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Argyranthemum

Often grown in pots, their large daisy shaped flowers add bursts of colour from late spring to the first frosts. Their long blooming season attracts a range of pollinators too, including honeybees.

Caryopteris

 Best in a sunny border or gravel garden with free-draining soil, these fluffy blue-purple flowers are striking in late summer and early autumn, providing late-season nectar for butterflies and bees.

Clethra

Also known as Summersweet, these fragrant flowers and their nectar attract a wide variety of butterflies and songbirds in the summer, and seeds in winter.

Erysimum

Commonly known as wallflowers, are spring to summer-flowering plants that provide vibrant displays of colour. Many varieties are hardy perennials and have attractive evergreen foliage, adding structure and aesthetic value to the garden even after the flowers have faded.

Armeria

known as sea thrift or thrift, is a genus of flowering plants native to coastal and mountainous regions. Drought tolerant and attractive to pollinators.

Arbutus

Small trees or shrubs with red flaking bark and edible red berries, flowers in April and fruits in the autumn. Commonly called 'strawberry trees'.

Festuca

Low-growing, compact, mounding-forming plants can have green, blue or golden leaves with spikes of small flowers later in summer.

Gaillardia

Known as Blanket Flowers for their masses of richly coloured, daisy-like flowers in vivid shades of red, yellow and orange. Perfect for a wildlife garden, they bloom from late spring to early autumn and appeal to butterflies, bees, beetles and birds for their seeds.

Ligularia

Another daisy-like flower, these imposing herbaceous perennials are ideal in boggy areas and alongside water features, and cater well for butterflies, bees and hoverflies.

Lysimachia

Related to Primula and Lythrum, they thrive in full sun if the soil remains moist. They form upright dense spikes with yellow or white flowers, and their pollen and nectar attracts many species. Some types also produce floral oils which attract loosestrife bees.

Osteospermum

Also known as Cape Daisy or African Daisy, these long-lasting colourful flowers are beautiful from summer to autumn. Another favourite with pollinators.

Pittosporum

Evergreen shrubs and small trees, with glossy, leathery leaves and often fragrant flowers. Versatile plants, suitable for various garden styles and uses like hedges, borders, and foundation plantings. 

Silene

Known as campion and catchfly and attractive to pollinators. Found in hedgerows and in coastal areas in the northern hemisphere. Lychnis is now known as 'Silene'.

Stachys candida

Trollius

Known as the globe flower, and related to Ranunculus with bright lemon-yellow or orange flowers 3-5cm in diameter from late spring into early summer.

Verbascum

With their distinctive, upright spires of flowers, these pretty perennials (or biennials) – which come in white, yellow, orange, blue or purple – are great for bees, hoverflies and moths.