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 Latin name: Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’
Common name: Midland hawthorn
Type of plant: Deciduous tree
Soil preference: Moist but well drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Deep cerise pink, red
Height and spread: 6m x 5m (20ft x 16ft)
Description: This tree is an attractive yet rugged form of the wild countryside classic.
Design tips: Use it as a specimen tree or in a meadow or hedgerow. It is not a woodland tree. |
 Latin name: Cardamine pratensis
Common name: Cuckoo flower
Type of plant: Perennial wildflower
Soil preference: Moist
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Lilac pink
Height and spread: 20cm x 30cm (8in x 1ft)
Description: This compact plant is a delicate wildflower found in damp meadows and ditches
Design tips: Plant it in drifts around naturally damp, low-lying areas or make your own ditch. |
 Latin name: Prunus spinosa
Common name: Blackthorn, sloe
Type of plant: A deciduous, native tree
Soil preference: No soil preference
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: White
Height and spread: 3.7m x 3.7m (12ft x 12ft)
Description: A rugged tree with early spring blossom and crops of bluish-black sloes in autumn
Design tips: Use it as a craggy stand-alone specimen tree; grow it up through a hedge or plant as part of a mixed country hedge and clip to shape.
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 Latin name: Geranium phaeum
Common name: Mourning widow
Type of plant: Perennial
Soil preference: Moist but well-drained
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: Violet to deep purple
Height and spread: 80cm x 45cm (32in x 18in)
Description: Upright clumps of hardy cranesbill with lots of small, short ‘beaky’ flowers
Design tips: Allow it to self-seed in the understorey of a woodland area. It complements ferns, waldsteinia or foxgloves. |
 Latin name: Epilobium angustifolium var. album
Common name: Rosebay willowherb
Type of plant: Perennial
Soil preference: Moist
Hardiness: Hardy
Flower colour: White
Height and spread: 1.2m to 1.5m x 60cm (4ft to 5ft x 2ft)
Description: Beautiful cultivated form of wild rosebay willowherb, that is less prone to spreading. It has white flowers.
Design tips: Plant it in drifts in woodland clearings or in long grass between native shrubs. |
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