All Wildflower Species

Unlike other Plantains, Hoary Plantain produces a pinky-white flower with a delicate scent. It is a perennial found in chalk grassland and lime-rich meadows.

• Height: 20 - 30cm
• Flowers: June - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 2,000

A scrambling biennial found in dry grassland often by the sea. The unusual yellow woolly flowers attract a multitude of butterflies and bees and it is the larval food plant for the Small Blue Butterfly.

• Height: 7 - 15cm
• Flowers: May - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 350

Beautiful yellow flowers found in clumps on the sides of country roads. Very common perennial found in sandy soils. Dried seed heads with their recognizable scent are useful for flower arranging. Widely used in days gone by to curdle milk for cheese making.

• Height: 30 - 45cm 
• Flowers: July - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Seeds ...

The most majestic of the three common Buttercup species native to Britain. Its pale yellow flowers are a familiar sight in traditional meadows and grasslands on damp soils. There is a species of Solitary Bee, which uses the flowers to sleep in.

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Flowers: May - September
• Soil Requirement: Damp
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 500

A locally common native perennial found on roadsides and in meadows. The large blue flowers are attractive to Bumblebees, Honey Bees and Solitary Wasps. It is particularly hardy and will compete with grasses.

• Height: 60 - 100cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
• Seeds per gram: 120 

Straggling plant, flowers weakly scented, yellow flowers 2cm long, branched tendrils. Fruit a blackish hairless pod to 4cm long. Also known as "Meadow Pea".

• Height: 50 - 100cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Wet and moist 
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 100

A common tall perennial found in damp meadows, ditches and river-banks. Its fluffy cream flowers have a strong, heady, sweet aroma. In medieval times the plant was crushed and used as a pain relief as the chemicals it contains are similar to aspirin.

• Height: 60 - 120cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Moist
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Seeds per gram: 1...

A stunning pink native perennial found at the sides of roads and in sandy grasslands, a very social flower that grows well alongside other summer flowering wildflowers. It is attractive to both butterflies and bees and produces a faint musky smell during the evening.

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Flowers: July - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gra...

Often seen carpeting road verges and railway embankments with white and gold blooms. This common native perennial is also known as Moon Daisy or Dog Daisy and attracts butterflies, bees and other insects.

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 3,000 

Found along the banks of rivers, streams and ponds or in marshes this tall perennial is striking with its bright magenta flowers. It is a favourite of foraging bees and is the larval food plant of the Small Elephant Hawkmoth.

• Height: 60 - 150cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Moist
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Seeds per gram: 13,000

The deeply cut pink petals of this native perennial are highly attractive to butterflies and bees. It can be found in damp woodland, meadows and pond edges.

• Height: 30 - 70cm
• Flowers: May - July
• Soil Requirement: Damp
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Seed per gram: 5,400

A classic hedgerow and woodland edge perennial found across the whole of Britain. The flowers are usually a deep pink colour but can also be white or pale pink. The Latin name ‘Silene’ is after the merry, drunken god of woodlands.

• Height: 30 - 90cm
• Flowers: May - June
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Partial shade 
• Seeds per gram: 800

A long-lasting, hardy perennial that provides pink-purple petals standing proud on red-tinted foliage. A firm favourite with bees and butterflies, Red Deadnettle will flower early to provide a great source of pollen and nectar.

• Height: 10 - 30cm 
• Flowers: March - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 1,000

A bushy meadow plant with cone-shaped spikes. Aromatic perennial with masses dark red flowers turning to pink. This flower thrives in the bright sunshine and is a low-growing specie. 

• Height: 40 - 50cm
• Flowers: July - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 70

As its name suggests the leaves can be eaten in salads. It is a perennial with a strange almost round flower head, which is pollinated by the wind. It can be found in a variety of dry calcareous grasslands.

• Height: 20 - 50cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained 
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 300 

A very common short-lived perennial found in a variety of habits including grassland, woodland and garden lawns. Its creeping stems can spread over a wide area producing brilliant purple blooms.

• Height: 20 - 30cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist 
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
• Seeds per gram: 1,400

Reddish pink flower spikes, though smaller than Common Sorrel, and with daintier leaves. Upright, slender stems with scarlet-pink petals with leaves can be used as flavourings in food. 

• Height: 7 - 25cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, acidic
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 2,500

An attractive perennial with short to medium height wildflowers with ruffed white flowers of the yarrow family.

Height: 25 - 50cm

Prefers: Damp or waterlogged soils

Flowers: July - September

Seeds per gram: 4200

Sowing Rate: 3g/sqm

A native biennial found on rough grassland, roadsides and wastelands. In the first season, it produces a rosette of sharp spikey leaves. In the second year it puts up a spiny flower head with a band of mauve flowers. It is particularly attractive to insects and seed-eating birds such as Goldfinches and Siskins.

• Height: 60 - 200cm
• Flowers: July - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, mo...

Yellow perennial flower found in roadsides, wasteplaces, grassy places, cultivated fields and sometimes woods.

Height: 30-60cm

Requires: Sun/light shade.

Flowers: Jun - Oct

Seeds per gram: 7000 

Sowing Rate: 3g/sqm

Sprawling perennial plant with masses of small pea-like purple flowers, the sweet pea of the meadow. A showy bright blue-violet flower, that performs best when sown with other tall flora.

• Height: 60 - 120cm
• Flowers: June - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 100

A beautiful native biennial commonly found in rough grassy areas close to the coast and sand dunes. The striking bright blue flowers are a favourite with bumblebees and day-flying moths.

• Height: 25 - 75cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained 
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 230

A hairy branched perennial found on disturbed ground throughout the UK. The white flowers are visited by moths and produce a faint smell at night.

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: May - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Partial shade
• Seeds per gram: 800

A common annual or biennial plant of downs and roadsides, its leaves are a common sight in neglected vegetable gardens. The cultivated form provides the edible kitchen carrot.  When the wild carrot begins to fruit, it is at its most distinctive. The fruits have long spines which attach themselves to any passing animal. In the 16th century, it was known as a remedy for epilepsy and much later on i...

Wild Garlic grows well in damp shady conditions and is often found covering the floor in UK woodlands, where the garlic fragrance fills the air.

• Height: 30 - 80cm
• Flowers: April - June
• Soil Requirement: Damp
• Light Requirement: Full and partial shade
• Seeds per gram: 180

A tall, woody, aromatic perennial common in dry pastures and hedgebanks particularly on chalky soils. The leaves can be used for culinary purposes in the same way as cultivated Origanum. The pinky-white flowers produce large amounts of nectar and are therefore very popular with butterflies and bees. Also suitable for pots.

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: July - September
• Soil Requirement: Wel...

Yellow flowers of cornfields and open places. Perennial, small yellow flowers followed by burr-like seed heads. Formally appreciated for medicinal use by herbalists this wildflower thrives in a partial shade. 

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Partial shade
• Seed per gram: 1,400

A very common perennial found in grassland, roadsides and waste ground. The leaves are feathery and put out a strong aroma when crushed. The small dome-liked clusters of small white flower heads are attractive to Hover Flies, ladybirds and many other insects. 

• Height: 10 - 45cm
• Flowers: June - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 6,000...

A native perennial with sword-shaped leaves, commonly found in marshes, damp woodland ditches and ponds. The bright yellow flowers are particularly attractive to bees.

• Height: 100 - 150cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Moist
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Seeds per gram: 20