On 30/01/2018 19:55, stuart noble wrote:

Thank you both. These detailed replies do make one lazy!
As we have a park next door with plenty of wild flowers, I might concentrate on something a bit more cottage garden ish.

In that case try foxglove, toadflax, anthirrhinum, honesty, teasel.
(all will self seed enough to be perpetual)

You will probably never get rid of teasel so be careful what you wish
for. And of the shrubs buddleias and heathers would be my choices.

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Regards,
Martin Brown