Dragons in your Garden

Dragons in your Garden

Enhancing your garden: Mix it up

To provide the best amphibian and reptile habitat it's important to create a 'mosaic' of plant heights. Densely planted, low-growing vegetation provides shelter, while more open areas (with short vegetation) provide places for reptiles to bask, in easy reach of cover. Various other species of wildlife will also be attracted to the different 'microhabitats' created.

The structure provided by vegetation is just as important as the types of plants used. Plants that are attractive to insects are generally helpful but cover for amphibians and reptiles can be provided by densely planted garden plants, or areas of lawn allowed to develop into a mini-meadow. Control of trees and scrubby vegetation may be needed to stop the garden becoming too shaded but remember shrubs and hedges are also important habitats.

Take a look at the list of plants used to create our award-winning Dragon's Garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. >>>.