1. Icelandic poppy
Papaver nudicaule
P. nudicaule is a perennial usually grown as an annual, with hairy, grey-green, pinnately lobed leaves and solitary, bowl-shaped, fragrant yellow, orange, reddish or white flowers, in summer
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2. afalfa
Medicago sativa
Also known as 'alfalfa'or 'purple medic' this herbaceous perennial legume with a deep tap-root and clover-like green foliage produces small purple flowers in the summer followed by flat pea-like fruits. Used in many countries as animal foo
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3. great burnet
Sanguisorba officinalis
S. officinalis forms a compact clump of pinnate leaves with rounded or oblong leaflets, and maroon flowers in dense, rounded or oval spikes in summer and early autumn
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4. bacon weed
Chenopodium album
A fast-growing, upright, branching annual to 2m high, with silvery green, lightly toothed leaves, which are narrower further up the plant, and mealy white underneath. Produces spikes of small, tightly clustered green flowers, which can go o
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5. Taraxacum officinale
Taraxacum officinale
An evergreen herbaceous perennial known as the 'dandelion' with upright purple stems and upright or horizontal dark green basal foliage growing from a main taproot. Yellow flower heads change into silvery, wispy tufted seed heads or 'dande
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6. mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
An upright, rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial growing up to 2.5m tall with aromatic, petiolate, deeply lobed, deep green leaves. Creamy-yellow flowers appear in late Summer as dense, leafy panicles. A well known medicinal plant with edible,
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7. Siberian pea tree
Caragana arborescens
An upright, deciduous spiny shrub to 6m in height, with light green leaves made up of oval-shaped leaflets. In late spring, pale yellow flowers appear. These are followed by brown seed pods in autumn
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8. fringed pink
Dianthus superbus
An evergreen perennial which forms cushions of grey-green narrow leaves. In summer it has long-stemmed pink flowers with five fringed petals whch are very sweetly scented
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9. very slender feather grass
Stipa capillata
S. capillata is a deciduous, perennial grass producing an upright clump of very fine, greyish-green leaves and loose, wispy, silvery-green plumes from mid-summer to early autumn; reaches about 80cm in height
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10. Arctic sage
Artemisia frigida
A tufted perennial to 30cm, woody at the base, with semi-evergreen, silky, light grey leaves divided into thread-like lobes and small yellow flower-heads in panicles
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11. bread wheat
Triticum aestivum
A hardy annual utilised for centuries as a cereal crop. Greyish-green leaves are long and narrow. Flowers appear in summer, with seeds ripening in late summer and autumn
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12. candle larkspur
Delphinium elatum
A tall, upright, herbaceous perennial to 180cm with deeply lobed leaves and stiff spikes of dark, purplish-blue flowers in summer
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13. common toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
L. vulgaris is an erect perennial, spreading by runners, with stiff stems bearing narrow, pale green leaves that are arranged in a spiral. The pale yellow flowers, resembling small snapdragons in dense spikes, appear from late spring to mid
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14. cosmea
Cosmos bipinnatus
A tall, bushy annual to 2.5m, with very finely divided, mid-green leaves, and large flowers to 8cm across, usually white or pink the wide outer rays surround a central disc of tightly clustered, usually yellow, inner disc florets. Flowering
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15. wood cranesbill
Geranium sylvaticum
A medium-sized, deciduous perennial with divided and toothed leaves. Flowers are borne in May and June and are generally violet-blue with a white centre. It is a native of woodland and meadows
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16. Dwarf Umbrella Tree
Schefflera arboricola
Schefflera arboricola, commonly known as the Dwarf Umbrella Tree, is an evergreen shrub native to Taiwan. It features palmate compound leaves typically composed of 7-9 leaflets, glossy and leathery. The plant has a compact, bushy habit with
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17. cow parsley
Anthriscus sylvestris
A common British wild plant, flowering on hedge banks and roadsides in late spring and early summer with frothy white umbels composed of numerous small flowers
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18. green-flowered columbine
Aquilegia viridiflora
A short-lived perennial, to 30cm tall, with lobed, divided foliage and small, fragrant flowers with purple-flushed, pale green sepals and deep purple petals and spurs in late spring and early summer
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19. jade plant
Crassula ovata
A bushy succulent evergreen sub-shrub growing slowly to 2m, with rounded fleshy dark green leaves often edged with red, and flat clusters of small starry white or light pink flowers in late summer
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20. border carnation
Dianthus caryophyllus
A perennial that will develop a woody base with age. Many old and modern carnations have been bred from this species. Single flowers are clove-scented and are variable in colour, appearing in various shades of pink and purple, held above gr
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