Wildflower Plug Plant Collection

Wildflowers for attracting butterflies

This collection of wildflower plugs provides nectar and larval food for butterflies and is made up of 13 varieties that will arrive in a tray of 104 plants. This will cover an area of approximately 21m², planting 5 plants per 1m².

The plugs are young plants, not seedlings, and cost just over 64 pence each. Each individual plug's root volume is approximately 55cc, with a diameter of 36mm and a depth of 60mm. The top growth will depend on the variety and the time of year.

Below is what you can expect in your collection, depending on availability.

• Kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria - long stems of wholly yellow flowers which provide food for the Blue butterfly and Six Belted Clearwing moth
• Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare - feathery leaves are strongly pungent and yellow flowers which are rich in nectar
• Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis - 60-100cm tall with yellow flowers which are a food source for the Elephant Hawk moth
• Greater mullien, Verbascum thapsus - lovely yellow flowers in summer and is food plant for Mullein moth
• Bird's foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus - spreading perennial with yellow pea-like flowers, a good food plant for Common Blue, Clouded Yellow Wood White, Green Hairstreak and Dingy Skipper butterflies plus Six Spot Burnet, Chalk Carpet and Straw Belle moths
• Yarrow, Achillea millefolium - 15-40cm tall with white, sometimes pink, flowers, a good food plant for Lime Speck Pug, Wormwood Pug Straw Belle and Tiger moths
• Lesser knapweed, Centaurea nigra - 40-60cm tall perennial with mauve thistle-like flowers, excellent for nectar for migrant butterflies
• Red valerian, Centranthus ruber - 45cm tall with fragrant red flowers in summer and much loved by butterfies
• Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum - 45-200cm stately perennial with flowers rich in nectar and attractive by all bee species
• Wild carrot, Daucus carota - 30-100cm tall biennial with white flowers which are nectar rich and attractive to hoverflies
• Vipers bugloss, Echium vulgare - 30-100cm tall with blue flowers in June, a favourite nectar source for the Painted Lady butterfly
• Ladys bedstraw, Galium verum - low growing, spreading perennial and yellow flowers food for Humming Hawk and Elephant Hawk moths
• Autumn hawkbit, Leontodon autumnalis - 15-30cm tall with bright yellow dandelion-like flowers, a good late nectar plant
• Cowslip, Primula veris - 10-15cm bunches of yellow bells in May and June which are food source for the Fritillary butterfly and Clay and Rustic moths
• Nottingham catchfly, Silene nutans - perennial with nodding white-greenish flowers providing food for the Campion moth
• Enchanters nightshade, Circaea lutetiana - 30-45cm tall with white flowers that are an excellent food source for the Phoenix moth
• Wood avens, Geum urbanum - 30cm tall with yellow flowers in May, good food plant of the Riband Wave moth
• Hedge woundwort, Stachys sylvatica - 30-60cm tall magenta- purple flowers throughout the summer providing nectar for bees
• Ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi - bright pink flowers provide food for Campion and Lychnis moths