PlantWild

03/06/2026

Planting a mix of native wildflowers and herbaceous perennials is one of the simplest ways to welcome butterflies and moths into your garden.
By growing nectar- rich blooms for adults and larval food plants for caterpillars you can support every stage of their life cycle - boosting local populations and helping biodiversity thrive.🐛🦋

30/05/2026

Adding perennials with interesting foliage brings movement, texture and a soft contrast to areas of your garden.
Here are our top 3 favourites from the nursery which return year after year and offer standout foliage features.
✨Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’ Purple fennel creates an architectural focus growing over 1m tall. The feathery purple-
bronze foliage is followed by small yellow flower heads later in the summer as a bright contrast. Perfect for areas of the garden in full sun.

✨Aruncus dioicus ‘Kneffii’
Cut leaved Goatsbeard is known for its delicate lacy leaves that sway in the breeze, topped with long wavy plumes of creamy white flowers. A beautiful complement to bright borders in sun or part shade, where the soil stays damp.

✨Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’
Russian sage features silvery grey stems and leaves which carry pretty violet- blue flower spikes in late summer. Thriving in sun and well drained soil, pair with purples blues and whites for a pollinator friendly garden.

Choose your favourite foliage plants direct from the nursery- we are open Wednesday- Saturday each week .

Our garden-ready range includes Herbaceous perennials, Native wildflowers, Ornamental grasses and ferns. Plants for sun or shade - we are always happy to help!

📍Find us at BA8 0DA: PlantWild at The Blooming Wild Plant Nursery between Templecombe and Wincanton.
See you soon🌸🌼🌱

27/05/2026

Volunteer Opportunity at PlantWild, The Blooming Wild Plant Nursery 🌿

We’re looking for a friendly and enthusiastic volunteer to join us at the nursery over the summer season 🌸

This could suit:
🌱 A student looking to gain horticultural work experience.
🌱 Someone retired who enjoys gardening, and being outdoors.
🌱 Anyone with a love of plants, nature and wildlife-friendly gardening

This is mainly to help in our demonstration garden area to include tidying, plant care, weeding & watering.

No formal experience is needed — just a willingness to learn and enjoy time outdoors on a plant nursery 😊

A lovely opportunity to spend time surrounded by plants, pollinators and like-minded people 🌼

If you’re interested, please get in touch:
*send us a message ,
*email [email protected] or
*pop into the nursery for a chat.
📍Find us at BA8 0DA just 15minutes from Wincanton and Templecombe

Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested 🌿

26/05/2026

The Shade Tunnel is the place to be as the temperatures soar 🔥 cool, calm and a haven for the plants that prefer cooler roots and softer light.
A tranquil home for our shade lovers: native ferns, woodland grasses, native wildflowers, hostas and shade‑tolerant perennials this is where they flourish.🌱🌱🌱

23/05/2026

We have the perfect plants for a sunny weekend in the garden, ready to brighten any outdoor space.
Here’s our top 3 perennials this week to give you instant impact and bring sunshine to every corner of the garden.👇

~ Achillea ‘Moonshine’
~ Salvia x sylvestris ‘Viola Klose’
~ Astrantia major ‘Rose symphony’

Ideal for :
✨ Long lasting colour
✨ Planting beds and borders
✨ Pollinator friendly blooms
✨ Returning year after year

Pop along to the nursery and find the plants you love. We grow a wide selection of Herbaceous perennials, Native wildflowers and Ornamental grasses.

📍Find us at BA8 0DA just 15minutes from Bruton, Wincanton and Sherborne
Open Wednesday - Saturday

22/05/2026

👀Here’s our latest Newsletter ready to read
🌸 Happy weekend from all The PlantWild Team.

Welcome to this month’s edition of Notes from the Nursery — your seasonal guide to creating a thriving wildlife garden. Each month we share practical tips, behind‑the‑scenes glimpses from the nursery, and a first look at new or seasonal offers.

20/05/2026

Our Garden club presentation ‘Attracting Pollinators to your Garden across the Seasons’ last night was at Hazelbury Bryan in Dorset.
Such a lovely, welcoming Garden group - interested in our talk and in browsing our pollinator friendly plants from the nursery; all ready to plant and to start attracting more wildlife to their outdoor space.

Much of the talk fitted perfectly with World Bee today raising awareness of how important bees and other pollinators are to people and the planet.
Here’s 3 top tips we can all do to help protect and increase pollinators:
🐝Plant bee friendly plants across the seasons
🐝Plant native wildflowers to blend into your space.
🐝Plant for habitat creation

16/05/2026

It’s Foxglove season and there’s no better perennial for adding a wonderful elegance to the garden.
And of course their flowers are fantastic for pollinating insects to forage.
Plant at the back of a border to add a Foxglove focus or weave through the centre to create a Foxglove flow.
Our top 3 choices from the nursery this week:
✨ Digitalis ‘Suttons Apricot’ - a soft apricot- peach
✨ Digitalis ‘Pink Panther ‘ - with rose pink blooms
✨ Digitalis purpurea - the native foxglove in deep purple

We are open today from 10am -4pm and weekly Wednesday - Saturday .
Come and visit to find your favourite Foxglove with more beautiful perennials and wildflowers ready to plant in your garden.

📍Find us just 15 minutes from Sherborne, Bruton and Wincanton An ideal destination to combine with a visit to Hauser and Wirth or The Newt .

13/05/2026

A beautiful Sunday at RHS Malvern last weekend, full of colour, ideas and favourite garden moments.
Extra special taking mum - the lifelong gardener who started it all for me.

09/05/2026

Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is one of our favourite wildflowers this month.

Found growing in damp meadows, pond margins, stream edge or wetland, the delicate pale pink flowers are a beautiful site.

🌸 This pretty wildflower is also known by other common names including Lady’s smock or May flower and you can see why.

👀 Look out for the Orange tip butterfly nearby whose catapillars feed on the leaves. Its nectar rich blooms attract bees, and hoverflies too and it provides vital forage at a time when insects are emerging .