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Edible Rating Minor 1 2 3 4 5 Great

Medicinal Rating Minor 1 2 3 4 5 Great

Edible Uses Help

Chocolate Drink Milk Salt

Coffee Egg Oil Stabilizer

Colouring Gelatine Pectin Sweetener

Condiment Gum Rutin Tea

Curdling agent

Medicinal Uses Help

Abortifacient Antitussive Errhine Restorative

Acrid Antivinous Expectorant Rubefacient

Adaptogen Antiviral Febrifuge Salve

Alterative Aperient Foot care Sedative

Anaesthetic Aphrodisiac Galactofuge Sialagogue

Analgesic Appetizer Galactogogue Skin

Anaphrodisiac Aromatherapy Haemolytic Sternutatory

Anodyne Aromatic Haemostatic Stimulant

Antacid Astringent Hallucinogenic Stings

Anthelmintic Bach Hepatic Stomachic

Antiaphonic Balsamic Homeopathy Styptic

Antiarthritic Birthing aid Hydrogogue TB

Antiasthmatic Bitter Hypnotic Tonic

Antibacterial Blood purifier Hypoglycaemic Uterine tonic

Antibilious Blood tonic Hypotensive Vasoconstrictor

Antibiotic Cancer Infertility Vasodilator

Anticholesterolemic Cardiac Irritant VD

Anticoagulant Cardiotonic Kidney Vermifuge

Antidandruff Carminative Laxative Vesicant

Antidermatosic Cathartic Lenitive Vulnerary

Antidote Cholagogue Lithontripic Warts

Antiecchymotic Contraceptive Miscellany Women's complaints

Antiemetic Cytostatic Mouthwash Vitamin C

Antifungal Cytotoxic Mydriatic Antiflatulent

Antihaemorrhoidal Decongestant Narcotic Antihistamine

Antihalitosis Demulcent Nervine Anticonvulsant

Antihydrotic Deobstruent Nutritive Antineoplastics

Antiinflammatory Deodorant Odontalgic Appetite Stimulants

Antiperiodic Depurative Ophthalmic Appetite Suppressant

Antiphlogistic Detergent Oxytoxic Antianxiety

Antipruritic Diaphoretic Parasiticide Antipanic

Antipyretic Digestive Pectoral Antipsoriatic

Antirheumatic Disinfectant Plaster Women

Antiscorbutic Diuretic Poultice Antiseborrheic

Antiscrophulatic Emetic Purgative Antiarrhythmic

Antiseptic Emmenagogue Refrigerant Antidepressant

Antispasmodic Emollient Resolvent Antidiarrhoeal

Antitumor Enuresis

Other Uses Help

Adhesive Fire retardant Needles Scourer

Alcohol Friction sticks Oil Shelterbelt

Baby care Fruit ripening Packing Size

Basketry Fuel Paint Soap

Beads Fungicide Paper Soap making

Bedding Furniture Parasiticide Soil conditioner

Besom Green manure Pectin Soil reclamation

Biomass Gum Pencil Soil stabilization

Blotting paper Hair Pins Starch

Bottles Hedge Pioneer Straw

Broom Herbicide Pipes Strewing

Brush Incense Pitch String

Buttons Ink Plant breeding Stuffing

Charcoal Insecticide Plant support Tannin

Cleanser Insulation Plaster Teeth

Compost Kindling Polish Thatching

Containers Lacquer Pollution Tinder

Cork Latex Porcelain Varnish

Cosmetic Leather Potash Waterproofing

Cotton wool Lighting Pot-pourri Wax

Darning ball Lining Preservative Waxed paper

Deodorant Liquid feed Raffia Weather forecasting

Disinfectant Litmus Repellent Weather protection

Dye Microscope Resin Weaving

Essential Miscellany Roofing Wick

Fencing Mordant Rooting hormone Wood

Fertilizer Mulch Rootstock Companion

Fibre Musical Rust Cut flowers

Filter Nails Sandpaper Houseplant

Special Uses

Nitrogen Fixer Scented Plants Food Forest Carbon Farming

Attracts Wildlife Hedge Dynamic accumulator Ground Cover

Carbon Farming The Carbon Farming Solution Read More

Currently mainly warmer climates. More plants added soon.

Management Non-destructive management systems. More

Standard Coppice Managed Multistem Hay Fodder

Staple Crop Food that is eaten routinely and accounts for a dominant part of people's diets. More

Protein Oil Sugar Basic Starch Balanced carb Protein-oil

Industrial Crop. Crops grown for non-food uses (materials, chemicals, and energy). More

Biomass Fiber Oil Cork Glue

Tannin Starch Wax Pesticide Gum

Dye Hydrocarbon Vegetable ivory Medicinal Soap

Agroforestry Services Agriculture incorporating the cultivation of trees and shrubs. More

Nitrogen Contour hedgerow Understory legume Alley crop

Crop shade Living trellis Living fence Windbreak

Fodder Food for cattle and other livestock. More

Bank Intensive Silvopasture Insect Pasture Mast

Pod Fruit

Edible Parts

Apical bud Leaves Pollen Seedpod

Flowers Manna Root Shoots

Fruit Nectar Sap Stem

Inner bark Oil Seed

Properties

Habit

Tree Perennial Bulb Climber

Shrub Annual/Biennial Corm Annual Climber

Annual Annual/Perennial Fern Perennial Climber

Biennial Bamboo Litchen

Decid/Evergreen Deciduous Evergreen

Height 0-10cm 10-50cm 50cm-1m 1m-5m 5m-10m 10m-50m 50m+

Width 0-10cm 10-50cm 50cm-1m 1m-5m 5m-10m 10m-50m 50m+

Hardiness PFAF UK 1 Arctic 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 tropical

How hardy is it on a scale from 1 - 10. One will survive arctic winters, ten is tropical. Cornwall is about eight, but can grow some plants from zone nine. Most of Britain is zone seven, going down to zone six in the north and four in the mountains.

Hardiness USDA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

USDA hardiness zone: a geographically defined area in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by climatic conditions, including its ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone. For Example, a plant that is described as "hardy to zone 10" means that the Plant can withstand a minimum temperature of -1 C(30 F). A more resilient plant that is "Hardy to zone 9" can tolerate a minimum temperature of -7 C(19 F). More>>

Growth Rate Fast Medium Slow

Soil Light(sandy) Medium(Loam) Heavy Heavy Clay Poor Soil

pH Very Acid Acid Neutral Base/Alkaline Very Alkaline Saline

Shade Full Semi None

Full Shade: deep woodland, a north-facing wall etc; Semi Shade: light woodland, a position that is shaded for part of the day etc; No Shade: is unshaded positions.

Moisture Dry Soil Moist Soil Wet or Boggy Soil Water Plants Well-drained Tolerates Drought

Wind Tolerates Maritime Exposure Tolerates Strong Winds Not Wind Tolerant

Tolerates Pollution Y N

Frost Tender Y N

Flowering times and types Month : Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

In Leaf : Flowering time: Seed ripens:

Flower Type Hermaphrodite Monoecious Dioecious Self-fertile