.
18 days in July-August.

May-June or August till killed by frost and damp in September-November

Clover

Lucerne

Trefoils

Melilot

Thistles

Greater Knapweed

Marjoram

Aubretia

Marigolds

Comma

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Hop
Red Currant
Black Currant
Gooseberry
Stinging Nettle
Bramble
Creeping Thistle, Dwarf Thistle, Marsh Thistle, Meadow Thistle, Melancholy Thistle, Milk Thistle,
Musk Thistle, Seaside Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Spear Thistle, Tuberous Thistle, Welted Thistle, Woolly Thistle Greater Knapweed
Hemp agrimony in the wild
and
Asters,
Buddleias and
Michaelmas Daisies in urban gardens.

Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf.
Eats leaves.

---

Eats nectar.

April. 17 days

47 days.

10 days.

July-October

Hemp agrimony in the wild and

Asters

Buddleias and

Michaelmas Daisies in urban gardens.

Common Blue

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Birdsfoot Trefoil, Clovers,
Black Medic, Vetches and Restharrow
.

---

Fleabanes, Marjoram and Thymes

Groups of eggs on upper side of leaf.
Eats buds and flowers.

Base of food plant.

Eats nectar.

-
-

Spend winter at the base of the food plant. They resume feeding in March.
2 weeks

3 weeks between May and September

Dark Green Fritillary

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Dog Violet,
Violets

Thistles - usually taller ones

1 egg on underside of leaf or on stalk.
Hibernates where it hatches.
Eats leaves.

Base of food plant.

Eats nectar

July-August for 17 days.
Spends winter on plant until end of March.

Eats leaves until end of May.
4 weeks.

July-August for 6 weeks

Dog Violet

Violets

Thistles - usually taller ones

Glanville Fritillary

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Ribwort Plantain,
Sea Plantain

---

Vetches,
Trefoils

Eggs laid in
batches on the under side of the leaves.
Feeds on
leaves until middle of August. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats leaves until April-May.
---

Eats nectar

Hatches after 16 days in June.

June-April

25 days in April-May.

June-July

Ribwort Plantain

Sea Plantain

Vetches

Trefoils

Green-veined White

Egg,

Caterpillar
Chrysalis

Butterfly

Charlock,
Cuckoo Flower,
Hedge-Mustard,
Garlic-Mustard,
Yellow Rocket,
Watercress

---

Wild Cabbage family

1 egg on underside of leaf.

Eats leaves.
---

Eats Nectar

July or August; hatches in 3 days

16 days
14 days in July or for caterpillars of August, they overwinter till May.

A Month during May-June or second flight in late July-August

Wild Cabbage family

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Cow-Wheat,
Narrow-leaved Plantain

---

Cow-Wheat,
Bugle,
Germander Speedwell,
Wood Sage,
Ragged Robin, Narrow-leaved Plantain

Eggs laid in
batches on the under side of the leaves.
Feeds on leaves until end of August. Hibernates on dead leaves until March. Eats young leaves until June.
---

Eats nectar

Hatches after 16 days in June.

June-April

25 days in June.

June-July

Cow-Wheat

Narrow-leaved Plantain

Bugle

Germander Speedwell

Wood Sage

Ragged Robin

Narrow-leaved Plantain

High Brown Fritillary

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Common Dog Violet,
Hairy Violet,
Heath Dog-violet
Pale Dog violet
Sweet Violet

Thistles
Bramble

1 egg on stem or stalk near plant base.
Feed on young leaves, stalks and stems
---

Eats nectar

July to hatch in 8 months in March.

9 weeks pupating in May

4 weeks

June-August

Common Dog Violet

Hairy Violet

Heath Dog-violet

Pale Dog violet

Sweet Violet

Thistles

Bramble

Holly Blue

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Holly
Ivy
Dogwood
Spindle-tree
Gorse
Buckthorn
Snowberry
Bramble
Lilac,
Bluebell
Dandelion
Oak
Birch

1 egg on underside of a flower bud on its stalk.
Eats flower bud.
---

Eats nectar

and sap exuding from trunks.

7 days.

28-42 days.

18 days. Early September to Late April for second generation.

April-Mid June and Mid July-Early September for second generation.

Lilac

Egg,

Caterpillar

Chrysalis

Butterfly

Cocksfoot grass
False Brome grass
---

Wild flowers

1 egg under leaf.
Eats leaves.

---

Eats nectar

11 Months

3 weeks from May

June-August

Cocksfoot grass

False Brome grass

Wild flowers

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If you are looking for specialist nurseries or garden centres in the UK our plant finder comes complete with an easy to use A-Z list of garden plants that makes finding plants for sale online easy. To help with plant identification we include many photographs and individual plant descriptions.

Once you have found the plant you are looking for we provide easy access to growers and nurseries who have these species for sale, many with mail order or 'online' buying facilities

The Complete Book of Container Gardening . Consultant Editor: Alan Toogood. Authors: Peter McHoy, Tom Miles , Roy Cheek. Published 1991. ISBN 0-7472-0415-2.

The plants for the containers are split into the following Planting Plans:-

Alpines and Miniatures
Attracting Wildlife
Containers for All Seasons
Containers for Scent
Country Containers
Fruit in Containers
Functional Containers
Summer Baskets
Summer Boxes and Troughs
Summer Pots, Tubs and Urns
The Exotic Look
The Oriental Influence
Vegetables and Herbs
Water Displays
Winter and Spring Displays

For the number of each plant required in these planting plans consult the book. For the plants used in the remainder of the above Planting Plans see Use in Patio Pot Page.

The plants for the containers are split into the following Planting Plans:-

Alpines and Miniatures within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Attracting Wildlife within Plant Use is Attracting Birds and Attracting Butterflies Pages
Containers for All Seasons within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Containers for Scent within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Country Containers within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Fruit in Containers within Plant Use as Potted Fruit Outdoors Page
Functional Containers within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Summer Baskets within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Summer Boxes and Troughs within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Summer Pots, Tubs and Urns within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
The Exotic Look within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
The Oriental Influence within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Vegetables and Herbs within Use as Potted Veg Outdoors Page
Water Displays within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page
Winter and Spring Displays within Plant Use in Patio Pot Page

For the Characteristics, Position, Compost and Special Maintenance of the plants in the Plants for Containers Index Pages, consult the book.

Planting Plan

Plant

Attracting Wildlife

Get closer to nature by attracting wildlife to your patio and windowsills. A pot will attract bees and butterflies, provided its contents are carefully selected. Water is vital to the survival of all living things, plants and animals alike. A small water feature is therefore the ideal centre-piece for an area aimed at attracting birds, butterflies and bees. The colour, movement and sound of these creatures introduces an extra dimension to any garden. A good choice of plants is important. Many fruit- and berry-bearing plants are paricularly attractive to birds, while plants whose flowers produce copious nectar will entice butterflies and bees. Suspended nets full of nuts are an additional attraction for birds. Endeavour to maintain a water supply, especially in very hot or very cold conditions, as the birds will come to rely on it. Position wildlife containers carefully to provide good growing conditions for the plants, and to allow them to be viewed clearly from window or garden.

A pot-grown wildlife garden - The stone bird bath acts as a centre piece for a collection of plants selected to attract butterflies, birds and bees over a long period.
The 3 groups of plants

start with the Malus on the left surrounded by the 2 Hebes, Aster, Mahonia and Pyracantha.
This is followed at the back by the 2 Ilexs and
the third group on the right of the bird bath is the Sorbus surrounded by the Aucuba, Cotoneaster, Ribes, Pyracantha atalantioides and the Lonicera.

Malus 'Red Jade' (crab apple)

Sorbus aria 'Lutescens'

Ilex 'Handsworth New Silver' (silver holly)

Ilex aquifolium 'Bacciflava' (a yellowberried holly)

Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia'

Hebe Franciscana x 'Blue Gem'

Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty'

Aster amellus 'King George'
(Michaelmas Daisy)

Mahonia aquifolium
(oregon grape)

Pyracantha angustifolia (firethorn)

Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Gnom'

Ribes uva-crispa (gooseberry)

Pyracantha atalantioides
(firethorn)

Lonicera periclymen (common honeysuckle)

A nectar feast for butterflies and bees - This simple combination is attractive to both insects and humans alike within a 36 inch (90 cm) trough.

Lantana camara

Tagetes 'Starfire Mixed'

Alyssum maritimum (sweet alyssum)

Bees and butterflies galore - A design to attract these useful insects over a long period with a succession of nectar-filled blossom within a 28 inch (70 cm) diameter pot.

Mahonia 'Charity'

Hebe 'Midsummer Beauty'

Lavandula stoechas
(French lavender)

Sedum spectabile

Thymus
(thyme)

Aster amellus 'King George'
(Michaelmas daisy)

Aubretia deltoidea

A living bird table - This 16 inch (40 cm) hanging basket, customized for wildlife, is especially useful where space is limited.

Lavandula stoechas (French lavender)

Fragaria vesca 'Semper-florens' (alpine strawberry)

Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Gnom'

Alyssum maritimum (sweet alyssum)

Iberis semper-virens (evergreen candytuft)

Hedera helix 'Glacier' (silver variegated ivy)

A dish of water

The butterfly bush - Small tortoiseshell butterflies feast on the nectar of Buddleia davidii. This easily grown shrub certainly lives up to its reputation. See Butterfly food page for food that British butterflies eat.

Topic
Plants detailed in this website by
Botanical Name
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Bulb
A1, 2, 3, B, C1, 2,
D, E, F, G, Glad,
H, I, J, K, L1, 2,
M, N, O, P, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ ,
Evergreen Perennial
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Herbaceous Perennial
A1, 2, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P1, 2, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ,
Diascia Photo Album,
UK Peony Index
Wildflower
Botanical Names,
Common Names ,
will be compared in:- Flower colour/month
Evergreen Perennial,
Flower shape Wildflower Flower Shape and
Plant use
Evergreen Perennial Flower Shape,
Bee plants for hay-fever sufferers
Bee-Pollinated Index
Butterfly
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly Usage of Plants.
Chalk
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, QR, S, T, UV,
WXYZ
Companion Planting
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R , S, T,
U ,V, W, X, Y, Z,
Pest Control using Plants
Fern Fern
1000 Ground Cover A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, XYZ ,
Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
NO, PQ, R, S, T,
UVWXYZ
Rose Rose Use
These 5 have Page links in rows below
Bulbs from the Infill Galleries (next row), Camera Photos,
Plant Colour Wheel Uses,
Sense of Fragrance, Wild Flower

Case Studies
...Drive Foundations
Ryegrass and turf kills plants within Roadstone and in Topsoil due to it starving and dehydrating them.
CEDAdrive creates stable drive surface and drains rain into your ground, rather than onto the public road.
8 problems caused by building house on clay or with house-wall attached to clay.
Pre-building work on polluted soil.

Companion Planting
to provide a Companion Plant to aid your selected plant or deter its pests

Garden
Construction
with ground drains

Garden Design
...How to Use the Colour Wheel Concepts for Selection of Flowers, Foliage and Flower Shape
...RHS Mixed
Borders
......Bedding Plants
......Her Perennials
......Other Plants
......Camera photos of Plant supports
Garden
Maintenance
Glossary with a tomato teaching cauliflowers
Home
Library of over 1000 books
Offbeat Glossary with DuLally Bird in its flower clock.

Plants
...in Chalk
(Alkaline) Soil
......A-F1, A-F2,
......A-F3, G-L, M-R,
......M-R Roses, S-Z
...in Heavy
Clay Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Lime-Free
(Acid) Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Light
Sand Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z.
...Poisonous Plants.
...Extra Plant Pages
with its 6 Plant Selection Levels

Soil
...Interaction between 2 Quartz Sand Grains to make soil
...How roots of plants are in control in the soil
...Without replacing Soil Nutrients, the soil will break up to only clay, sand or silt
...Subsidence caused by water in Clay
...Use water ring for trees/shrubs for first 2 years.

Tool Shed with 3 kneeling pads
Useful Data with benefits of Seaweed

Topic -
Plant Photo Galleries
If the plant type below has flowers, then the first gallery will include the flower thumbnail in each month of 1 of 6 colour comparison pages of each plant in its subsidiary galleries, as a low-level Plant Selection Process
Aquatic
Bamboo
Bedding
...by Flower Shape

Bulb
...Allium/ Anemone
...Autumn
...Colchicum/ Crocus
...Dahlia
...Gladiolus with its 40 Flower Colours
......European A-E
......European F-M
......European N-Z
......European Non-classified
......American A,
B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S,
T, U, V, W, XYZ
......American Non-classified
......Australia - empty
......India
......Lithuania
...Hippeastrum/ Lily
...Late Summer
...Narcissus
...Spring
...Tulip
...Winter
...Each of the above ...Bulb Galleries has its own set of Flower Colour Pages
...Flower Shape
...Bulb Form
...Bulb Use
...Bulb in Soil

Further details on bulbs from the Infill Galleries:-
Hardy Bulbs
...Aconitum
...Allium
...Alstroemeria
...Anemone
...Amaryllis
...Anthericum
...Antholyzas
...Apios
...Arisaema
...Arum
...Asphodeline
...Asphodelus
...Belamcanda
...Bloomeria
...Brodiaea
...Bulbocodium
...Calochorti
...Cyclobothrias
...Camassia
...Colchicum
...Convallaria  ...Forcing Lily of the Valley
...Corydalis
...Crinum
...Crosmia
...Montbretia
...Crocus
...Cyclamen
...Dicentra
...Dierama
...Eranthis
...Eremurus
...Erythrnium
...Eucomis
...Fritillaria
...Funkia
...Galanthus
...Galtonia
...Gladiolus
...Hemerocallis
...Hyacinth
...Hyacinths in Pots
...Scilla
...Puschkinia
...Chionodoxa
...Chionoscilla
...Muscari
...Iris
...Kniphofia
...Lapeyrousia
...Leucojum
...Lilium
...Lilium in Pots
...Malvastrum
...Merendera
...Milla
...Narcissus
...Narcissi in Pots
...Ornithogalum
...Oxalis
...Paeonia
...Ranunculus
...Romulea
...Sanguinaria
...Sternbergia
...Schizostylis
...Tecophilaea
...Trillium
...Tulip
...Zephyranthus
Half-Hardy Bulbs
...Acidanthera
...Albuca
...Alstroemeri
...Andro-stephium
...Bassers
...Boussing-aultias
...Bravoas
...Cypellas
...Dahlias
...Galaxis,
...Geissorhizas
...Hesperanthas
...Gladioli
...Ixias
...Sparaxises
...Babianas
...Morphixias
...Tritonias
...Ixiolirions
...Moraeas
...Ornithogalums
...Oxalises
...Phaedra-nassas
...Pancratiums
...Tigridias
...Zephyranthes
...Cooperias
Uses of Bulbs:-
...for Bedding
...in Windowboxes
...in Border
...naturalized in Grass
...in Bulb Frame
...in Woodland Garden
...in Rock Garden
...in Bowls
...in Alpine House
...Bulbs in Green-house or Stove:-
...Achimenes
...Alocasias
...Amorpho-phalluses
...Arisaemas
...Arums
...Begonias
...Bomareas
...Caladiums
...Clivias
...Colocasias
...Crinums
...Cyclamens
...Cyrtanthuses
...Eucharises
...Urceocharis
...Eurycles
...Freesias
...Gloxinias
...Haemanthus
...Hippeastrums
...Lachenalias
...Nerines
...Lycorises
...Pencratiums
...Hymenocallises
...Richardias
...Sprekelias
...Tuberoses
...Vallotas
...Watsonias
...Zephyranthes
...Plant Bedding in
......Spring
......Summer
...Bulb houseplants flowering during:-
......January
......February
......March
......April
......May
......June
......July
......August
......September
......October
......November
......December
...Bulbs and other types of plant flowering during:-
......Dec-Jan
......Feb-Mar
......Apr-May
......Jun-Aug
......Sep-Oct
......Nov-Dec
...Selection of the smaller and choicer plants for the Smallest of Gardens with plant flowering during the same 6 periods as in the previous selection

Climber in
3 Sector Vertical Plant System
...Clematis
...Climbers
Conifer
Deciduous Shrub
...Shrubs - Decid
Deciduous Tree
...Trees - Decid
Evergreen Perennial
...P-Evergreen A-L
...P-Evergreen M-Z
...Flower Shape
Evergreen Shrub
...Shrubs - Evergreen
...Heather Shrub
...Heather Index
......Andromeda
......Bruckenthalia
......Calluna
......Daboecia
......Erica: Carnea
......Erica: Cinerea
......Erica: Others
Evergreen Tree
...Trees - Evergreen
Fern
Grass
Hedging
Herbaceous
Perennial
...P -Herbaceous
...Peony
...Flower Shape
...RHS Wisley
......Mixed Border
......Other Borders
Herb
Odds and Sods
Rhododendron

Rose
...RHS Wisley A-F
...RHS Wisley G-R
...RHS Wisley S-Z
...Rose Use - page links in row 6. Rose, RHS Wisley and Other Roses rose indices on each Rose Use page
...Other Roses A-F
...Other Roses G-R
...Other Roses S-Z
Pruning Methods
Photo Index R 1, 2, 3
Peter Beales Roses
RV Roger Roses

Soft Fruit
Top Fruit
...Apple
...Cherry
...Pear
Vegetable
Wild Flower and
Butterfly page links are in next row

Topic -
UK Butterfly:-
...Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly Usage
of Plants.
...Plant Usage by
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly.

Both native wildflowers and cultivated plants, with these
...Flower Shape,
...Uses in USA,
...Uses in UK and
...Flo Cols / month are used by Butter-flies native in UK

Wild Flower with its wildflower flower colour page, space,
data page(s).
...Blue Site Map.
Scented Flower, Foliage, Root.
Story of their Common Names.
Use of Plant with Flowers.
Use for Non-Flowering Plants.
Edible Plant Parts.
Flower Legend.
Flowering plants of Chalk and
Limestone 1, 2.
Flowering plants of Acid Soil 1.
...Brown Botanical Names.
Food for
Butterfly/Moth.
...Cream Common Names.
Coastal and Dunes.
Sandy Shores and Dunes.
...Green Broad-leaved Woods.
...Mauve Grassland - Acid, Neutral, Chalk.
...Multi-Cols Heaths and Moors.
...Orange Hedge-rows and Verges.
...Pink A-G Lakes, Canals and Rivers.
...Pink H-Z Marshes, Fens, Bogs.
...Purple Old Buildings and Walls.
...Red Pinewoods.
...White A-D
Saltmarshes.
Shingle Beaches, Rocks and Cliff Tops.
...White E-P Other.
...White Q-Z Number of Petals.
...Yellow A-G
Pollinator.
...Yellow H-Z
Poisonous Parts.
...Shrub/Tree River Banks and other Freshwater Margins. and together with cultivated plants in
Colour Wheel.

You know its
name:-
a-h, i-p, q-z,
Botanical Names, or Common Names,
habitat:-
on Acid Soil,
on Calcareous
(Chalk) Soil,
on Marine Soil,
on Neutral Soil,
is a Fern,
is a Grass,
is a Rush,
is a Sedge, or
is Poisonous.

Each plant in each WILD FLOWER FAMILY PAGE will have a link to:-
1) its created Plant Description Page in its Common Name column, then external sites:-
2) to purchase the plant or seed in its Botanical Name column,
3) to see photos in its Flowering Months column and
4) to read habitat details in its Habitat Column.
Adder's Tongue
Amaranth
Arrow-Grass
Arum
Balsam
Bamboo
Barberry
Bedstraw
Beech
Bellflower
Bindweed
Birch
Birds-Nest
Birthwort
Bogbean
Bog Myrtle
Borage
Box
Broomrape
Buckthorn
Buddleia
Bur-reed
Buttercup
Butterwort
Cornel (Dogwood)
Crowberry
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 1
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 2
Cypress
Daffodil
Daisy
Daisy Cudweeds
Daisy Chamomiles
Daisy Thistle
Daisy Catsears Daisy Hawkweeds
Daisy Hawksbeards
Daphne
Diapensia
Dock Bistorts
Dock Sorrels
Clubmoss
Duckweed
Eel-Grass
Elm
Filmy Fern
Horsetail
Polypody
Quillwort
Royal Fern
Figwort - Mulleins
Figwort - Speedwells
Flax
Flowering-Rush
Frog-bit
Fumitory
Gentian
Geranium
Glassworts
Gooseberry
Goosefoot
Grass 1
Grass 2
Grass 3
Grass Soft
Bromes 1
Grass Soft
Bromes 2
Grass Soft
Bromes 3
Hazel
Heath
Hemp
Herb-Paris
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horned-Pondweed
Hornwort
Iris
Ivy
Jacobs Ladder
Lily
Lily Garlic
Lime
Lobelia
Loosestrife
Mallow
Maple
Mares-tail
Marsh Pennywort
Melon (Gourd/Cucumber)
Mesem-bryanthemum
Mignonette
Milkwort
Mistletoe
Moschatel
Naiad
Nettle
Nightshade
Oleaster
Olive
Orchid 1
Orchid 2
Orchid 3
Orchid 4
Parnassus-Grass
Peaflower
Peaflower
Clover 1
Peaflower
Clover 2
Peaflower
Clover 3
Peaflower Vetches/Peas
Peony
Periwinkle
Pillwort
Pine
Pink 1
Pink 2
Pipewort
Pitcher-Plant
Plantain
Pondweed
Poppy
Primrose
Purslane
Rannock Rush
Reedmace
Rockrose
Rose 1
Rose 2
Rose 3
Rose 4
Rush
Rush Woodrushes
Saint Johns Wort
Saltmarsh Grasses
Sandalwood
Saxifrage
Seaheath
Sea Lavender
Sedge Rush-like
Sedges Carex 1
Sedges Carex 2
Sedges Carex 3
Sedges Carex 4
Spindle-Tree
Spurge
Stonecrop
Sundew
Tamarisk
Tassel Pondweed
Teasel
Thyme 1
Thyme 2
Umbellifer 1
Umbellifer 2
Valerian
Verbena
Violet
Water Fern
Waterlily
Water Milfoil
Water Plantain
W ater Starwort
Waterwort
Willow
Willow-Herb
Wintergreen
Wood-Sorrel
Yam
Yew

Topic -
The following is a complete hierarchical Plant Selection Process
dependent on the Garden Style chosen
Garden Style
...Infill Plants
...12 Bloom Colours per Month Index
...12 Foliage Colours per Month Index
...All Plants Index
...Cultivation, Position, Use Index
...Shape, Form
Index

Topic -
Flower/Foliage Colour Wheel Galleries with number of colours as a high-level Plant Selection Process

All Flowers 53 with
...Use of Plant and
Flower Shape - page links in bottom row

All Foliage 53
instead of redundant
...(All Foliage 212)

All Flowers
per Month 12

Bee instead of wind pollinated plants for hay-fever sufferers
All Bee-Pollinated Flowers
per Month 12
...Index

Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
Rock Plant Flowers 53 INDEX
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L,
M, NO, PQ, R, S,
T, UVWXYZ
...Rock Plant Photos

Flower Colour Wheel without photos, but with links to photos
12 Bloom Colours
per Month Index
...All Plants Index

Topic -
Use of Plant in your Plant Selection Process

Plant Colour Wheel Uses
with
1. Perfect general use soil is composed of 8.3% lime, 16.6% humus, 25% clay and 50% sand, and
2. Why you are continually losing the SOIL STRUCTURE so your soil - will revert to clay, chalk, sand or silt.
Uses of Plant and Flower Shape:-
...Foliage Only
...Other than Green Foliage
...Trees in Lawn
...Trees in Small Gardens
...Wildflower Garden
...Attract Bird
...Attract Butterfly
1, 2
...Climber on House Wall
...Climber not on House Wall
...Climber in Tree
...Rabbit-Resistant
...Woodland
...Pollution Barrier
...Part Shade
...Full Shade
...Single Flower provides Pollen for Bees
1, 2, 3
...Ground-Cover
<60cm
60-180cm
>180cm
...Hedge
...Wind-swept
...Covering Banks
...Patio Pot
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border
...Poisonous
...Adjacent to Water
...Bog Garden
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Winter-Flowering
...Fragrant
...Not Fragrant
...Exhibition
...Standard Plant is 'Ball on Stick'
...Upright Branches or Sword-shaped leaves
...Plant to Prevent Entry to Human or Animal
...Coastal Conditions
...Tolerant on North-facing Wall
...Cut Flower
...Potted Veg Outdoors
...Potted Veg Indoors
...Thornless
...Raised Bed Outdoors Veg
...Grow in Alkaline Soil A-F, G-L, M-R,
S-Z
...Grow in Acidic Soil
...Grow in Any Soil
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Grow Bulbs Indoors

Uses of Bedding
...Bedding Out
...Filling In
...Screen-ing
...Pots and Troughs
...Window Boxes
...Hanging Baskets
...Spring Bedding
...Summer Bedding
...Winter Bedding
...Foliage instead of Flower
...Coleus Bedding Photos for use in Public Domain 1

Uses of Bulb
...Other than Only Green Foliage
...Bedding or Mass Planting
...Ground-Cover
...Cut-Flower
...Tolerant of Shade
...In Woodland Areas
...Under-plant
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Covering Banks
...In Water
...Beside Stream or Water Garden
...Coastal Conditions
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border or Back-ground Plant
...Fragrant Flowers
...Not Fragrant Flowers
...Indoor
House-plant
...Grow in a Patio Pot
...Grow in an Alpine Trough
...Grow in an Alpine House
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Speciman Plant
...Into Native Plant Garden
...Naturalize in Grass
...Grow in Hanging Basket
...Grow in Window-box
...Grow in Green-house
...Grow in Scree
...Naturalized Plant Area
...Grow in Cottage Garden
...Attracts Butterflies
...Attracts Bees
...Resistant to Wildlife
...Bulb in Soil:-
......Chalk
......Clay
......Sand
......Lime-Free (Acid)
......Peat

Uses of Rose
Rose Index
...Bedding 1, 2
...Climber /Pillar
...Cut-Flower 1, 2
...Exhibition, Speciman
...Ground-Cover
...Grow In A Container 1, 2
...Hedge 1, 2
...Climber in Tree
...Woodland
...Edging Borders
...Tolerant of Poor Soil 1, 2
...Tolerant of Shade
...Back of Border
...Adjacent to Water
...Page for rose use as ARCH ROSE, PERGOLA ROSE, COASTAL CONDITIONS ROSE, WALL ROSE, STANDARD ROSE, COVERING BANKS or THORNLESS ROSES.
...FRAGRANT ROSES
...NOT FRAGRANT ROSES

Topic -
Camera Photo Galleries showing all 4000 x 3000 pixels of each photo on your screen that you can then click and drag it to your desktop as part of a Plant Selection Process:-

RHS Garden at Wisley
Plant Supports -
When supporting plants in a bed, it is found that not only do those plants grow upwards, but also they expand their roots and footpad sideways each year. Pages
1, 2, 3, 8, 11,
12, 13,
Plants 4, 7, 10,
Bedding Plants 5,
Plant Supports for Unknown Plants 5,
Clematis Climbers 6,
the RHS does not appear to either follow it's own pruning advice or advice from The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown.
ISBN 0-571-11084-3 with the plants in Pages 1-7 of this folder. You can see from looking at both these resources as to whether the pruning carried out on the remainder of the plants in Pages 7-15 was correct.
Narcissus (Daffodil) 9,
Phlox Plant Supports 14, 15

Coleus Bedding Foliage Trial - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, Index

National Trust Garden at Sissinghurst Castle
Plant Supports -
Pages for Gallery 1
with Plant Supports
1, 5, 10
Plants
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,
11, 12
Recommended Rose Pruning Methods 13
Pages for Gallery 2
with Plant Supports
2,
Plants 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Dry Garden of
RHS Garden at
Hyde Hall
Plants - Pages
without Plant Supports
Plants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Nursery of
Peter Beales Roses
Display Garden
Roses Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Nursery of
RV Roger
Roses - Pages
A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,
A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,
A11,A12,A13,A14,
B15,
B16,B17,B18,B19,
B20,
B21,B22,B23,B24,
B25,
B26,B27,B28,B29,
B30,
C31,C32,C33,C34,
C35,
C36,C37,C38,C39,
C40,
C41,CD2,D43,D44,
D45,
D46,D47,D48,D49,
E50,
E51,E52,F53,F54,
F55,
F56,F57,G58,G59,
H60,
H61,I62,K63,L64,
M65,
M66,N67,P68,P69,
P70,
R71,R72,S73,S74,
T75,
V76,Z77, 78,

Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4

Pavements of Funchal, Madeira
Damage to Trees - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13
for trees 1-54,
14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
for trees 55-95,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37,
for trees 95-133,
38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
for trees 133-166

Chris Garnons-Williams
Work Done - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Identity of Plants
Label Problems - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11

Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery
AB1 ,AN14,BA27,
CH40,CR52,DR63,
FR74,GE85,HE96,

Plant with Photo Index of Ivydene Gardens - 1187
A 1, 2, Photos - 43
B 1, Photos - 13
C 1, Photos - 35
D 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
Photos - 411
with Plants causing damage to buildings in Chilham Village and Damage to Trees in Pavements of Funchal
E 1, Photos - 21
F 1, Photos - 1
G 1, Photos - 5
H 1, Photos - 21
I 1, Photos - 8
J 1, Photos - 1
K 1, Photos - 1
L 1, Photos - 85
with Label Problems
M 1, Photos - 9
N 1, Photos - 12
O 1, Photos - 5
P 1, Photos - 54
Q 1, Photos -
R 1, 2, 3,
Photos - 229
S 1, Photos - 111
T 1, Photos - 13
U 1, Photos - 5
V 1, Photos - 4
W 1, Photos - 100
with Work Done by Chris Garnons-Williams
X 1 Photos -
Y 1, Photos -
Z 1 Photos -
Articles/Items in Ivydene Gardens - 88
Flower Colour, Num of Petals, Shape and
Plant Use of:-
Rock Garden
within linked page

Topic -
Fragrant Plants as a Plant Selection Process for your sense of smell:-
Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an Acid Soil
1, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1, 2, 3
Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3
Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1, 2
Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1, 2, 3
Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1, 2
Night-scented Flowering Plants
1, 2

Topic -
Website User Guidelines

My Gas Service Engineer found Flow and Return pipes incorrectly positioned on gas boilers and customers had refused to have positioning corrected in 2020.

PLANT USE AND FLOWER SHAPE GALLERY PAGES compares the use and flower shape of plants in this website - WHICH ARE THOSE PLANTS FROM OTHER GALLERIES BESIDES THE WILDFLOWER SHAPE GALLERY - combined with those already compared in Bedding, Bulb, Evergreen Perennial, Herbaceous Perennial and Roses pages as linked to in row Topic - Use of Plant in your Plant Selection Process in the TOPIC table - on the extreme left - at the end of this page with this Tip Colour background.
PLANTS FLOWER SHAPE GALLERY PAGES
Number of Flower Petals	Petal-less	1	2	3	4	5	Above 5

Flower Shape - Simple	Stars with Single Flowers	Bowls	Cups and Saucers	Globes	Goblets and Chalices	Trumpets	Funnels
					Rose Petal Count from Rose Use Gallery	Single: 1-7 Petals	Semi-Double: 8-15 Petals
Flower Shape - Simple	Bells	Thimbles	Urns	Salver-form	Double: Page 1, Page 2 16-25 Petals	Full: 26-40 Petals	Very Full: 40+ Petals

Flower Shape - Elabor-ated	Tubes, Lips and Straps	Slippers, Spurs and Lockets	Hats, Hoods and Helmets	Stan-dards, Wings and Keels	Discs and Florets	Pin-Cushions	Tufts and Petal-less Cluster
						Rose Bloom Shape from Rose Use Gallery	High-Centred, Cupped,
Flower Shape - Elabor-ated	Cushion	Umbel	Buttons with Double Flowers	Pompoms	Stars with Semi-Double Flowers	Flat, Globular,	Pompon, Rosette

Natural Arrange-ments	Bunches, Posies and Sprays (Group)	Columns, Spikes and Spires	Whorls, Tiers and Cande-labra	Plumes and Tails	Chains and Tassels	Clouds, Garlands and Cascades	Sphere, Dome (Clusters), Drumstick and Plate
Plant Use	Bedding Out and Bedding Out of Roses	Bedding for Filling In	Bedding for Screening	Bedding for Pots and Troughs	Bedding in Window Boxes	Bedding in Hanging Baskets	Bedding Foliage
Bedding:- Spring Summer Winter	Foliage Only Other than Green Foliage	Trees in Lawn Trees in Small Gardens	Wildflower Garden Attract Bird Attract Butterfly 1, 2	Climber on House Wall Climber not on House Wall	Climber in Tree Rabbit-Resistant	Woodland Pollution Barrier	Part Shade Full Shade
Single Flower provides Pollen for Bees 1, 2, 3	Ground-Cover <60cm 60-180cm >180cm	Hedge Wind-swept	Covering Banks Patio Pot	Edging Borders	Back of Border Poisonous	Adjacent to Water Bog Garden	Tolerant of Poor Soil Winter-Flowering
Fragrant	Not Fragrant	Exhibition	Standard Plant is 'Ball on Stick'	Upright Branches or Sword-shaped leaves	Plant to Prevent Entry to Human or Animal	Coastal Con-ditions	Tolerant on North-facing Wall
Cut Flower	Potted Veg Outdoors Potted Veg Indoors	Thornless Raised Bed Outdoors Veg	Grow in Alkaline Soil A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z	Grow in Acidic Soil	Grow in Any Soil	Grow in Rock Garden	Grow Bulbs Indoors
Potted Fruit Outdoors	Potted Fruit Indoors	Fruit Outdoors	Plants for Outdoor Containers Index A-C, D-M, N-Z