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Black Medick Wildflower
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(Medicago lupulina)
Birds-foot Trefoil
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(Lotus corniculatas)
Coltsfoot
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(Tussilago farfara)
Common Ragwort
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(Senecio jacobaea)
Common Vetch
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(victa sativa)
Cowslips
(primula veris)
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A popular spring wildflower
Cuckoo Flower
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Wildflowers for Butterflies and Bees
Dandelion
(Taraxacum officinale)
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Garden Weed or Wildflower
Devil’s-bit Scabious
(Succisa pratensis)
Dog-violet
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(Viola riviniana)
English Bluebells
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(Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Gorse
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(ulex europaeus)
Greater Birds-foot Trefoil
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(Lotus uliginosus)
Greater Knapweed
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(Centaurea scabiosa)
Hemp Agrimony
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(Eupatorium cannabinum).
Holly shrub
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(Ilex aquifolium)
Horseshoe Vetch
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(Hippocrepis comosa)
Ivy in Flower
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(Ilex species)
Kidney Vetch
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(Anthyllis vulneraria)
Knapweed Broomrape
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(orobanche elatior)
Lesser Celandine
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(Ranunculus ficaria)
Wild Marjoram
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(Origarnum vulgare)
Old Man’s Beard (Clematis Vitalba)
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Wild Clematis
Oxlip
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(primula elatior)
Pasque flower
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(Pulsatilla vulgaris)
Ragged Robin
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(Lychnis flos-cuculi)
Red Campion
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(Silene dioica)
Red Valerian
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(centranthus ruber)
Ribwort Plantain
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(Plantago lanceolata)
Rock-Rose
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(halianthemum nummularium)
Restharrow
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(Ononis repens)
Stinging Nettle
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(Urtica dioica)
Stinking Hellebore
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(Helleborus foetidus)
Toadflax
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(Linaria vulgaris)
Wild Primrose
(Primula vulgaris)
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In Woodland and Gardens
Wild Strawberry
(Fragaria vessca)
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Flowers and Berries
Yellow Rattle
(Rhinanthus minor)
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In Wild Flower Meadows.
Blackthorn, a Native Shrub
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In Hedgerows across Britain
Hawthorn, Native Shrub
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In Hedgerows across Britain
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British Butterflies
Browns
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(NYMPHALIDAE)
Comma
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(Polygonia c-album)
Gatekeeper
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(Pyronia tithonus)
Grayling
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(Hipparchia semele)
Marbled White
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(Melanargia galathea)
Meadow Brown
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(Maniola-jurtina)
Painted Lady
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(Vanessa cardui)
Peacock
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(Inachis io)
Purple Emperor
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(Apatura iris)
Ringlet
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(Aphantopus hyperantus)
Small Heath
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(Coenonympha pamphilus)
Small Tortoiseshell
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(Aglais urticae)
Speckled Wood
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(Pararge aegeria)
Red Admiral
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(Vanessa atalanta)
Wall Brown
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(Pararge aegeria)
White Admiral
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(Limenitis camilla)
Fritillary
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(NYMPHALIDAE)
Glanville Fritillary
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(Melitaea cinxia)
High Brown Fritillary
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(Fabriciana adippe)
Heath Fritillary
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(Melitaea athalia)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
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(Clossiana Selene)
Marsh Fritillary
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(Euphydryas aurinia)
Dark Green Fritillary
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(Argynnis aglaja)
Silver-washed Fritillary
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(Argynnis paphia)
Metal Marks
Duke of Burgundy
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(Hamearis lucina)
Blues
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(LYCAENIDAE)
Common Blue
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(Polyommatus icarus)
Brown Argus
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(Aricia agestis)
Holly Blue
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(Celastrina argiolus)
Silver-Studded Blue
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(Plebejus argus)
Chalkhill Blue
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(Lysandra coridon)
Small Blue
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(Cupido minimus)
Small Copper
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(Lycaena phlaeas)
Hairstreaks
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(LYCAENIDAE)
Purple Hairstreak
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(Neozephyrus quercus)
Brown Hairstreak
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(Thecla betulae)
Green Hairstreak
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(Callophrys rubi)
Black Hairstreak
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(Strymondia Pruni)
White-letter Hairstreak
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(Satyrium w-album)
Whites
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(PIERIDAE)
Brimstone
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(Gonepteryx rhamni)
Clouded Yellow
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(Colias croceus)
Green veined White
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(Pieris napi)
Large White
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(Pieris brassicae)
Orange Tip
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(anthocharis cardamines)
Small White
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(Pieris rapae)
Wood White Butterfly
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(Leptidea sinapis)
Skippers
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(HESPERIIDAE)
Dingy Skipper
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(Erynnis tages)
Grizzled Skipper
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(Pyrgus malvae)
Silver spotted Skipper
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(Hesperia comma)
Small Skipper
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(Thymelicus sylvestris)
Essex Skipper
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(Thymelicus lineola)
Large Skipper
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(Ochlodes venata)
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Garden Flowers & Shrubs
Low Maintenance and Cottage Garden
How to prune and shape Buddleia
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(Butterfly Bush)
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) Buddleja Shrubs
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All about Buddieia
Shrubs and Plants for a Butterfly Garden
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A list of easy to grow plants and shrubs
Aubrieta for a Wildlife Garden
Common Honeysuckle
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(Lonicera periclymenum)
Coneflowers, Rudbeckia, Echinacea
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for a Wildlife Garden
Flowering Currant
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(Ribes) species
Snowberry Bush
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(Symphoricarpos spp)
Scabious
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Flowers that Attract Butterflies and Bees
Purple loosestrife
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Plants for a Wildlife or Water Garden
Snowdrops
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Winter Flowering Garden Plants
Sweet Williams
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in a Wildlife Garden
Lilac (Syringa)
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A Popular Spring Flowering Garden Shrub
Grape Hyacinth
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(Muscari spp)
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Barnack Nature Reserve
Butterflies and Rare Wildflowers
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Barnack Hills and Holes
Rare Orchids
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Barnack Hills and Holes
Knapweed Broomrape
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(orobanche elatior)
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