Friday, 25 February 2011

Gardenworthy Natives (Cont. 05)

The continued list of gardenworthy native/naturalised plants found in our region according to the Natural History Museum's Postcode plants database. Have you/ should you have any in your garden?

MARSH PLANTS

Bottle Sedge Carex rostrata
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus
Cyperus Sedge Carex pseudocyperus
Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Purple-loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Sea Aster Aster tripolium
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Tufted Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa
Woodruff Galium odoratum
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris

PARASITE

Mistletoe Viscum album

tbc..

3 comments:

  1. The Aster tripolium a pretty little plant.

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  2. It sure is! We've lots of asters that flower each autumn along my local creek, but I've always assumed they are garden-escapes - I'll be checking! :o)x

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