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Purple Loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria
45 60cm tall with rosy magenta spires June August. Needs full sun to flower well. Food plant of the Emperor, V Pug and Powdered Quaker moths.	Click to Enlarge

Ragged Robin	Lychnis flos cuculi
30 45cm tall with bright pink ragged flowers May July. Prefers moist dappled shade, and is seen in broadland in masses when trees are felled to let in the light. Food plant of the Campion and Lychnis Moths.	Click to Enlarge

Skullcap	Scutellaria galericulata
15 30cm tall perennial with purple/blue flowers June September, followed by seed heads in the shape of a skullcap. Creeping rhizomes form good patches in sun or shade.	Click to Enlarge

Angelica	Angelica sylvestris
30 200cm or taller perennial of wet meadows and streamsides and wet woodlands. Pink and white flowers in umbels from July often until late October or early November. The flowers are rich in nectar and very attractive to hoverflies. The hollow stems provide safe hibernating sites.	Click to Enlarge

Bistort	Persicaria bistorta
80 100cm tall perennial with dense flower spikes of bright pink from June August. A native of northern meadows, where it was used as an ingredient in Easter puddings. Food plant of the Small Copper Butterfly.	Click to Enlarge

Brooklime	Veronica beccabunga
20 60cm tall creeping perennial, with shiny, fleshy, dark green leaves. Bright blue flowers from May September. A native of streams, ponds, marshes and wet meadows, throughout the British Isles.	Click to Enlarge

Brookweed	Samolus valerandi
Looking very like the daisy of lawns until it flowers. From early June until often October this liftle plant flowers constantly with tiny white flowers in 10 15cm tall spikes. Found mostly on acid wet soils in sun in North and semi shade in South.	Click to Enlarge

Celery leaved Buttercup	Ranunculus scleratus
An annual to 60cm but usually about 45cm tall at flowering. Shiny bright green leaves and small yellow flowers May July. A native of marsh, pond and streamside.	Click to Enlarge

Devil's Bit Scabious	Succisa pratensis
45cm or taller with lavender blue flowers in late summer. Rich nectar source. Food plant of the Marsh Fritillary and Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Fleabane	Pulicaria dysenterica
15 45cm tall woolly perennial. Bright yellow flowers August September. Spreads by rhizomes to form dense clumps.	Click to Enlarge

Fool's Watercress	Apium nodiflorum
A prostrate perennial rooting at nodes. White umbels of flowers from June September. A native of ditches, marshes, lakes and rivers.	Click to Enlarge

Gipsywort	Lycopus europaeus
30 100cm tall non aromatic member of the mint family which, like most mints, can be invasive. Given plenty of room will form dense clumps in boggy areas of streamsides and may need keeping under control.	Click to Enlarge

Greater Bird's Foot Trefoil	Lotus uliginosus
30cm scrambles through other plants. Yellow flowers June onwards. Food plant of the Five Spot Burnet Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Greater Spearwort	Ranunculus lingua
30 60cm tall member of the buttercup family, which can be invasive in a small pond. Large bright yellow flowers from June August.	Click to Enlarge

Hairy Buttercup	Ranunculus sardous
20 30cm tall annual of wet soils near coast, often in quite saline conditions. Similar to Bulbous Buftercup, but smaller paler yellow flowers May August.	Click to Enlarge

Hemlock Water Dropwort	Oenanthe crocata
POISON A tall parsley scented perennial to 2 metres. White flowers from June August are rich in nectar. A plant of wet soils, woodland edges and fresh water margins on acid soils. All parts of the plant are extremely poisonous.	Click to Enlarge

Hemp Agrimony	Eupatorium cannabinum
45 60cm tall with pink flowers July August onwards, followed by fluffy seed heads. A good butterfly nectar plant, and food plant of the Wormwood Pug, V Pug, Lime Speck Pug, Marsh Pug, Gem and Scarce Burnished moths.	Click to Enlarge

Lesser Spearwort	Ranunculus flammula
30 50cm tall creeping perennial found in all kinds of wet places throughout the British Isles. Pale yellow flowers from May September. Rich in nectar pollinated by bees.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Bedstraw	Galium palustre
A slender perennial with creeping shoots and ascending flowering shoots. Small white flowers with red anthers June July. Food plant of the Elephant Hawk Moth and the Plain Wave.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Cinquefoil	Potentilla palustris
20 40cm tall with spikes of pink flowers from spreading base June July. Needs an acid soil to do well.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Marigold	Caltha palustris
30 45cm tall robust perennial, with 2 3cm bright yellow 'buttercup' flowers and glossy green leaves. Rich in nectar, flowers May June.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Pennywort	Hydrocotyle vulgaris
A slender creeping sometimes floating perennial rooting at all nodes. Flowers pale pink from June August usually self pollinated. Native on acid soils throughout Britain.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Thistle	Cirsium palustre
1 2 metres tall purple thistle flowers June September. Excellent butterfly nectar plant for wet soils, and seed heads much appreciated by finches. Occasional food plant of the Painted Lady butterfly.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Valerian	Valeriana dioica
A shorter version of common Valerian, found in similar wet habitats. 30 45cm tall at flowering May June, otherwise ground cover, shortly creeping.	Click to Enlarge

Marsh Woundwort	Stachys palustris
30 60cm tall creeping perennial with beetroot red spotted flowers from June until the first frosts. A good bee plant, especially in the late summer when much of the garden has finished flowering.	Click to Enlarge

Meadow Rue	Thalictrum flavum
60 100cm tall growing perennial, with dense flower spikes of white flowers with bright yellow stamens June August. Food plant of the Marsh Carpet Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Meadowsweet	Filipendula ulmaria
60 100cm tall with fragrant cream flowers in late summer. Food plant of Brown Spot Pinion, Hebrew Character, Powdered Quaker and Emperor moths. A good nectar source for late flying hoverflies and bees.	Click to Enlarge

Sneezewort	Achillea ptarmica
30 60cm tall with white flowers in clusters in succession from June October. Easy to grow and will tolerate almost any situation, but best in moist soil.	Click to Enlarge

Square stalked St John's Wort	Hypericum tetrapterum
30 60cm tall with pale yellow flowers July September. Produces slender stolons and spreads to form bright clumps.	Click to Enlarge

Valerian	Valeriana officinalis
100cm tall with very fragrant pink flowers June August. Forms a dense clump of surface roots and shoots and grows taller in damper soils. Rich nectar source.	Click to Enlarge

Water Avens	Geum rivale
20 30cm orange red flowers in May and seed heads like little raspberries all summer. Ideal for a wet shady place where it will soon provide groundcover. Food plant of the Rib and Wave.	Click to Enlarge

Water Figwort	Scrophularia auriculata
60 100cm tall small purple/yellow flowers, pollinated by wasps, June October. Food plant of the Figwort Weevil and Six Striped Rustic and Water Betony moths.	Click to Enlarge

Water Mint	Mentha aquatica
30 40cm tall pink flowers June onwards.Very strong fragrances from all parts of the plant which spreads by long runners.Food plant of the Water Ermine Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Water Plantain	Alisma plantago aquatica
A perennial of shallow water ideal for pond ledges. Large narrow elliptic leaves on water surface. Flower stems to 1.5 metres, small white flowers often with purple blotch in simple whorls, open in afternoons June July. White seeds until October.	Click to Enlarge

Yellow Flag Iris	Iris pseudacorus
40 200cm tall, stately fris of streamsides, unlike many of our garden frises, the Yellow Flag needs its roots in water. Ideal for pondside or streamside, but needs full sun to flower well from June. Food plant of the Water Ermine, Red Sword Grass, Crescent and Webb's Wainscot moths.	Click to Enlarge

Hybrid Woundwort	Stachys x ambigua
A cross between S. sylvatica and S. palustris. 30 to 60cm tall perennial with pink purple flowers throughout the summer	Click to Enlarge

Pennyroyal	Mentha pulegium
Sprawling plant with reddish stems and oval short stalked leaves. The whorls of pink flowers form long loose spikes. An uncommon plant of wet, shady soils, mainly in southern England	Click to Enlarge

Cuckoo Flower	Cardamine pratensis
15 to 30cm tall perennial, with pink flowers in spring with the arrival of the cuckoos to our shores. The food plant of the Orange Tip and Green Veined White butterflies.	Click to Enlarge

Great Willowherb	Epilobium hirsutum
A strongly rhizomatous perennial, flowering July to August and often growing to 1.5 metres tall. Magenta pink flowers are very pretty but plant can be invasive. Food plant of the Elephant Hawk Moth	Click to Enlarge

Water Forgetmenot	Myosotis scorpioides
20 to 30cm tall with pale blue flowers from early May. Will seed happily in moist soil in shade, and will scatter seed around the parent in any bare soil	Click to Enlarge

Parsley Water Dropwort	Oenanthe lachenalii
Sometimes growing to a height of 1 metre, an upright, branched plant, with ribbed stems. Leaves are divided into long narrow segments. White flowers June to September. Usually found growing in brackish marshland, scattered but uncommon, found predominantly by the sea, and as far north as Inverness	Click to Enlarge

Milk Parsley	Peucedanum palustre
Tall hairless biennial to 1.54m, with hollow, strongly ridged stem. Greenish-white flowers in umbels July to September. Found in wet habitats, generally on calcareous soils and growing among lush vegetation	Click to Enlarge

Great Water Dock	Rumex hydrolapathum
100 to 250cm perennial with tall flower spikes, which appear from July to September. Food plant of the Large Copper Butterfly, which is unlikely to be found in the British Isles, and the Water Ermine Moth.	Click to Enlarge

Blue Water Speedwell	Veronica anagallis aquatica
50cm tall, waterside perennial. Pale blue flowers with mauve lines June to August. Shiny green leaves tumble over banks of streams and ponds and form pretty patches in wet meadows	Click to Enlarge

Globeflower	Trollius europaeus
Perennial to 70cm tall forming clumps of hairless shiny green leaves. Globular lemon yellow flowers in March to May, which if dual flowered will flower again in August. A native of damp woods and meadows mostly in upland Britain	Click to Enlarge


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