THE REWILDING Perennial Plant Bundle: Elder, Weeping Willow, Silver Birch & Dog Rose

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Elder blossom in June, rose hips burning red in October, silver bark catching the winter light - four natives that give something to the land in every season.


4 weed mats are included which will protect your young plants, made from coconut shell fibre.

Britain's ancient hedgerows and woodland edges were not planted by designers- they grew themselves, guided by centuries of ecological wisdom. This bundle brings together four of the most important native species in that living tradition: plants that provide food, shelter, and corridor for wildlife; that have anchored British folklore for a thousand years; and that will ask almost nothing of you once established.

ELDER (Sambucus nigra) is perhaps the most storied tree in the British Isles - a whole pharmacy, larder, and mythology wrapped in a single plant. The flowers make wine, cordial, and fritters; the berries are rich in antioxidants and have been used medicinally for centuries. Plant Elder at the threshold of your rewilding space and let it anchor everything around it.

WEEPING WILLOW (Salix babylonica) is one of the fastest-growing trees you can plant, providing rapid canopy, deep roots that stabilise banks and boggy ground, and cascading branches that create shelter and dappled shade within just a few seasons. A keystone species for wetland edges, pond margins, and any ground that holds moisture.
SILVER BIRCH (Betula pendula) is a pioneer- one of the first trees to colonise open ground, creating the conditions under which slower woodland species can follow. Its papery white bark is unmistakable through winter; its catkins are among the earliest pollen sources for emerging bees. Birch supports over 300 species of invertebrate and its light canopy allows wildflowers to thrive beneath.

DOG ROSE (Rosa canina) threads through British hedgerows with an almost defiant wildness- scrambling, arching, reaching for light with thorned stems that provide some of the best nesting cover available for small birds. The flowers are a generous source of nectar in early summer; the hips that follow are among the most vitamin C-rich foods in the British flora, beloved of fieldfares, redwings, and blackbirds through the hungry months of winter. Traditionally used in hedgerow syrups, rosehip tea, and herbal medicine.

Together these four plants form a living system: Elder and Dog Rose providing dense shrubby cover and food at ground level; Willow and Birch reaching upward to create canopy, dappled light, and the structural diversity that wildlife depends on. Suitable for woodland edges, hedgerow planting, rewilding plots, pond margins, and any space where you want to give the land back to nature.