BED 5 - ADAPTABLE PLANTS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Plants with the following characteristics have the most chance of surviving more harsh weather conditions:
- Storms and salt winds: very low lying form, hairy leaves, rosette formation to protect their growing tips, thick cuticles to resist wind damage, narrow leaves to prevent leaf damage.
- Heat and drought: succulents to conserve water, having short life cycles to grow and produce seeds in good weather.
Plant species in Bed 5 may include: Agrimony, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Bloody Cranesbill, Broad-leaved Plantain, Clary, Daisy, Dropwort, Dusky Mullein, Field Scabious, Foxglove, Gorse, Great Mullein, Greater Knapweed, Hedge Bedstraw, Horseshoe Vetch, Lady's Bedstraw, Lesser Knapweed, Meadow Cranesbill, Moth Mullein, Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Musk Mallow, Primrose, Red Clover, Rest Harrow, Rock Samphire, Sea Beet, Sea Buckthorn, Sea Campion, Sea Holly, Sea Kale, Sea Lavender, Sea Mayweed, Sea Stock, Selfheal, Silverweed, Stonecrops, Teasel. Thrift, Thyme, Tree Mallow, Viper's Bugloss, Yarrow, Yellow Horned-poppy.
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