THE BEST HERBS FOR ATTRACTING BEES, BUTTERFLIES AND POLLINATORS

Turn your garden into a herbal nature reserve.

Create a scented, floral paradise for bees and other insects. Aside from their culinary and medicinal superpowers, these herbs are all excellent food plants for all manner of garden friendlies. Build your own herb garden or send a thoughtful gift to a gardening nature lover. Grown in the UK, all herb plants are hand packed and beautifully presented with decorative pots, wooden labels, harvesting snips and herb growing guide.

Herbs for Wildlife

We sell herbs in FULL collections of SIX plants. You can either choose one of our exclusive, curated herb collections or create your own MIX SIX plant collection (any variety or combination). All come with decorative pots, wooden plant labels, herb plants snips and a comprehensive growing guide.

Thyme - Common
3 reviews

There are lots of thyme varieties, but this is the original and the best. The nearest thing to wild thyme, dried bunches of which you’ll see hanging in markets from Provence to Tuscany. As you can imagine, it likes a warm, bright location. South facing is best, planting in full sun brings out the essential oils in the leaves, concentrating the flavour. All thyme enjoys light, well-drained soil and hates waterlogging, especially in winter. Common Thyme will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.

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£4.50
Thyme - Lemon
5 reviews

Thyme with a citrussy twist. Lemon scented and herb garden must have, this thyme variation has everything. It’s a tough, Mediterranean sun lover that enjoys light, free draining soil and hates waterlogging. An excellent variety for pots where you can control the drainage and moisture. In cooking it pairs brilliantly with chicken and the higher levels of citronella in the lemony leaves, give it medicinal powers other thymes don’t have… Your Lemon Thyme will be really happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.

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Fyne Herbs singles Toadflax
15 in stock

Toadflax is a delightful, cheerful wildflower herb which spreads freely and can get a bit out of hand. It’s hard to complain at its profligacy because Toadflax flowers are a designed for bees and look simply gorgeous. Often called ‘wild snapdragons’ due to their resemblance to Antirrhinums, they’re actually second cousins or something and are certainly more useful! Unfortunately, Toadflax doesn't play well with cats and dogs - it can be toxic if eaten. Historically, Toadflax was used as a natural dye for producing yellow hues. It was considered a “herb of the people,” appreciated for its medicinal properties and its association with purity and resilience.

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Valerian
Out of stock

Valerian is a pretty, native wildflower which attracts an abundance of friendlies to your garden, including cats (friendly or not) and has a rich medicinal history. It has many common names including ‘all-heal’ and ‘phu’ (pooh) which is appropriate as the dried root smells of sweaty socks! Cats love its ripe scent; it stimulates them in a similar way to catnip. It loves a rich, moist position and will grow in most aspects and soil types. Valerian is very vigorous but will be ok in our pot on a sunny windowsill to begin with, although it really needs planting out asap.

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Winter Savory

Once you discover winter savory in the kitchen, you’ll be chucking it in everything! It’s highly aromatic and similar to rosemary and hyssop in appearance. It has a peppery, thyme like flavour and suits cooking in stews, casseroles and sauces. Winter savory is a hardy, evergreen perennial and once established is pretty bullet proof. Suited to pots on a sunny patio or windowsill, it will delight with pretty, nectar rich flowers in summer. Winter savory will be happy growing in our pot on a sunny windowsill until it needs potting on.

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£4.50

Exclusive Herb Plant Collections for Pets and Wildlife

Happy Hound Herb Collection

Many dogs have a habit of searching out certain leaves for a nibble, it often seems like they know what they need. They’re not wrong as a few ...

Many dogs have a habit of searching out certain leaves for a nibble, it often seems like they know what they need. They’re not wrong as a few herbs here and there can be a beneficial addition to their diet. Fresh or dried, herbs can help sooth digestion - calming woofy wafts, freshen breath, ease anxiety, heal skin and help keep coats in tip-top condition.

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Evergreen Herb Collection

This mob of herbal heavy lifters will have your back all year round. They're all evergreen, shrubby or woody types and once mature will be as ...

This mob of herbal heavy lifters will have your back all year round. They're all evergreen, shrubby or woody types and once mature will be as tough as they come, giving essential culinary herbs through the autumn and winter. Slower growing than most, they'll happily sit on a sunny windowsill for a while (especially over winter) but will only reach their impressive potential outside in pots, a herb garden or border.

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Blissful Kitty Herb Collection

Send your favourite feline into raptures with this herb plant collection for cats. With herbs to sooth and stimulate your kitty, most of which...

Send your favourite feline into raptures with this herb plant collection for cats. With herbs to sooth and stimulate your kitty, most of which are happy indoors in our special decorative pots. A thoughtful gift for gardening cat owners, or from you to your special furry friend. Medicinal information for interest and amusement only. Do not use herb plants to treat illnesses or health conditions without first consulting your vet and a fully qualified herbalist

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Butterfly Bonanza Herb Collection

Where have all the butterflies gone? The sight of buddleia bushes pulsating with masses of vibrant species seems like a childhood memory. Unfo...

Where have all the butterflies gone? The sight of buddleia bushes pulsating with masses of vibrant species seems like a childhood memory. Unfortunately, it's not nostalgic rose-tintedness, there's been an 80% reduction in UK butterflies since the 1970's. Hopefully times are changing, with fewer pesticides used and rewilding being encouraged. These herbs will do their bit.

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Butterfly Bonanza Herb Collection

Where have all the butterflies gone? The sight of buddleia bushes pulsating with masses of vibrant species seems like a childhood memory. Unfortunately, it’s not nostalgic rose-tintedness, there’s been an 80% reduction in UK butterflies since the 1970’s. Hopefully times are changing, with fewer pesticides used and rewilding being encouraged. These herbs will do their bit.

ALL HERB COLLECTIONS INCLUDE

SIX UK grown,9cm potted herb plants PLUS everything you need to start your herbs off indoors or out:

Ornamental Pots

All herbs come with a stylish pot for use indoors or out

Wooden labels

Sustainable bamboo labels with advice just a click away

Herb Snips

Super sharp steel snips to give your herbs a glow up

Growing Guide

A guide to loving and caring for our most popular herbs

what’s included

Chamomile - Roman With its flat white petals and fuzzy golden cones of nectar rich flowers, chamomile makes a perfect landing pad and feeding station for a number of butterfly species, especially smaller ones.

Chive This early flowering herb is one of the 10 most nectar producing plants in the UK. A butterfly magnet which will grow almost anywhere and is particularly suited a pot on a sunny patio.

Dill Dill is a fantastic herb for late butterflies as it can flower into autumn. If you’re really lucky, in warmer southern climes you may be rewarded by a visiting European Swallowtail, whose caterpillars will eat the leaves.

Marjoram - sweet Marjoram produces masses of small flowers in upright clusters which are ideal for butterflies. Deadhead regularly, the flowers may last into autumn - providing valuable energy for hibernation or migration.

Lavender - Hidcote The tall spikes with dense flower heads packed together at the end, provide a bountiful feeding opportunity for a number of species including Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral and Peacock.

Rosemary - Miss Jessop’s Upright Woody, shrubby herbs like rosemary not only provide lots of nectar but also places to shelter over winter. Rosemary’s early flowers will give awakening butterflies a welcome feed after winter dormancy.

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Thyme - Common

Thyme - Lemon

Fyne Herbs singles Toadflax

Valerian

Winter Savory

Exclusive Herb Plant Collections for Pets and Wildlife

Butterfly Bonanza Herb Collection

ALL HERB COLLECTIONS INCLUDE

Ornamental Pots

Wooden labels

Herb Snips

Growing Guide