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Living Garden list Common name Scientific name Garden element Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara Exposed / coastal Buckshorn Plantain Plantago coronpus Exposed / coastal Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria Exposed / coastal Lesser Meadow-rue Thalictrum minus Exposed / coastal Nottingham Catchfly Silene nutans Exposed / coastal Rock Samphire Crithmum maritimum Exposed / coastal Roseroot Rhodiola rosea Exposed / coastal Sea Holly Eryngium maritimum Exposed / coastal Sea Kale Crambe maritima Exposed / coastal Thrift Armeria maritima Exposed / coastal White Stonecrop Sedum album Exposed / coastal Wild Thyme Thymus polytrichus Exposed / coastal Black Medick Medicago lupulina Meadow Bloody Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum Meadow Meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense Meadow Blood-veined Dock Rumex sanguineum Meadow Common Bird’s Foot TreLotus corniculatus Meadow Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Meadow Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa Meadow Common Spotted Orch Dactylorhiza fuchsii Meadow Cowslip Primula veris Meadow Field Scabious Knautia arvensis Meadow Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa Meadow Heartsease Viola tricolor Meadow Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum Meadow Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides Meadow Meadow Saxifrage Saxifraga granulata Meadow Ox- eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Meadow Quaking Grass Briza media Meadow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris Meadow White Campion Silene latifolia subsp. albMeadow Yarrow Achillea millefolium Meadow Alpine Catchfly Lychnis alpina Upland / rock garden Alpine Lady’s-Mantle Alchemilla alpina Upland / rock garden Bell Heather Erica cinerea Upland / rock garden Blaeberry Vaccinium myrtillus Upland / rock garden Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea Upland / rock garden Dickie’s Bladder Fern Cystopteris dickieana Upland / rock garden Heathers Calluna vulgaris Upland / rock garden Juniper Juniperus communis & n Upland / rock garden Melancholy Thistle Cirsium heterophyllum Upland / rock garden Mountain Avens Dryas octopetala Upland / rock garden Mountain Everlasting Antennaria dioica Upland / rock garden Mountain Vetch Lathyrus linifolius Upland / rock garden Marjoram Origanum vulgare Upland / rock garden Rock Rose Helianthemum nummulaUpland / rock garden Scots Upland / rock garden Scots Primrose Primula scotica Upland / rock garden Stags- Horn Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum Upland / rock garden Sticky Catchfly Lychnis viscaria Upland / rock garden Spignel Meum athamanticum Upland / rock garden Alder Alnus glutinosa Pond / bog / wet Bay Willow Salix pentandra Pond / bog / wet Bistort Persicaria bistorta Pond / bog / wet Bog Myrtle Myrica gale Pond / bog / wet Broad Buckler Fern Dryopteris dilatata Pond / bog / wet Brooklime Veronica beccabunga Pond / bog / wet Carnation Sedge Carex panacea Pond / bog / wet Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Pond / bog / wet Butterbur Petasites hybridus Pond / bog / wet Gipsywort Lycopus europaeus Pond / bog / wet Globeflower Trollius europaeus Pond / bog / wet Greater Woodrush Luzula sylvatica Pond / bog / wet Great Reed Mace Typha latifolia Pond / bog / wet Hard-fern Blechnum spicant Pond / bog / wet Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Pond / bog / wet Meadowsweet ulmaria Pond / bog / wet Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Pond / bog / wet Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale Pond / bog / wet Soft Rush Juncus effusus Pond / bog / wet Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi Pond / bog / wet Royal Fern Osmunda regalis Pond / bog / wet Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica Pond / bog / wet Valerian Valeriana officinalis Pond / bog / wet Water Avens Geum rivale Pond / bog / wet Water Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpoides Pond / bog / wet Water Mint Mentha aquatica Pond / bog / wet Yellow Flag Iris pseudacorus Pond / bog / wet Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris Pond / bog / wet Elder Sambucus nigra Trees / hedges/ shade Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna Trees / hedges/ shade Hazel Corylus avellana Trees / hedges/ shade Rowan Sorbus aucuparia Trees / hedges/ shade Silver Birch Betula pendula Trees / hedges/ shade Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris Trees / hedges/ shade Broom Trees / hedges/ shade Sloe (Hedge) Prunus spinosa Trees / hedges/ shade Gorse Ulex europaeus Trees / hedges/ shade Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Trees / hedges/ shade Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria Trees / hedges/ shade Betony Stachys officinalis Trees / hedges/ shade Bramble Rubus fruticosa Trees / hedges/ shade Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Trees / hedges/ shade Bugle Ajuga reptans Trees / hedges/ shade Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummmulari Trees / hedges/ shade Cuckoo Pint Arum maculatum Trees / hedges/ shade Dog Rose Rosa canina Trees / hedges/ shade Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis Trees / hedges/ shade Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Trees / hedges/ shade Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus Trees / hedges/ shade Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea Trees / hedges/ shade Hard Shield-fern Polystichum aculeatum Trees / hedges/ shade Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Trees / hedges/ shade Hawkweed Hieracium vulgatum Trees / hedges/ shade Hart’s Tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendriumTrees / hedges/ shade Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum Trees / hedges/ shade Robert Geranium robertianum Trees / hedges/ shade Lady’s Mantle Alchemilla xanthoclora oTrees / hedges/ shade Polypody Polypodium vulgare Trees / hedges/ shade Red Campion Silene dioica Trees / hedges/ shade Scaly Male-fern Dryopteris affinis Trees / hedges/ shade Self-heal Prunella vulgaris Trees / hedges/ shade Soft Shield-fern Polystichum setiferum Trees / hedges/ shade Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus Trees / hedges/ shade St John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum Trees / hedges/ shade Cow Anthemis arvensis Trees / hedges/ shade Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Trees / hedges/ shade Twinflower Linnaea borealis Trees / hedges/ shade White Dead-nettle Lamium album Trees / hedges/ shade Wood Crane’s-bill Geranium sylvaticum Trees / hedges/ shade Woodruff Galium odoratum Trees / hedges/ shade Wood-sedge Carex sylvatica Trees / hedges/ shade Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella Trees / hedges/ shade Rainbow chard Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla / Mange tou / podded pePisum sativum Vegetables / fruit lettuce Lactuca sativa Vegetables / fruit Radish Raphanus sativus Vegetables / fruit Rocket Eruca vesicaria Vegetables / fruit Broad beans Vicia fabaVicia Vegetables / fruit Beetroot Beta vulgaris Vegetables / fruit Rhubarb Rheum rhabarbarum Vegetables / fruit Mint Mentha Vegetables / fruit Sage Salvia officinalis Vegetables / fruit Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis L. Vegetables / fruit Wild strawberries Fragaria vesca Vegetables / fruit Recommended reading for the One Planet Picnic pocket gardens.

Websites: Plantlife: Grow Wild leaflet Buglife Froglife Garden Organic RSPB Give Nature a Home RHS: Garden Design

References: 'Kids in the Wild Garden' by Elizabeth McCorquodale ISBN: 9781907317200 How to make a wildlife garden. Chris Baines ISBN 0711217114 The Scots Herbal: The lore of Scotland. Tess Darwin. ISBN 9781841587110 Flora celtica: plants and people in Scotland. William Milliken & Sam Bridgewater. ISBN 9781841583037 Flora Britannica. Richard Mabel. ISBN 9781856193771 Scottish plants for Scottish gardens. Jill Duchess of Hamilton. ISBN 1-87-364489-2 Food for Free. Richard Mabey. ISBN 9780007372577-6 Wild food. Ray Mears. ISBN 9780340827918 Growing Your Own Vegetables. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. ISBN 978 1 906129 84