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Narrow leaved Everlasting Sweet Pea
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Lathyrus sylvestris |
| Climbing herbaceous perennial to 3m. Pale pink sweet pea flowers with only a hint of sweet pea fragrance, but very good show of flowers. |
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Honeysuckle
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Lonicera periclymenum |
| A robust perennial deciduous climber to 6 metres. Fragrant nectar rich flowers, creamy white/pale salmon pink from June September, followed by shining red berries. |
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Tree Lupin
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Lupinus arboreus |
| POISON l 3metre tall shrub of sandy soils close to sea. Grey green leaves and bright yellow flowers June September. Introduced to Britain from U.S.A. |
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Wild Clematis
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Clematis vitalba |
| A woody climber often to 30 metres or more. Flowers in July August rich in nectar and fluffy seed heads often remain until February. Food plant of Pug moths and Chalk Carpet and Small Waved Umber moths. |
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Woody Nightshade
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Solanum dulcamara |
| POISON Clambering shrub with purple flowers with bright yellow centres June August.Berries in autumn are deadly. A plant of damp places, woods, marshes and watersides. Food plant of the Death's Head Hawk Moth. |
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Broom
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Cytisus scoparius |
| 60 to200cm tall deciduous shrub with small simple leaves. Scented golden yellow flowers in leafy spikes April to June. Found in dry sunny habitats, roadside verges, clearings and woodland edges. Poisonous to livestock. |
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Heather
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Calluna vulgaris |
| An evergreen plant to 60cm which provides food for much wildlife. Young shoots are the main food source of red grouse, birds eat ripe seeds, bees take the nectar from flowers which are usually purple, tho on most moors there are isolated clumps of the rarer ‘lucky’ white heather. |
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Wild Privet
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Ligustrum vulgare |
| Semi-deciduous shrub, 1 to 3metres tall, densely branched with smooth greyish bark. White, fragrant flowers ihn dense panicles May to June, followed by shiny black berries. Found in wood margins, scrub and hedgerows, embankments, roadsides and abandoned cultivations. |
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Spindle
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Euonymus europaeus |
| Much branched shrub or small tree, with green square twigs, and opposite, lanceolate toothed leaves. Greenish flowers May to June in branched cymes, followed by pink capsules splitting to reveal orange seeds. Found in woods, scrubs, mostly on calcareous soils. |
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