Joel’s Gate Keeper Butterfly Pack – WYG Special

Name: Joel's Gate Keeper Butterfly Pack - WYG Special
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Help individual species of butterflies! Butterflies rely heavily on certain plants for specific nectar and certainly as a vital larval food source for their young. One of the reasons for the decline in butterflies is a lack of host plants, so here's an easy way to provide what they need. These special packs, chosen by Joel to be the most valuable plants for this species of butterfly, will contain a mix of the following plants available in 3, 5 or 7 quantity packs - each in 9cm pots. --- Marjoram, Hemp Agrimony, Oxeye Daisy, Yarrow, Small Scabious, Sneezewort, Water Mint --- Our nursery team will choose the best available selection of species at the time of packing your order. If you are keen to have a particular species included in your pack from the list, please let us know in the order comments and our nursery team will do their best to include this in your pack wherever possible. For more information on these individual species, please see our overview tab further down.

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For a little more information on each of Joel’s recommended species:

Marjoram

Aromatic perennial with masses of dark purple buds turning to paler flowers, a good butterfly plant. This small white or purple-flowered perennial is commonly called oregano. It is a widely used herb in Greek and Italian cuisine and is often used in tomato dishes, salads and with grilled meats, together with basil.

Wild Marjoram

Yarrow

White flowers, aromatic. Commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow it is a common herb of both wet and dry areas, such as roadsides, meadows, fields and coastal places, Excellent for both birds and insects.

Yarrow

Hemp Agrimony

A tall stately plant with masses of white-pink flowers, an excellent butterfly plant attracting large numbers in late summer. Also known as Holy Rope and Raspberries and Cream, Hemp-agrimony is a tall, perennial plant found in damp grassland, marshes, fens and wet woodlands and along riverbanks. The frothy, pinkish flower clusters appear from July to September and are very attractive to all kinds of insects.

Hemp Agrimony

Oxeye Daisy

Also known as the Dog Daisy. Often seen in meadows and on roadsides. A well known wild flower with lovely, large, white daisy flowers. Also known as the Dog Daisy. Often seen in meadows and on roadsides. Leucanthemum vulgare is widely cultivated and available as a perennial flowering ornamental plant for gardens and designed meadow landscapes. It thrives in a wide range of conditions and can grow in sun to partial shade, and prefers damp soils.

Oxeye Daisy

Small Scabious

A compact small plant with pale blue flowers, plants are a magnet for butterflies.

Small Scabious

Sneezewort

Greyish leaves. Creamy white flower heads, rather yarrow like but larger. Sneezewort is also known as sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-France, goose tongue, sneezewort yarrow, wild pellitory, or white tansy it has loose clusters of showy white, flower heads that bloom from June to August.

Sneezewort

Water Mint

A strong mint scented herb, covered with pinkish lilac flower heads. It used to be grown for its essential oils.

Water Mint