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Fruits of Malus hupehensis Dog Rose (Rosa canina) Flowers of Tilea davidii added to gin to make the eponymous sloe gin. They are pretty sour but full of Vitamin C and as they remain on the plant for a long time they are ideal food for both mammals and birds. The plant also provides prickly, dense thickets which are perfect for protecting both nesting birds from predators and provides small mammals such as hedgehogs a secure place to overwinter. The foliage is a food plant for moth caterpillars including the Magpie moth, one of which made its way into the porch the other day or should I say, night. Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris) You’ll see these trees on woodland edges and in hedgerows. They’re the wild ancestor of our cultivated apples and are particularly long lived, You can recognise them by their habit as their branches become twisted and gnarled as they mature. Their blossom is sweetly scented and is a good source of early pollen for bees. Growing crab apples provides a host for the hemiparasitic mistletoe, and their branches provide a host for any number of lichens. Both birds (the blackbird and thrushes in particular) and mammals disperse the seeds once they’ve eaten the fruit and the leaves provide food for all manner of moth caterpillars including green pug, the extraordinary looking Chinese Character moth and the eyed hawkmoth. The Chinese Character moth’s markings are intended to deter predators and are said to resemble bird droppings, which is a novel way to appear invisible. Dog Rose (Rosa canina) You’ll have all seen this climbing plant weaving its way through hedgerows and binding everything together. Pretty pale pink, sometimes deep pink, its flowers are scented and are part of the countryside’s most welcome sights in May. We have fourteen native species of rose in the UK and this is the one we see the most. Unlike many rose cultivars the plant doesn’t suffer from black spot and will grow in sun or shade. The autumn hips are red and full of Vitamin C; blackbirds love them and the flowers provide nectar for insects. Why the ‘dog rose’? It seems that the roots were thought to help if you had been bitten by a rabid dog. I wonder. Elder (Sambucus nigra) It was said that an elder planted near your home would keep the devil away. I’m not sure that the elder with its rather scraggy form and strangely unpleasant smelling twigs is a thing of beauty so I might plant it a little further away than that. Even the buds are raggedy. However those huge umbels of creamy, fragrant flowers that appear in the spring more than make up for that. Once pollinated, the flower develops into a late maturing dark berry which is eaten by both small mammals like dormice and voles as well as birds. The foliage is appetising too to all manner of moth caterpillars like the dot moth and buff ermine. A large group of elder often advertises a badger sett or large rabbit warren, as the seeds are distributed by the animals around and near their homes. The plant has so many uses but I like the thought of bundles of elder foliage being used in dairies to keep flies away. That’s worth a try. It was also used in the making of dyes – purple from the berries, grey and black from the bark and yellow and green from the foliage. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) This is a star. The hawthorn’s wonderful pinky white blossom – May blossom – was known as the ‘herald of the winter and the beginning of summer’. A hawthorn really buzzes with wildlife and it seems can support more than 300 species of insects so maybe if you can only fit one new native plant in, this should be the one. The flowers sustain rare little critters such as dormice and provide pollen and nectar for pollinators and the haws (fruits) are rich in antioxidants and are a perfect food for migrating birds such as the redwing. These little thrushes come south from Scandinavia to the UK to feast on apples and our heavily berried hawthorns. Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) The combination of autumn colours and bright pink capsules which contain the bold orange fruits is pretty dramatic and so spindle makes a good hedging plant or individually planted beautiful large shrub. It would look lovely in a winter border added to which, it is so accommodating in that it can cope with sun, partial shade and slightly more difficult sites like coastal positions and damp places. Pollinators are drawn to the plant but aphids are too – perfect for birds but perhaps not ideal if you are growing vegetables in a limited space. Hopes Grove Nurseries hopesgrovenurseries.co.uk. Sue Whigham can be contacted on 07810 457948 for gardening advice and help in the sourcing and supply of interesting garden plants. 123 priceless-magazines.com
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