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Bladder Campion (silene vulgaris) 
   
HP.  Ht 3 ft (90 cm).  Pretty, white petals escaping from a green bladder-like pod.   Food plant of the Campion, Marbled Coronet, Nettle Pug, Marbled Clover and Dark Brocade moths.  Flowers May to September.  Found in grassy places.
Chicory (cichorium intybus) 
   
HP.  H.  Beautiful sky blue flowers.  Ht over 1 ft (30 cm).  Bee and bumblebee plant.  Used to be believed that Chicory could make you invisible or open locked boxes if a leaf was placed against the lock.  Flowers July to October.  Found in the wild on rough grassland and roadsides. 
Common Mallow (malva sylvestris) 
   

P.  Very common wildflower with mauve flowers veined in purple.

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Common Vetch (vicia sativa) 
   

A.  Pretty pink flowers on sprawling stesm - looks good clambering amongst border plants or grasses and hedgerows.  Flowers May to September.  Stems can reach up to 4 ft long.  Used to be grown as a fodder crop and spoil improvement crop.

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Corn Chamomile (anthemis arvensis) 
   

A.  Frondy leaves and daisy flowers from May to August.  Ht 12 - 18 ins.  Meadow plant but also found in wasteland and arable fields.  Plant can be boiled to obtain a bright yellow dye.  Likes poor, dry soil.

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Cotton Thistle (onopordum acanthium) 
   

B.  Also known as Scotch Thistle. Magnificent plant, growing to about 9 ft tall (3 m).  Large, spiny silver-green, downy leaves and lavender thistle flowers from July to September.   National emblem of Scotland.  Pliny believed a decoction of the plant would cure baldness.  Juice of the plant has been used in the past for treating cancers and ulcers.  Sun.

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Only 3 x 7 cm pots available
Cowslip (primula veris) 
   
Thick, wrinkly leaves and stems topped with clusters of yellow flowers.  Spring meadow plant.  Not so common now in the wild.  Much folklore surrounding the plant.
Deptford Pink ( dianthus armeria) 
   

Perennial or hardy annual.  Rare and protected wild flower.  Thin leaves and small cerise open-faced flowers.  Sun.  Ht about 1 ft (30 cm).

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Dropwort (filipendula hexapetala) 
   

P.  Fern-like foliage and loose panicles of pink-tinged, creamy-white flowers.  ht 3 ft (90 cm).  Flwoers June to August.  The tuberous roots are allegedly edible but bitter.  Powdered roots were used to treat kidney problems, breathlessness, wheezing, sore throats and congestion.  Food plant of the Satyr Pug moth.  Closely related to Meadowsweet.  Grows well on heavy clay.

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