Here is a list of wildflowers, native shrubs and climbing plants that can be used to create a sensory garden. They all have different characteristics that excite our senses: touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing. A sensory garden is a very good way for able and less able children to learn about the variety of plants.
Plants | Description | Sensation | Wildlife Value |
Agrimony |
Spikes of yellow flowers |
Colour |
Birds |
Bladder Campion |
Bright yellow flowers |
Smell |
Bats, moths |
Borage |
Hairy with blue flowers |
Colour, touch |
Bats, moths, bees |
Briza Media |
Quaking grass |
Sound |
- |
Buddleia |
Flowers in purple clusters |
Smell |
Butterflies |
Bugle |
Low plant for shady places |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Burdock |
Sticky seed heads |
Touch |
- |
Carex Pendula |
Pendulous sedge in damp areas |
Sound |
- |
Catmint |
Fragrant |
Smell |
- |
Comfrey |
Hairy herb |
Touch |
- |
Common Chamomile |
Fragrant white flowers |
Smell |
- |
Cowslip |
Yellow bells |
Colour |
Butterflies, moths |
Curry Plant |
Aromatic leaves |
Smell |
- |
Evening Primrose |
Yellow flowers |
Smell |
Bats, moths |
Fennel |
Aromatic herb |
Taste |
- |
Feverfew |
Pungent leaves, daisy flower |
Smell |
- |
Fleabane |
Woolly with yellow flowers |
Colour, touch |
Butterflies |
Forget-me-not |
Tiny blue flowers |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Garlic Chives |
Garlic flavoured herb |
Taste |
- |
Geranium |
Fragrant with blue/pink flowers |
Colour, smell |
Butterflies |
Goldenrod |
Yellow flowers |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Hemp Agrimony |
Fluffy seed heads, damp areas |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Honeysuckle |
Climber |
Smell |
Bats, moths |
Hyssop |
Spikes, blue flowers |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Lambs Ear |
Soft leaves |
Touch |
- |
Lavender |
Fragrant herb |
Smell |
- |
Lemon Balm |
Lemon fragrance |
Smell |
- |
Marjoram |
Aromatic leaves, small pink flowers |
Smell, taste |
Bats, moths, bees |
Mint |
Refreshing herb |
Smell, taste |
- |
Mousear |
Tiny white flowers |
Touch |
Bats, moths |
Night Scented Stock |
Fragrant flowers |
Smell |
Bats, moths |
Oregano |
Aromatic herb |
Smell, taste |
- |
Ox-eye Daisy |
Large white flowers |
Colour |
Bees |
Purple Toadflax |
Purple flowers |
Colour |
Bees |
Pussy Willow |
Shrub with soft catkins |
Touch |
- |
Red Valerian |
Fragrant red flowers |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Rosemary |
Aromatic herb |
Smell, taste |
- |
Sage |
Aromatic herb |
Smell, taste |
- |
Salad Burnet |
Edible leaves |
Taste |
- |
Salsify |
Giant seed 'clocks' like dandelions |
Colour, touch |
- |
Snapdragon |
Yellow flowers |
Colour |
Butterflies |
Spring Sedge |
Ribbed leaves |
Touch |
- |
Sticky Catchfly |
Sticky shoots, pink flowers |
Smell, touch |
Bats, moths |
Teasel |
Spiky heads in autumn |
Touch |
Butterflies |
Thyme |
Aromatic leaves |
Smell, taste |
Bats, moths, butterflies |
White Campion |
White flowers |
Smell |
Bats, moths, earwigs, bees |
Wild Garlic |
Leaves smell of garlic |
Smell, taste |
- |
Yellow Rattle |
Dried seed heads rattle |
Sound |
- |
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