Wildflower Plants (All Species)

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

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, Giant (Campanula latifolia) Plant

• Perennial. Flowers in dense cluster at end of stem, violet-blue.
• Flowers: June-September
• Requires: Hedgerows, edge of woods
• Height: 90 - 150 cm

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

Burnet, Great (Sanguisorba officinalis) Plant

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, 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

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 
  

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.

Common Daisy (Bellis perennis) Plant

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

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, 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.

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Plant

• Perennial. A golden blaze of colour in the May meadows and banks. Flowers composed of bright yellow ray-florets.
• Flowers: April - June
• Requires: Rich meadows, pastures, fields or waste ground. 
• Height: to 50 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 
  

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.

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

Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) 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

Mallow, Musk White (Malva moschata) Plant

• White form of Musk mallow 
• Flowers: July-Aug
• Requires: Sun 
• Height: 30 - 90 cms 

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

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, 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

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

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

Sedge, Cyperus (Carex pseudocyperus) Plant

• Perennial, yellow/green tufted sedge, drooping sausage shaped flowers 
• Flowers: May - June
• Requires: Pond side 
• Height: 60-90cms 

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

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, Common (Rumex acetosa) Plant

• Perennial. Reddish pink flower spikes, arrow shaped leaves turn crimson.
• Component of meadows.
• Flowers: May-Aug.
• Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
• Height: 15-60cm

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

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: 30-60cm

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: 60-100cm

Stitchwort, Greater (Stellaria holostea) Plant

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Plant

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) Plant

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

Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis) Plant

Violet, Dog (Viola riviniana) 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

Annual. Also known as Hay-rattle, hemi-parasite that needs grass to grow. Pale Yellow, mature seed pods rattle.