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Gloucestershire Wildflower Nursery

Gloucestershire Wildflower Nursery

Ecohab Wildflowers Plant List

This species list is not exhaustive so please get in contact to request a plant availability list and discuss your project requirements.

National Character Areas Key

NCA 105 Forest of Dean and Lower Wye
NCA 104 South Herefordshire and Over Severn
NCA 106 Severn and Avon Vales

NCA 134 Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase
Plants are produced on Liz Brookes’ nursery at Sainthill Farm, Churcham, GL2 8AJ (grower registration number 135316)

 

Plant Scientific Name

Common Plant Name

Plug Sizes

Habitat Seed Taken From
Provenance by County and National Character Area (NCA)
Plant Picture

Floodplain Meadow Species

Betonica officinalis

Betony

55cc

Damp meadow on slope with slightly acidic soil

Glos, NCA 104

Betonica officinalis

Centaurea nigra (var radiata)

Black knapweed (rayed form)

55cc

Floodplain meadow on

Glos, NCA 104

Centaurea nigra rayed form

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

55cc

Rush pasture & floodplain meadow

Glos NCA 106

Filapendula ulmaria

Gallum Verum

Ladies Bedstraw

55cc

Rush pasture & floodplain meadow

Glos NCA 106

Ladies Bedstraw

Lotus corniculatus

Common bird’sfoot trefoil

55cc

Meadow

Glos, NCA 104

Lotus corniculatus

Lotus pedunculatus

Greater bird’s foot trefoil

55cc

Floodplain Meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Greater Birds Foot Trefoil

Oenanthe pimpinelloides

Corky-fruited water dropwart

55cc

Meadow on clay soils

Glos, NCA 106

Corky Fruited Water Dropwart

Pimpinella saxifraga

Burnet saxifrage

55cc

Meadow on mildly acidic loam

Herefordshire NCA 104

Pimpinella saxifraga

Primula Veris

Cowslip

55cc

Flowplain meadow and hay meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Cowslip

Pulicaria dysenterica

Fleabane

55cc

Rush pasture

Glos, NCA 106

Fleabane

Rumex acetosa

Common sorrel

55cc

Meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Common Sorrel

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow rattle

55cc or seed

Meadow

Herefordshire NCA 104

Rhinathus

Sanguisorba officinalis

Great burnet

55cc root trainer

Floodplain meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Great burnet

Serratula tinctoria

Saw-wort

55cc

Floodplain meadow

Worcs, NCA 106

saw wort

Silaum silaus

Pepper saxifrage

55cc

Floodplain meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Pepper Saxifrage

Silene floscuculi

Ragged robin

55cc

Damp Meadow

Glos, NCA 106

Silene flos-cuculi

Sucissa pratensis

Devil’s-bit scabious

55cc

Damp meadow on slope with slightly acidic soil

Herefordshire NCA 104

Succia pratensis

Thalictrum flavum

Meadow-rue

55cc

Wetland mosaic

Glos, NCA 106

thalictrum flavum

Traditional hay meadow species

Lotus corniculatus

Common bird’sfoot trefoil

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 104

Lotus corniculatus

Centaurea nigra

Black knapweed

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 104

Centaurea nigra rayed form

Rumex acetosa

Common sorrel

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 106

sorrel

Rhinanthus minor

Yellow rattle

55cc or seed

Species-rich meadow MG5

Herefordshire NCA 104

Rhinathus

Leucanthemum vulgare

Oxeye daisy

55cc

Species-rich meadow MG5

Herefordshire NCA 104

Leucanthemum vulgare

Geranium pratense

Meadow crane’sbill

55cc jumbo plug

Species rich road verge on calcareous soil

Glos, NCA 106

geranium pratensis

Centaurea Scabiosa

Greater knapweed

55cc jumbo plug or root trainer

Calcareous meadow

Glos, NCA 105

Greater Knapweed

Conopodium majus

Pignut

55cc jumbo plug

Woodland and meadow, mildly acidic soil

Glos and Herefordshire NCA 104 & 106

Pignut

Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony

55cc jumbo plug

Calcareous meadow

Glos, NCA 105

Agrimonia eupatoria

Knautia arvensis

Field scabious

55cc jumbo plug

Calcaerous meadow

Glos, NCA 105

Knautia arvensis

Hippocrepis comosa

Horseshoe vetch

55cc jumbo plug

Chalk downland

Wilts/Dorset NCA 134

hippocrepis comosa

Primula Veris

Cowslip

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 106

Cowslip

Trifolium pratense

Wild red clover

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 105

Trifolium pratense

Lathyrus pratensis

Meadow vetchling

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 104

meadow-Vetchling

Vicia cracca

tufted vetch

55cc jumbo plug

Species-rich meadow MG5

Glos, NCA 104

Tufted Vetch

Woodland & Hedgerow

Allium ursinum

Wild garlic

Bulbs or 9cm pots

Ancient hedge-bank next to stream, clay soil

Glos, NCA 105

Allium ursinum

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Bluebell

Bulbs or 9cm pots

Ancient woodland, loamy soils

Glos NCA 104

Bluebell

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Wild daffodil

Bulbs or 9cm pots

Ancient woodland on calcareous soil

Glos, NCA 105

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Stellaria holostea

Greater stitchwort

55cc jumbo plug

Ancient woodland loamy soils

Glos, NCA 104

Stellaria holostea

Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony

55cc jumbo plug

Loamy soil

Glos, NCA 105

Agrimonia eupatoria

Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

55cc jumbo plug

Loamy soil

UK Provenance

Foxglove

Viola riviniana

Common dog violet

55cc jumbo plug

Woodland understorey heavy and sandy soil

Glos, NCA 105

Viola riviniana

Primula vulgaris

Primrose

55cc jumbo plug

UK Provenance

Primrose

Fragaria vesca

Wild strawberry

55cc jumbo plug

Hedgebank

Glos, NCA 105

Wild Strawberry

Dryopeteris sp and Blechnum spicant

Mixture native ferns

2l pots

Glos, NCA 106

Ferns

Wetland mosaic species

Lythrum salicaria

Purple loosestrife

55cc

Wet ditch on edge of floodplain

Glos, NCA 106

Purple Loostrife

Pullcaria dyenterica

Fleabane

55cc

Rush pasture

Glos, NCA 106

Fleabane

Carex sp

Mixed native sedges

55cc

Rush pasture

Glos, NCA 106

Native Sedges

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet

55cc

Rush pasture

Glos, NCA 106

Meadowsweet

Stachys palustris

Marsh woundwort

55cc

Wet ditch on edge of floodplain

Glos, NCA 106

Marsh Woundwart