CJs carefully select their plants to ensure that they are the best available for your garden wildlife.
Attractive and beneficial to a wide range of bees, insects, butterflies and other garden visitors, our seleciton of plants are sure to make an attractive and lively wildlife garden.
We are continuously increasing our range of plants and also offer seasonal bulbs and water garden pleants. To keep up to date with the latest additions to the range, sign up for our free email newsletter at
www.birdfood.co.uk/newsletter.
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Commonly found in woodland, hedgerows and meadows, this plant provides good ground cover and is a particular favourite of the spectacular caterpillar of the elephant hawk-moth. When cut and dried, Bedstraw has a pleasant vanilla fragrance. Ideal for: providing ground cover in your wildlife garden and minimising the growth of unwanted weeds. Available in singles or buy a value pack of 3 plants for just £9.99.
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This vigorous, self clinging evergreen climber is ideal for growing over the fences, gates and walls surrounding your wildlife garden and will become an attractive haven for a variety of bird species who prefer open nesting sites including Robins, Blackbirds and Wrens. Ideal for: gardeners looking to create an attractive, fragrant wildlife garden. Available in singles or buy a value pack of 3 plants for just £3.99.
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Blueberries are a superfruit; rich in nutrients and antioxidants and widely known for their health benefits. The delicious versatile berries can be used for a variety of purposes and are known to lower cholesterol and protect against various diseases.
Ideal for: growing your own bumper crop of superfruits. Available in singles or buy a value pack of 3 plants for just £24.95.
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Verbena bonariensis
Bright lavender-purple flowers will provide useful height when placed in herbaceous borders and are particularly popular with butterflies.
Ideal for: attracting butterflies to your garden.
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Knautia arvensis
This plant is perfect if you want to attract a variety of beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies as it contains high levels of nectar and pollen in the delicate blue rounded flowerheads, making this a useful and attractive addition to your wildlife garden.
Ideal for: attracting a variety of beneficial insects to your garden.
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Lythrum virgatum
Commonly found in moist meadows and wetland areas, the stunning upright purple spikes of flowers that last throughout the summer will attract bumblebees, bees and butterflies to your garden.
Ideal for: encouraging a variety of beneficial insects and attracting Finches in the winter.
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Thymus praecox Pseudolanuginosus
A compact ground cover plant ideal for rock gardens, borders or along paved areas as a filler. The tiny pink pale flowers are attractive to bees and other beneficial insects.
Ideal for: providing ground cover and attracting a variety of beneficial insects.
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Ideal for edging or ground cover, the dense spikes of hooded pinkish, purple flowers will attract a variety of insects to your garden.
Ideal for: providing ground cover and attracting insects to the garden.
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With its attractive blue flower head that will attract many insects including a variety of bees and butterflies, this thistle is a lovely addition to any boarder or wild garden. Ideal for:
gardeners looking to create an attractive and beneficial wildlife garden.
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Lavandula angustifolia 'Edelweiss'
This more unusual white flowering lavender has attractive green/grey foliage throughout the year and is compact and bushy.
The highly-scented flowers will be enjoyed by a variety of beneficial insects and are also lovely when dried for use around the home.
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Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica'
An early-flowering honeysuckle that is a vigorous climber with masses of attractive and scented tubular flower heads.
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Pyracantha coccinea 'Red column'
This evergreen shrub features small creamy-white flowers, followed by reddish-orange berries in autumn and winter which your garden birds will love!
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Salvia pratensis An easy to grow, sage-scented salvia that is a native species to Britain. With brilliant blue summer flowers that will encourage visits from bees and butterflies.
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Sedum spectabile 'Brilliant' A traditional perennial with succulent leaves, topped with large, flat heads of bright pinkmauve flowers in late-summer and autumn, providing a valuable source of late season nectar to bees and butterflies. Also make attractive dried flower heads.
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Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' Stunning large, daisy-like flowers with dark orange centres, these coneflowers are a perfect addition to your wildlife garden as well as bringing drama to your borders. Copes well with adverse weather conditions and has a long flowering season.
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