DONATE A PLANT DAY at Woodlands Junior School, Wetherby Road,
White:
Arabis
Tiarella cordifolia
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan"
Anaphalis
white honesty
phlox
michelmus daisy
candytufts
Purple/blue:
Phlox
Asters
Penstemons
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Salvia
Stachys
Erysimum liniflium
lupins
forget-me-nots
lavenders
alliums
Perennials
Yellow:
Coreopsis
Santolina
Rubdeckia
Helianthus
Helenium
primroses
golden rod
mignonettes
lupins
evening primrose
Red:
Monardas
Sedum spectabile
Echinacea purpurea
Lobelia x speciosa
lupins
dahlias
valerian
red hot poker
Woodlands Junior School is creating a new sensory/butterfly garden at the school and has drawn up a wish list of plants listed below. Many of these will be found in local gardens and, as you tidy up your plot for the winter, we would be grateful if you could donate any spare plants to the school .
Purple/blue:
Buddleia davidii
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’
Hydrangea
Hebes
Ribes sanguineum
Shrubs
Yellow:
Potentilla fruiticosa
Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’
Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald and Gold’
Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’
Helianthemums
Mahonia
White:
Hebes
Hydrangea
Syringa vulgaris
Skimmia
bramble
privet
The Donate a Plant Day on Saturday 7 November went very well with well in excess of a hundred plants donated plus loads of bulbs. The garden path is being laid and planting will begin as soon as possible. The school would like to thank everyone for their generosity. Further donations would still be welcome as there are other areas where they can be used; please label pots and drop them off at the school.
Spring bulbs
Daffodils
Scilla
Fritilleria
snowdrops
grape hyacinths
Common English meadow grasses such as
tufted hair grass
cock’s foot
fescues
Yorkshire fog
timothy
common bent grass
