Wildflower Plants (All Species)

Agrimony, Common (Agrimonia eupatoria) Plant

Agrimony, Hemp (Eupatorium cannabinum) Plant

• Perennial. A tall stately plant with masses of white-pink flowers, an excellent butterfly plant attracting large numbers in late summer. 
• Flower: July - September
• Requires: Damp, riverbanks, pond margins
• Height: 60-120 cm
  

Angelica, Wild(Angelica sylvestris) Plant

• Perennial. Tall hairless plant can grow to 2m, large leaves
  
• Stems hollow and purplish , flowers white or pink
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Damp meadows, wet woodlands, fenland
• Height: Up to 2m

Avens, Water (Geum rivale) Plant

Avens, Wood (Geum urbanum) Plant

Basil, Wild (Clinopodium vulgare) Plant

• Perennial. Downy and faintly aromatic with whirls of pinkish purple,
• Good bee plant.
• Flowers: March - May
• Requires: Part/full shade
• Height: 30-60cm

Bedstraw, Hedge (Galium mollugo) Plant

• Perennial.Small, white starry flowers, best clambering up hedges or shrubs.
• Sweetly scented.
• Flowers: July to August
• Requires: Well drained, dry soil
• Height: 30-60 cm. 

Bedstraw, Lady's (Galium verum) Plant

Bellflower, Clustered (Campanula glomerata) Plant

• Perennial. Flowers in dense cluster at end of stem, violet-blue.
• Flowers: June-September
• Requires: Dry Grassland/meadow, edge of woods
• Height: 40 - 50 cms
  

Bellflower, Nettle-leaved (Campanula trachelium) Plant

Betony (Stachys officinalis) Plant

• Perennial. Attractive leaves and many stems smothered in brilliant reddish-purple flowers
• Adored by bees
• Flowers: June onwards
• Requires: Well drained sunny
• Height: 30cm
  
  

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Plants

Burnet, Great (Sanguisorba officinalis) Plant

Burnet, Salad (Sanguisorba minor) Plant

• Perennial. An attractive rosette of leaves which smell of cucumber when crushed.
• Unusual purple tinged flowers.
• Flowers: May-August
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 30cm.
 

Burnet, Saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga) Plant

• Perennial. Has a finely-ribbed stem and mostly rounded leaf lobes.
• Flowers: May - September.
• Requires: Dry grassland, heaths and open woodland, not acid soils.
• Height: 50 - 100cm.

Buttercup, Bulbous (Ranunculus bulbosus) Plant

Buttercup, Meadow (Ranunculus acris) Plant

• Perennial. The tallest and most graceful of all the buttercups.
• Glossy yellow flowers, superb growing in association with Ragged Robin.
• Flowers: May - September
• Requires: Damp sun.
• Height: 30-90cm

Campion, Bladder (Silene vulgaris) Plant

• Perennial. An unusual plant with white, slightly drooping flowers above a purplish veined bladder.
• A nectar plant for butterflies.
• Flowers: June-August.
• Requires: well drained soil and full sun
• Height: 22-40cm

Campion, Red (Silene dioica) Plant

• Perennial. A lovely specimen to brighten hedgerows, meadows and shady spots in the garden.
• Bright rose-pink flowers
• Flowers: April - September
• Requires: Part shade
• Height: 30-60cm

Campion, Sea (Silene maritima) Plant

Campion, White (Silene alba) Plant

• Perennial, pure white flowers.
• Often growing on the edge of cornfields, hedgerows and waste ground.
• Flowers: May - October
• Requires: Sun
• Height: To about 1m

Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota) Plant

• Biennial with white umbelliferous flowers with a pink tinge.
• Good for drying.
• Looks good growing with scabious.
• Flowers: June - October
• Requires: Sun/well-drained soil.
• Height: 30-40cm

Cat's-ear, Common (Hypochaeris radicata) Plant

• Perennial. A good meadow component with rich yellow flowers and dandelion-like seed heads
• Flowers: May to September
• Requires: Sun/Part shade
• Height: 30-45cm

Catchfly, Nottingham (Silene nutans) Plant

• Drooping white, delicate night scented flowers
• Appealing to moths
• Flowers: May to July 
• Requires: Dry place in the sun 
• Height: 25-60cm

Chamomile, Lawn (Anthemis nobilis) Plant

• A pleasantly aromatic plant with small, white, daisy-like flowers
• Can be used as ground cover and does look a lot like a grass lawn 
• Flowers: June-August
• Requires: Sunny position with well-drained soil
• Height: 10-20cm, plant 10cm apart (75 plugs/m2)

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Plant

• Star-like, delicate clear blue flowers
• Grow against a wall or fence for best effect
• Flowers: June onwards 
• Requires: Grows in most soils
• Height: 30-90cm 

Clary, Meadow (Salvia pratensis) Plant

• Perennial. Soft hairy plant to about 1m with violet-blue flowers.
• Flowers: May - August
• Requires: Dry Grassland, Hay meadows, grassy paths
• Height: 80 - 100 cm 
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Clover, Wild Red (Trifolium pratense) Plant

Clover, Wild White (Trifolium repens) Plant

• Perennial. Evergreen creeping plant, 3-lobed leaves. White flowers, 10mm, smelling faintly of honey. Found in garden lawns - will stay greener during drought conditions.
• Attracts bees and other insects when in flower
• Flowers: May - September.
• Requires: Found in all types of grassland, lawns, waste ground, footpaths.
• Height: 10-20cm, but will adapt to being cut short in a lawn. 

Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) Plant

• Perennial. Long stalked with long-spurred blue-violet flowers.
• Flowers: June - July.
• Requires: Woodland edges and roadsides, damp woods, dry and damp grasslands.
• Height: to about 60cm

Cowslip (Primula veris) Plant

• Perennial. Flowers scented 10-15mm, clustered on a long, leafless stem.
  
• Deep yellow with orange markings in centre.
• Flowers: April - May.
• Requires: Dry Grassland & scrubland, not acid soils.
• Height: 15 - 30cm.

Cranesbill, Meadow (Geranium pratense) Plant

• Perennial. Large purplish veined flowers, 30mm.
  
• Flowers usually in pairs on longer stems.
• Flowers: July - August.
• Requires: Meadows, woods. Damp-dry, none acidic soils.
• Height: 50-100cm.
  

Daisy (Bellis perennis) Plant

• Perennial. One of our best-known lawn wild flowers.
• Flowers: June - September.
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 4-6 cms 

Daisy, Ox-eye (Leucanthemum vulgare) Plant

• A well known popular wild flower with lovely, large, white daisy flowers.
• Also known as the Dog Daisy.
• Seen in meadows and along roadsides.
• Flowers: May - September
• Requires: Sun well-drained soil.
• Height: 30 - 60 cm.

Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) Plant

• Perennial. Fern-like leaves and foamy cream flowers opening from pink buds
• Flowers: May - August
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 60-90cm

Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Plant

• Biennial. Leaves toothed or with entire margins. Yellow flowers 2-3 cms wide. Tolerant of infertile soils.
• Flowers: June - October
• Requires: Sun
• Height: Up to 1m 
  

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Plant

• Daisy like bright yellow flowers
• Ideal for deep shaded areas  
• Flowers: July onwards 
• Requires: Part shade to deep shade
• Height: 15-45cm

Figwort, Water (Scrophularia aquatica) Plant

• Perennial. Tall, narrow spike that has dark reddish, brown flowers
• Flowers: June - September
• Requires: Damp woods, hedges, damp soil
• Height: 60-120cm

Fleabane, Common (Pulicaria dysenterica) Plant

• Perennial. Soft hairy plant, arrow shaped leaves with underground runners. Lower leaves start dying near flowering time. Yellow flower 15-30mm.
• Flowers: July-September
• Requires: Damp meadows, riverbanks, marshes
• Height: 30-60 cm.

Forget-me-not, Wood (Myosotis sylvativa) - Plant

• Perennial. Hairy plant with leafy stem. Corolla blue, at 5-8 mm across, opening out flat.
• Flowers: May - July
• Requires: Meadows, open and damp deciduous woodland. Damp-moist soil, not acid.
• Height: 30-40cm 
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Foxglove, Wild (Digitalis purpurea) Plant

• Found in open woods, clearings, footpaths; on acid soils.
  
• This species is a typical biennial, the flowering stem grows up in the second year
  
• The plant normally dies after the seeds have been dispersed. 
• Flowers: June-September 
• Requires: Sun or light shade and well drained soil
• Height: 60 - 150 cm

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Plant

• Biennial. Also known as Hedge Garlic and Jack-by-the-hedge. Hairless plant smelling of garlic when crushed. Leaves toothed and heart-shaped, long stalked.
• White flowers in a leafless cluster.
• Flowers: April - July.
• Requires: Damp deciduous woods and scrub, hedgerows. Moist-dry soils.
• Height: 30-80cm.
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Goat's-Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) Plant

Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) Plant

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) Plant

Hawkbit, Autumn (Leontodon autumnalis) Plant

Hawkbit, Rough (Leontodon hispidus) Plant

Hawkweed, Spotted (Hieracium maculatum) Plant

Hyssop, Anise (Agastache foeniculum) Plant

Iris, Yellow-Flag (Iris pseudacorus) Plant

Knapweed, Common (Centaurea nigra) Plant

• Perennial. Thistle-like purple flowers, looks good with ox-eye daisies, also known as Lesser Knapweed.
• Flowers: June - September.
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
• Height: 30-60cm

Knapweed, Greater (Centaurea scabiosa) Plant

• Perennial. A plant with purple flowers, looks good with scabious, ox-eye daisy and musk mallow
• Flowers: June - September
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil
• Height: 30-60cm

Loosestrife, Purple (Lythrum salicaria) Plant

Mallow, Common (Malva sylvestris) Plant

• Perennial. Very showy, tough plant with a profusion of pink/purple flowers.
• Flowers: May - September
• Requires: Well drained soils, footpaths, waste ground
• Height: 30 - 90 cms 

Mallow, Musk (Malva moschata) Plant

Marigold, Corn (Chrysanthemum segetum) Plant

Marigold, Marsh (Caltha palustris) Plant

• Perennial. Hairless plant, leaves broad, shiny and heart shaped with long stalks. Flowers bright shiny yellow, to 5cm across.
• Flowers: March - August.
• Requires: Wet meadows or wet woodlands, stream sides, wet/damp soils.
• Height: 25 - 50 cm 

Marjoram, Wild (Origanum vulgare) Plant

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) Plant

• Perennial. A lovely plant for the bog or moist garden.
• Foamy clusters of small, sweetly fragrant, cream flowers.
• Flowers: June-Sept.
• Requires: Sun and damp soil.
• Height: Up to 2m tall

Mignonette, Wild (Reseda lutea) Plant

• Mignonette - French for little darling.
• Hairless plant, wavy leaves and yellow/greenish flowers.
• Flowers: May-October
• Requires: Sun. Waste ground and field margins.
• Height: 25 -60 cm
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Mint, Water (Mentha aquatica) Plant

• Perennial. Aromatic plant with minty smell. Purple stems with dense flower clusters at the end of each stem.
• Flowers: July to October
• Requires: Wet meadows, wet woodlands, marshes, river banks. Usually on calcareous soils. 
• Height: 60-80cm

Mullein, Dark (Verbascum nigrum) Plant

Mullein, Great (Verbascum thapsus) Plant

• Biennial. Very tall, covered in white, woolly hairs. Long leaves, pale-yellow flowers on short stalks, grouped together on a dense spike.
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Woodland margins, clearings, disturbed weedy areas. Prefers dry soil.
• Height: 1m - 1.8m

Mullein, Moth (Verbascum blattaria) Plant

• Biennial. Prefers a sunny position in poorer soil
• Pink or white flowers up the stalk 
• Flowers: June onwards 
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 60-100cm

Plantain, Hoary (Plantago media) Plant

• A grass-like perennial with a 5cm spike of small vanilla scented pinkish-purple flowers.
• Good reliable meadow subject.
• Flowers: June-August.
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
• Height: 30 cm.

Plantain, Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) Plant

Poppy, Common (Papaver rhoeas) Plants

Primrose, Wild (Primula vulgaris) Plant

• A native perennial common throughout the British Isles.
• Grows in woods, hedgebanks and grassy places.
• Flowers: February - May
• Height: 20-30 cm. 
• The name comes from prima rosa - first rose.

Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) Plant

• A lovely perennial with dainty pink flowers with 'ragged' petals.
• Looks terrific in a wetland meadow with meadow buttercup.
• Flowers: May-July
• Requires: Damp soil and sun.
• Height: 30-60cm

Sage, Clary (Salvia sclarea) Plant

Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia) Plant

Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia) Plant

• Perennial. A bushy meadow plant with cone-shaped spikes. Aromatic perennial with masses dark red flowers turning to  pink.
• A good butterfly plant.
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Sun and well drained soil, found in meadows and along footpaths
• Height: 40 - 50 cm

Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) Plant

• Perennial. Similar to Knapweed. Violet-red flowers size 1.5cms.
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Grasslands, open woods, damp-moist calcareous soils
  
• Height: Up to 1 m tall.

Scabious, Devil's-bit (Succisa pratensis) Plant

Scabious, Field (Knautia arvensis) Plant

• Perennial. Blue-lilac 'pincushion' flowers in summer.
• Looks attractive with ox-eye daisies.
• A nectar plant for butterflies & bees.
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Sun and well drained soil.
• Height: 30-90 cm
  

Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria) Plant

• Perennial. A compact small plant with pale blue flowers, plants are a magnet for butterflies.
• Flowers: July - August
• Requires: Lime-rich soil and sun.
• Height: 30cm

Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis Arvensis) Plant

Sedge, False Fox (Carex otrubae) Plant

• Perennial, spikey flowers of yellow, green and pale brown
• Flowers: June-July 
• Requires: Damp
• Height: 60-90cms 

Sedge, Pendulous (Carex pendula) Plant

• Perennial. Tussock and rhizome forming, spreading plant, leaves to 22mm wide, drooping.
• Flowers: May - June
• Requires: Woods, damp-moist soil, not acid. Light-heavy shade.
• Height: 100 - 140 cms 

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) Plant

• A perennial with a purple-violet flower.
• Self-seeds readily.
• Flowers: June on.
• Requires: Sun or semi-shade
• Height: Up to 20cm.

Sheepsbit (Jasione montana) Plant

• Biennial. Produces masses of delicate blue scabious flowers
• Self-seeds in agreeable conditions 
• Flowers: May
• Requires: Sun, slightly acid soils and well-drained
• Height: 20cms
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Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) Plant

• Perennial. Leaves narrow, pointed and finely toothed.
  
• Small flower heads in loose clusters.
• Flowers: July - September
• Requires: Grasslands, marshes, damp soil. Not calcareous soils.
• Height: 25 - 50 cms

Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) Plant

Sorrel, Sheep's (Rumex acetosella) Plant

Speedwell, Birdseye (Veronica chamaedrys) Plant

• Perennial.Visually great, admirable woodland edge or informal lawn subject with spikes of vivid azure flowers 
• Flowers: April-July 
• Requires: Well-drained soil
• height:10-20cms
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Speedwell, Spiked (Veronica spicata) Plant

• Perennial.Great for use in a border with long spikes of brilliant blue flowers 
• Flowers: July onwards 
• Requires:Sun and well-drained soil
• height:30-60cms

St John's-Wort, Common (Hypericum perforatum) Plant

• Perennial. A shrub-like plant with clusters of golden yellow flowers.
• Flowers: July on.
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soils.
• Height: 30-60cm

St John's-Wort, Hairy (Hypericum hirsutum) Plant

• Perennial. Hairs on stems and on both sides of leaves distinguish this specie. Flowers pale-yellow and quite large (to 1.5cm across).
• Flowers: July - August.
• Requires: Damp woods, scrub, shaded areas, usually on calcareous soils.
• height: 60-100 cms

Stitchwort, Greater (Stellaria holostea) Plant

Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca) Plant

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Plant

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) Plant

Thyme, Wild (Thymus polytrichus) Plant

Toadflax, Common (Linaria vulgaris) Plant

Toadflax, Purple (Linaria purpurea) Plant

Trefoil, Bird's-foot (Lotus corniculatus) Plant

• Perennial. Also known as 'Eggs and Bacon'
  
• Clusters of yellow/orange pea-like flowers.
• Flowers: May - October.
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
• Height: 15-25cm

Trefoil, Greater Bird's-foot (Lotus uliginosus) Plant

Valerian, Red (Centranthus ruber) Plant

Vetch, Common (Vicia sativa) Plant

• Perennial. Found in the woods, copious amounts of small pink-purplish flowers
• A long flowering period.
• Flowers: June-September 
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 45cm
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Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria) Plant

• Perennial. Showy yellow flowers and a hairy calyx.
• A long flowering period.
• Flowers: May on.
• Requires: Open sunny position chalk or limestone preferred.
• Height: 7-15cm.

Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca) Plant

• Perennial. Pink/purple to blue/purple flowers 
• Ideal for meadows, agricultural fields and woodland margins
• Flowers: June-September 
• Requires: Sun
• Height: 60-120cm.

Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis) Plant

Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) Plant

Wallflower, wild (Cheiranthus cheriri) Plant

Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica) Plant

Woundwort, Marsh (Stachys palustris) Plant

• Perennial. 4-angled sparsely hairy stem, leaves heart shaped at the base. Corolla pale-purple/pink with dark spots on lower lip.
• Flowers: June - September
• Requires: Banks, wet meadows, ditches, wet fields, fenland. 

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Plant

• Perennial. White or pinkish, aromatic flowers.
• Flowers: June - October
• Requires: Sun, rich meadows, pastures
• Height: 40 – 55 cm.

Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor) Plant