101. JASMINUM OFFICINALE White Jasmine
From the Near East in Tudor times, mentioned by Gerard and Parkinson and immortalised by Cowper, as well as Spenser and Shakespeare. White fragrant flowers in summer. Can go up to 30ft, but controllable. Sun

102. KNAUTIA ARVENSIS Field Scabious
British native plant with blue pincushion flowers all summer. H2ft Sun

103. LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS Everlasting Pea
Grown since the 16th century. Sprays of magenta pink flowers in summer. H8ft. Sun

104. LATHYRUS VERNUS Spring Flowering Pea
From Europe and grown in Britain since 1629. A bushy plant with neat foliage and purple and blue flowers in April and May. A pink and white flowered form also in garden H1.5ft Sun

105. LAURUS NOBLIS Sweet Bay
From the Mediterranean in 1562. Aromatic leaves, used for thousands of years in cooking. The Greeks and Romans used wreaths of Bay to crown victorious sportsmen. Both berries and leaves were used in medicine for all manner of ailments, including chest complaints, 'women's troubles', sprains and bruises. The trees were also believed to have protective properties; Culpeper said "neither witch nor devil, thunder nor lightening, will hurt a man where a bay tree is". They are often grown in tubs and used for topiary.

106. LAVANDULA SPICA ALBA
The white flowered form of Old English Lavender, grown since Tudor times. H2ft Sun

107. LAVANDULA SPICA GRAPPENHALL
Once known as Gigantic Lavender Cultivated since 1799 and formally known as L.Gigantea. Purple flowers on long spikes in late summer. H3.5ft Sun

108. LAVENDULA STOECHAS French Lavender
Grown by Gerard by 1596. Needs a sheltered spot in sun. H2ft Sun

109. LINARIA PURPUREA Toadflax
Brought from Europe in 1648. Purple flowers on long stems, throughout the summer. It grows like a weed in this garden, self-seeding everywhere.

110. LINUM PERENNE Native Flax
Sky blue flowers in summer. 1.5 ft Sun

111. LIPPIA CITRIODORA Lemon Verbena
The most intense and delicious scent to find on a plant. Introduced from Chile in 1784. Bring indoors for winter. Makes a delicious herbal tea. Can reach 10ft Sun

112. LONICERA ETRUSCA Honeysuckle
From the Mediterranean in 1750. Creamy-yellow flowers with tints of burgundy. Up to 20ft. Sun/shade

113. LONICERA PERICLYMENUM Wild Honeysuckle Woodbine
Once common in hedgerows and woodland. Deliciously scented flowers in July and August. Up to 20ft Shade

114. LONICERA SEROTINA Late Dutch Honeysuckle
Grown since the 17th century. Flowers deep red outside and cream inside. Up to 15ft. Sun

115. LOTUS CORNICULATUS Birds Foot Trefoil
Native plant with yellow flowers, all summer. Useful ground cover for poor dry soil. Self seeds. H8" Sun

116. LUNARIA BIENNIS ALBA VARIEGATA White Variegated Honesty
Takes its name from the round 'moonlike' seed pods. Known by Gerard as the White Satin Flower thus known in Britain since as least 1595. Branching spires of white flowers in summer. A biennial and good for light, shade and poor soil, self seeds. Young plants do not show variegated foliage until the second year. H3ft Sun/shade

117. LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA Maltese Cross
From E. Russia in 1593. Brilliant scarlet flower heads on erect stems in midsummer. Each floret is shaped like a Maltese cross H2.5ft Sun or part shade

118. LYCHNIS CORONARIA ALBA White Flowered Campion
Silver foliage. A 16th century plant.

119. LYCHNIS VISCARIA SPLENDENS PLENA Sticky Catchfly
Neat clumps of dark foliage with large clusters of frilly double pink flowers in May/June. H1ft Sun

120. LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA Creeping Jenny Moneywort
Native ground cover plant with round glossy leaves, hence the name Moneywort. Buttercup flowers all summer. H3" Sun/shade