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Beth Chatto Meanwhile Garden plant list
POSTED 28th July 2024
Spontaneous- Latin name | Common name |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | sycamore |
| Achillea millefolium | yarrow |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | false oat-grass |
| Artemisia absinthium | wormwood |
| Bromus hordeaceus | soft brome |
| Bromus sterilis | sterile brome |
| Buddleia davidii | buddleia |
| Calystegia sepium | hedge bindweed |
| Cerastium fontanum | common mouse-eared chickweed |
| Cirsium arvense | creeping thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | spear thistle |
| Conium maculatum | hemlock |
| Crepis capillaris | smooth hawk's-beard |
| Dactylis glomerata | cock's-foot grass |
| Daucus carota | wild carrot |
| Diplotaxis tenuifolius | perennial wall-rocket |
| Epilobium ciliatum | American willowherb |
| Epilobium hirsutum | great willowherb |
| Euphorbia peplus | petty spurge |
| Festuca rubra | red fescue |
| Filago germanica | common cudweed |
| Fraxinus excelsior | ash |
| Galium aparine | goosegrass |
| Geranium molle | dove's-foot crane's-bill |
| Geranium pusillum | small-flowered crane's-bill |
| Geranium robertianum | herb Robert |
| Helminthotheca echioides | prickly ox-tongue |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire fog |
| Hordeum murinum | wall barley |
| Hypochaeris radicata | common cat's-ear |
| Jacobaea vulgaris | common ragwort |
| Lactuca serriola | prickly lettuce |
| Linaria purpurea | purple toadflax |
| Malva sylvestris | common mallow |
| Melissa officinalis | lemon balm |
| Papaver somniferum | opium poppy |
| Parietaria judaica | pellitory-of-the-wall |
| Plantago lanceolata | ribwort plantain |
| Pulicaria dysenterica | common fleabane |
| Resdea luteola | weld |
| Rubus fruticosus agg. | bramble |
| Salix caprea | goat willow |
| Salix cinerea | grey willow |
| Senecio inaequidens | narrow-leaved ragwort |
| Senecio squalidus | oxford ragwort |
| Sonchus oleraceus | smooth sow-thistle |
| Taraxacum sect. vulgaria | dandelion |
| Urtica dioica | stinging nettle |
| Vicia sativa | common vetch |
| Vulpia bromoides | squirrel-tail fescue |
Find out more: Beth Chatto Meanwhile Garden
Thank you very much and kind regards Ulrike
The plant list is huge and I can’t believe that they didn’t even get a watering-in. It would be good to see how it progresses.
Well done to all!
Frances