The native hop is a relatively fast growing climber found in hedgerows, copes and scrub across southern England. It climbs by twinning its rough stems clockwise round other hedgerow plants, and even up stay-wires of telegraph poles. Light green male flowers are very small, in lax clusters, whilst female flowers (usually on separate plants) have large pale-green bracts. Tumbling sprays of catkin-like fruits are very attractive - in cultivated hops they are dried in kilns (oast houses) and used to give a bitter taste to beer. Young shoots are said to be very good to eat, with butter, like asparagus. Hop is a secondary food plant of several attractive butterflies, including peacock, red admiral, and comma.

Sold in 2 litre pot.

A beautiful sprawling wild rose commonly found in hedgerows and woodland, dog rose provides an abundance of attractive white to pale pink flowers in June. In autumn it bears a mass of glossy red egg-shaped hips - a highly nutritious 'super food' - containing vitamins B and E and more vitamin C than any other fruit or vegetable. Both the rose hips and rose petals can be made into a syrup to flavour ices, desserts, cordials, and jams. As well as a hedgerow plant, it works equally well as a speciman climbing rose which can be trained over trelis or arbour. Will grow to 2 -3 metres in height.

Sold in 3 litre pot.