Plants in front gardens provide valuable shelter and food for birds (berries, seed heads), butterflies, bees and other insects (nectar in flowers). 

Native plant species may be the best choice - they support wildlife and don't need much looking after! Some non-native species may be better for dry conditions.

Small trees

(some produce berries for birds)

• Crab Apple
• Silver Birch
• Hawthorn
• Holly
• Mountain Ash

Climbers

(nectar, berries, shelter)

• Ivy
• Honeysuckle
• Clematis

Flowering shrubs

(nectar, shelter, berries, seed heads)

• Lavender
• Guelder Rose
• Forsythia
• Hebes
• Firethorn (Pyracantha)
• Buddleia

Annual and perennial flowers

(nectar, seed heads)

• Foxglove
• Yellow Archangel
• Dead Nettles
• Campions
• Lily of the Valley
• Primrose
• Bluebells
• Hemp Agrimony
• Purple Loosestrife
• Knapweeds
• Meadow Cranesbill
• Herb Robert
• Catmint
• Stonecrops
• Heathers