Native Plants Project

-2011-
Wildflower Plug Plants

What we’ll provide…

In 2011 the City of Edinburgh Council’s plant nursery will provide native wildflower plug plants for your
biodiversity planting projects. Plug plants will be available from late summer for planting this year.
Plug plants are competitively priced at £3.50 per tray of 20 plants. They are from seed of Scottish
origin and grown in peat-free compost.
We have chosen 30 wildflower species suitable for three types of projects: pond / bog, meadow,
woodland. See the species list overleaf.

How to order…
1. Fill in the form below and return it to: biodiversity@edinburgh.gov.uk
2. Choose your project type – pond / bog, meadow or woodland.
3. Tell us how many trays you need, remember each tray has 20 plug plants of a single
species.
4. We aim to offer a mix of species when you collect your plants but tell us if there are any
particular species on the list that you want and we’ll do our best to make sure they’re
available.
5. Give us your contact details including email address so we can get in touch once the plants
are ready to collect.
6. We’ll be in touch to tell you when to collect the plants from the Inch nursery. Payment is due
on collection.

Wildflower Plug Plants – order form

Organisation      
Name      
Email      
Phone      
Number of trays required (remember each tray has 20 plants of a single species)
Pond / bog trays      
Meadow plant trays      
Woodland      
Please include the following species
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What’s next…
In future years we hope to broaden the scope of the Native Plants Project to offer:
•Edinburgh LBAP priority plants grown from local seed stock – sticky catchfly, maiden pink, rock
whitebeam
•Tree whips grown from local seed stock – for hedging or tree planting projects
•Propagation of wildflower seed collected by hand from local sites

Wildflower plug plant species list…

Pond / Meadow Woodland

Common Name Scientific name Lifecycle bog mix mix mix
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria perennial Y
Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica perennial Y
Water Avens Geum rivale perennial Y
Yellow Flag Iris Iris pseudacorus perennial Y
Melancholy Thistle Cirsium heterophyllum perennial Y
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta perennial Y
Primrose Primula vulgaris perennial Y
Giant Bellflower Campanula latifolia perennial Y
Meadow Cranesbill Geranium pratense perennial Y
Bloody Cranesbill Geranium sanguineum perennial Y
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa perennial Y
Teasel Dipsacus fullonum biennial Y
Viper’s Bugloss Echium vulgare biennial Y
Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides perennial Y
Yarrow Achillea millefolium perennial Y
Clustered Bellflower Campanula glomerata perennial Y
Cowslip Primula veris perennial Y
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea biennial Y
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia perennial Y
Mullein Verbascum thapsus biennial Y
White Campion Silene alba perennial Y
Common Mallow Malva sylvestris perennial Y
Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria perennial Y
Toadflax Linaria vulgaris perennial Y
Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare perennial Y Y
Tansy Tanacetum vulgare perennial Y Y
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis perennial Y Y
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris perennial Y Y
St John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum perennial Y Y
Red Campion Silene dioica perennial Y Y
Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi perennial Y Y Y

Who we are…
The Edinburgh Biodiversity Partnership is a group of local organisations who care for nature. For more
information visit www.edinburgh.gov.uk/biodiversity
We are co-ordinated by City of Edinburgh Council’s Biodiversity Officers – Malcolm Fraser and
Caroline Peacock, who can be contacted at: biodiversity@edinburgh.gov.uk