Weird plants
From flowers that smell like wee to leaves that look like belly buttons, here are some of our strangest plants!
Turn your garden into a wildlife hotspot!
Common alder can be found along riversides, and in fens and wet woodlands. Its exposed roots provide shelter for fish, and its rounded leaves are food for aquatic insects.
Grow all sorts of vegetables and flowers up this cool wigwam!
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Windy, open moors covered in bright yellow, spiky common gorse bushes and purple heathers are synonymous with what we call 'wild' landscapes, but it can be seen in many habitats, from…
An uncommon tree of wet woodlands, riverbanks and heathlands, Alder buckthorn displays pale green flowers in spring, and red berries that turn purple in autumn.