Plants for Wildlife - Plants with Purpose & Appletreeman
PLANTS WITH
PURPOSE
APPLETREEMAN
a wee green family business, based in Perthshire, Scotland
unusual herbs + edible plants + green consultancy + advice + sustainable gardening workshops + foraging walks + talks
scottish fruit trees + traditional varieties + fruit identification + advice + workshops + demonstrations + orchard management + surveying
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| Achillea ageratum English Mace | This reliable perennial produces tufts of divided foliage which smells of nutmeg and may be used as a flavouring. Flowers, in flat white heads, seem to attract hoverflies. | £2.50 | |
| Acinos alpinus Alpine Basil-Thyme | Vigorous alpine with aromatic foliage good for salads and flavourings, and masses of lovely mauve flowers all summer | £2.50 | |
| Agastache anisata Anise Hyssop | Sturdy perennial with spires of purple flowers very attractive to bees, aniseed-scented foliage excellent for teas. | £2.90 | |
| Agastache rugosa ‘Golden Anniversary’ Golden Korean Mint | Aromatic, golden foliage contrasts with many spikes of mauve flowers which attract beneficial insects. Good for flavouring and teas. | £2.90 | |
| Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ Bronze Bugle | Coppery foliage and spires of blue flowers in this excellent ground covering plant with astringent properties. Bees love the flowers! | £2.50 | |
| Allium schoenoprasum Chives | Well-known mild onion flavour, great in salads. Purple flowers borne in abundance attract bees and are also edible . Regular cutting back can give new growth all season. | £2.50 | |
| Allium schoenoprasum ‘Album’ White Chives | White-flowered variant, with exactly the same uses. Very attractive. | £2.90 | |
| Anchusa officinalis Dyers Alkanet | Coiled heads of vivid deep blue flowers on this ancient dye plant attract bees of every species. | £2.80 | |
| Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed / Butterfly Weed | This North American medicinal plant with showy orange flowers is also a great butterfly attractant. | £2.40 This year we're not growing this plant. Please let us know if you have a particular request! | |
| Borago pygmaea Creeping Borage | Perennial with bell-shaped blue flowers attractive to bees and spiny leaves, very attractive and good ground cover. | £2.80 | |
| Calamintha nepeta Lesser Calamint | Fragrant, edible foliage between mint and marjoram, and flowers good for bees; beautiful border perennial. | £2.50 | |
| Carum carvi Caraway | Flowers valued by organic gardeners as they attract the tiny wasps which control caterpillars by parasitising them. After, the edible seeds are used in baking and cookery. They are also a great digestive aid. | £2.80 | |
| Centaurea macrocephala Yellow Cornflower | Shaggy-headed, big thistle-like flowers in bright yellow; a dramatic border perennial excellent for dried flower arrangements and very attractive to bees and other insects. | £3.00 | |
| Centaurea montana Perennial Cornflower | The Perennial Blue Cornflower; use flowers and petals in salads and add to fine tea for an exquisite, light tea best without milk. Bumble bees love it. | £2.80 | |
| Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed | This spectacular native has big purple flowers very attractive to bees and butterflies, and similar properties to cornflower. | £2.50 | |
| Centranthus ruber Red Valerian | Red Valerian (which isn't actually Valerian at all) is a pretty perennial for walls and dry borders, whose flowers are very attractive to bees and butterflies and whose leaves are edible. | £2.50 | |
| Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage | Ground-covering native for damp places, with golden flowers and foliage. The whole plant is edible and can be stir-fried. Very pretty, especially in early spring. | £2.30 | |
| Coriandrum sativum Coriander | Chopped leaves are a superb flavouring; ground seeds for curry. Annual culinary herb. There are many good varieties, but we grow Cilantro (slow to bolt, leafy) Confetti (decorative leaves) Lemon (self-explanatory). Attracts hoverflies. | £2.20 | |
| Cynara cardunculus Cardoon | Silvery foliage and dramatic purple thistle flowers. The blanched shoots in spring area delicacy and the young flowers are edible too – although better appreciated by butterflies and bumblebees when out. | £2.80 | |
| Cynara cardunculus scolymus Globe Artichoke | Like Cardoon, an architectural garden plant with huge, edible flower heads. Globe Artichokes contain cynarin, which is used medicinally for liver disorders and to lower blood cholesterol. | £3.00 | |
| Dipsacus fullonum Wild Teasel | Beloved of bumble bees, finches and flower arrangers, the prickly heads can be dried and coloured for winter decoration. Once used in clothmaking to raise a nap on velvets. | £2.50 | |
| Dipsacus sativus Fullers Teasel | The true Fuller's Teasel, grown commercially until recently. Very stiff spiny flower heads can be used to card wool in hand-spinning. Good for bees; seeds eaten by wild birds. | £2.50 | |
| Echinops ritro Globe Thistle | Statuesque border perennial bearing globes of piercing blue flowers in late summer which attract bees and butterflies in plenty. Magnificent, and the dry heads make good winter decoration too. | £2.80 | |
| Echium vulgare Vipers Bugloss | The stately spires of pink and blue flowers that are massed on the tall, bristly stems of this glorious native plant are very attractive to pollinating insects, and the omega-3 rich oil from its seeds makes it a valuable aid to skin care and treatment. | £3.00 | |
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