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A Guide to Wildflower Species 

Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)

Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)
  • Perennial. Tufted plant, stems greyish and leafless, flowers in a loose cluster.
  • Flowers: May - July.
  • Requires: Wet grassland and moors, damp-moist soils, not acid.
  • Height: 60-100cms.

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    Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

    Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
  • Perennial. A well-loved wild flower also known as Scottish Bluebell.
  • Dainty blue 'bells' which attract bees
  • Recommended for the rockery.
  • Flowers: July on
  • Requires: Sun and dry sandy soil
  • Height: 15-45cm
  • Approx. 15000 seeds per gramme.

    Hawkbit, Autumn (Leontodon autumnalis)

    Hawkbit, Autumn (Leontodon autumnalis)
  • Perennial. Dandelion-like flowers and seed heads, a good showy meadow subject.
  • Seeds are magnets for Finches.
  • Flowers: August on.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 15cm
  • Approx. 1000 seeds per gramme.

    Hawkbit, Rough (Leontodon hispidus)

    Hawkbit, Rough (Leontodon hispidus)
  • Perennial. A meadow plant with yellow dandelion flowers.
  • Also known as Greater Hawkbit.
  • Seed heads form a clock which attracts birds.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15-45cm
  • Approx 900 seeds per gramme

    Hedge Parsley, Upright (Torilis japonica)

    Hedge Parsley, Upright (Torilis japonica)
  • Grey/green plant with pink dainty umbellifer flowers
  • Flowers: July-Sept.
  • Requires: Shade
  • Height: 45 cm
  • Approx. 500 seeds per gramme.

    Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

    Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
  • Large white umbellifer flowers often tinged pink.
  • Seed is useful bird feed in winter
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60-120 cm 

    Iris, Yellow-Flag (Iris pseudacorus)

    Iris, Yellow-Flag (Iris pseudacorus)
  • Perennial. Sword shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers, will stand in water.
  • Flowers: June-August.
  • Requires: Moist situations
  • Height: 90cm
  • Approx. 20 seeds per gramme.

    Knapweed, Common (Centaurea nigra)

    Knapweed, Common (Centaurea nigra)
    • Perennial. Thistle-like purple flowers, looks good with ox-eye daisies, also known as Lesser Knapweed.
    • Flowers: June on.
    • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
    • Height: 30-60cm
    • Approx 500 seeds per gramme

    Knapweed, Greater (Centaurea scabiosa)

    Knapweed, Greater (Centaurea scabiosa)
  • Perennial. A lovely plant with large, raggy, purple flowers, looks good with scabious, ox-eye daisy and musk mallow.
  • Flowers: July on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30-60cm
  • Approx. 130 seeds per gramme.

    Loose Silky-Bent (Apera spica-venti)

    Loose Silky-Bent (Apera spica-venti)
  • Perennial. Delicate and feathery flower heads.
  • Flowers: June-July.
  • Requires: Prefers light soils
  • Height: 30 – 60 cm

    Loosestrife, Purple (Lythrum salicaria)

    Loosestrife, Purple (Lythrum salicaria)
  • Perennial. A lovely plant with bright red/purple spikes
  • Good in a moist border or bog garden.
  • Flowers: June-Aug
  • Requires: Damp
  • Height: 60-120cm
  • Approx. 13600 seeds per gramme.

    Mallow, Common (Malva sylvestris)

    Mallow, Common (Malva sylvestris)
  • Perennial. Very showy, tough plant with a profusion of pink/purple flowers.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Best on poor, well-drained soils in full sun.
  • Height: 30 – 90cm.

    Mallow, Musk (Malva moschata)

    Mallow, Musk (Malva moschata)
  • Perennial. Pale Pink form of Musk mallow.
  • Much admired in our own garden.
  • Flowers: July-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30 – 90 cm
  • Approx 500 seeds per gramme

    Marigold, Corn (Chrysanthemum segetum)

    Marigold, Corn (Chrysanthemum segetum)
  • Bright yellow daisy like flowers 5cm across.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 15 – 45 cm
  • Approx. 755 seeds per gramme.

    Marigold, Marsh (Caltha palustris)

    Marigold, Marsh (Caltha palustris)
  • 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: 25-50cm.
  • Approx 1000 seeds per gramme. 

    Marjoram, Wild (Origanum vulgare)

    Marjoram, Wild (Origanum vulgare)
  • Perennial. Aromatic perennial with masses dark purple buds turning to paler flowers, a good butterfly plant.
  • Flowers: July-Sept.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30-60cm.
  • Approx. 10000 seeds per gramme.

    Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

    Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
  • Perennial. A lovely plant for the bog garden or moist border.
  • Foamy clusters of small, sweetly fragrant, cream flowers.
  • Flowers: June-Sept.
  • Requires: Sun and damp soil.
  • Approx. 1400 seeds per gramme.

    Mignonette, Wild (Reseda lutea)

    Mignonette, Wild (Reseda lutea)
  • Mignonette - French for 'little darling'.
  • Wavy leaves and yellow/greenish flowers.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun/light soil
  • Height: 15 – 30 cm
  • Approx. 1400 seeds per gramme.

    Mint, Water (Mentha aquatica)

    Mint, Water (Mentha aquatica)
  • Perennial. Aromatic plant with minty smell. Purple stems with dense flowers at the end of the stem.
  • Flowers: July to October.
  • Requires wet meadows, wet woodland marshes, river banks. Usually on calcareous soils.
  • Height: 60- 80 cm.
  • Approx 9000 seeds per gramme.

    Mouse-Ear, Common (Cerastium fontanum)

    Mouse-Ear, Common (Cerastium fontanum)
  • Short lived Perennial. Hairy, dull grey-green creeping plant, prostrate shoots with no flowers, erect shoots with flowers, 5-8mm. 
  • Flowers: April - October.
  • Requires: Bare areas and grassland. Damp-dry soils.
  • Height: 25-50 cm.

    Mullein, Dark (Verbascum nigrum)

    Mullein, Dark (Verbascum nigrum)
  • Perennial. A lovely plant - much admired in our garden.
  • A rosette of leaves throws up a spike of rich yellow flowers with orange anthers, grow in herbaceous border.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15 – 45cm.
  • Approx. 11000 seeds per gramme.

    Mullien, Great (Verbascum thapsus)

    Mullien, Great (Verbascum thapsus)
    • 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 places. Dry soil.
    • Height: 1m-1.8m.

    Mustard , Garlic (Alliaria petiolata)

    Mustard , Garlic (Alliaria petiolata)
  • 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.
  • Approx 450 seeds per gramme.