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Wildflower Seeds (T-Z)

Wildflower Bulbs, Wildflower Seed Mixtures and Wildflower Plug Plants. Buy Online or Call 0800 883 0169 for Advice. Boston Seeds are wholesale online seed suppliers for Private Individuals, Businesses and Sports Clubs.

 

A Guide to Wildflower Species 

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
  • Tall biennial with conical, prickly flower heads banded with purple.
  • Can be dried.
  • Looks superb with the setting sun as a background.
  • Gold Finches adore the seed.
  • Flowers: July-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60-200cm
  • Approx 350 seeds per gramme.

    Thyme, Wild (Thymus polytrichus)

    Thyme, Wild (Thymus polytrichus)
  • Perennial. Slightly aromatic, ground creeping specie.Has long creeping stems with flowers in a dense forming head.
  • Flowers: June to September.
  • Requires: grassy areas with heathy sand and rocky places, can be found growing in walls. Dry acid - calcareous soils.
  • Height: 10 - 20 cm.

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    Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)

    Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
  • Perennial. A plant of hedgerows and meadows with yellow/orange snap-dragon flowers.
  • Flowers: July on.
  • Requires: Sun/light shade.
  • Height: 30-60cm

    Trefoil, Birdsfoot (Lotus corniculatus)

    Trefoil, Birdsfoot (Lotus corniculatus)
  • Perennial. 'Eggs and Bacon' Lovely clusters of yellow/orange pea-like flowers.
  • Flowers: May on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15-25cm
  • Approx. 600 seeds per gramme.

    Tufted Hair-Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa)

    Tufted Hair-Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa)
  • Perennial. Silver/purplish spikelets on flowers 
  • Flowers: June-Aug.
  • Requires: Damp
  • Height: 30 - 120 cm.
  • Approx 7500 seeds per gramme.

    Venus Looking-glass (Legousia speculum-veneris)

    Venus Looking-glass (Legousia speculum-veneris)
  • Annual. Leaves oblong and wavy-edged, flowers with a tube 15-30mm long and spreading petal lobes, violet in colour.
  • Flowers: June - August
  • Requires: Arable fields and waste land, moist-dry soils.
  • Height: 30 - 40 cms.

    Vetch, Bush (Vicia sepium)

    Vetch, Bush (Vicia sepium)
  • Perennial. Lowest leaves without any tendrils, other leaves with branched tendrils. Flowers in small clusters of up to four. Dull violet in colour with glossy black pods.
  • Flowers: May - July
  • Requires: Damp-moist meadows, scrub, woodlands, not acid.
  • Height: to about 50cm.
  • approx 70 seeds per gramme.

    Vetch, Common (Vicia sativa)

    Vetch, Common (Vicia sativa)
  • Only pink succulent to be found in woods, numerous small purplish - pink flowers
  • Flowers: June-Sept.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 45 cm

    Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria)

    Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria)
  • 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.
  • Approx. 350 seeds per gramme. 

    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca)

    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca)
  • Perennial. Showy bright blue - violet flowers.
  • Flowers: June-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60 –120 cm
  • Approx. 100 seeds per gramme.

    Vetchling, Grass (Lathyrus nissolia)

    Vetchling, Grass (Lathyrus nissolia)
  • Annual. Also known as Grass Pea. Has no tendrils makes it look like a grass leaf. Flowers pink-purple with one or two flower heads on stem from main plant.
  • Flowers: May - July.
  • Requires: Meadows, shrubland, wasteland, moist-dry soil, not acid.  
  • Height: 40-60cm.

    Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis)

    Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis)
  • Perennial. Straggling plant, flowers weakly scented, yellow flowers 2cm long, branched tendrils. Fruit a blackish hairless pod to 4cm long. 
  • Also known as "Meadow Pea".
  • Flowers: May - August.
  • Requires: Meadows, woodland edges, shrubs. Wet-moist soils.
  • Height: 50 - 100 cms.
  • Approx 100 seeds per gramme.

    Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

    Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
  • Flowers on tall spikes with pink buds opening to a glorious display of vivid blue.
  • A fantastic plant, highly attractive to bees.
  • Flowers: June to Sept.
  • Requires: Well-drained soil and full sun
  • Height: 15-30cm
  • Approx. 230 seeds per gramme.

    Wavy Hair-Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)

    Wavy Hair-Grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
  • Perennial. Shining silvery purplish spikelets on slender stalks
  • Flowers: June - July
  • Requires: Acid soils
  • Height: 22 - 45 cm.
  • Approx. 3000 seeds per gramme.

    Weld (Reseda luteola)

    Weld (Reseda luteola)
  • Flowers in long narrow spikes, yellowish green.
  • Dark green wavy edged leaves.
  • Flowers: June-Sept
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60-120 cm
  • Approx. 4400 seeds per gramme.

    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica)

    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica)
  • Perennial. Flowers dark beetroot purple with whitish blotches.
  • Loved by bees.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Shade
  • Height: 30 - 90 cm
  • Approx. 1000 seeds per gramme.

    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  • White, aromatic flowers.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 30 – 45 cm.
  • Approx. 6000 seeds per gramme.

    Yellow Oat-Grass (Trisetum flavascens)

    Yellow Oat-Grass (Trisetum flavascens)
  • Perennial. Usually yellowish or variegated with yellow and purple
  • Flowers: June - July
  • Requires: tolerates a wide range of soils, drought-resistant.
  • Height 20 - 75 cm
  • Approx. 3000 seeds per gramme.

    Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)

    Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
  • Pale Yellow
  • Flowers: June - September
  • Requires: Grassland, semi parasite on grasses.
  • Height: 20 - 50 cm
  • Approx. 270 seeds per gramme.

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