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A Guide to Wildflower Species 

Campion, Bladder (Silene vulgaris) enlarge image

Campion, Bladder (Silene vulgaris)

  • 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.
  • Approx. 1200 seeds per gramme.

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    Campion, Red (Silene dioica) enlarge image

    Campion, Red (Silene dioica)

  • Perennial. A lovely specimen to brighten hedgerows, meadows and shady spots in the garden.
  • Bright rose-pink flowers.
  • Flowers: From Apri
  • Requires: Part shade
  • Height: 30-60cm.
  • Approx. 800 seeds per gramme.

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    Campion, Sea (Silene maritima) enlarge image

    Campion, Sea (Silene maritima)

  • Perennial. Solitary white flowers with a net veined 'bladder' and thick waxy leaves Ideal for a rockery.
  • Flowers: June-August.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15cm. 
  • Approx. 1200 seeds per gramme.

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    Campion, White (Silene alba) enlarge image

    Campion, White (Silene alba)

  • Perennial. Pure white flowers.
  • Often growing on the edge of cornfields or hedge-rows.
  • Flowers: From May onwards
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 15cm.
  • Approx. 800 seeds per gramme.

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    Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota) enlarge image

    Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota)

  • Biennial with white umbelliferous flowers with a pink tinge.
  • Good for drying.
  • Looks good growing with scabious.
  • Flowers: June on
  • Requires: Sun/well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30-40cm.
  • Approx. 1100 seeds per gramme.

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    Catchfly, Night-Flowering (Silene noctiflora) enlarge image

    Catchfly, Night-Flowering (Silene noctiflora)

  • Annual. Found in arable fields, pink flowers rolling shut in the daytime to show yellowish petal undersides.
  • Flowers: June to September
  • Requires: Sun, found in dry, chalk & limestone soils 
  • Height: 20 - 40cm
  • Approx. 900 seeds per gramme

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    Cats - Ear, Common (Hypochaeris radicata) enlarge image

    Cats - Ear, Common (Hypochaeris radicata)

  • 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.
  • Approx. 1250 seeds per gramme.

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    Chamomile, Corn (Anthemis arvensis) enlarge image

    Chamomile, Corn (Anthemis arvensis)

  • An attractive annual.
  • Produces white, 'daisy' fragrant flowers.
  • Flowers: May-July.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 30 cm
  • Approx. 5000 seeds per gramme.

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    Clary, Wild (Salvia verbenaca) enlarge image

    Clary, Wild (Salvia verbenaca)

  • Perennial. Smaller specie to Meadow Clary. Stems purplish with few leaves with blue to violet flowers.
  • Flowers: June to September.
  • Requires: Dry grassland soils, hay meadows and grassy paths.
  • Height: 60 - 100cm.

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    Clover, Haresfoot (Trifolium arvense) enlarge image

    Clover, Haresfoot (Trifolium arvense)

  • Annual, but sometimes persisting. Grey, hairy plant with trefoil type narrow leaves, flowers 3-4mm long almost cylindrical heads, at first white then pink later.
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Footpath edges, open grassland on acid soils.
  • Height: 20-30cms.
  • Approx: 3200 seeds per gramme.

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    Clover, Suckling (Trifolium dubium) enlarge image

    Clover, Suckling (Trifolium dubium)

  • Annual. Also known as Lesser Trefoil or Lesser Hop trefoil. Small yellow flowers 3mm. Often found in domestic lawns.
  • Flowers: May to September.
  • Requires: Found in hay meadows, edges of footpaths, waste ground and bare soil.
  • Height: 10 - 20 cms.
  • Approx 1500 seeds per gramme. 

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    Clover, Wild Red (Trifolium pratense) enlarge image

    Clover, Wild Red (Trifolium pratense)

  • Perennial. Trefoil leaves and pinkish-red clover knobs.
  • Essential component of the spring meadow.
  • Flowers: May on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 10-45cm.

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    Clover, Wild White (Trifolium repens) enlarge image

    Clover, Wild White (Trifolium repens)

  • 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: 10-20 cm, but will adapt to being cut short in a lawn.
  • Approx 1500 seeds per gramme.

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    Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) enlarge image

    Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)

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

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    Corn Cockle (Agrostemma githago) enlarge image

    Corn Cockle (Agrostemma githago)

  • A softly hairy annual, With beautifully intricate reddish - purple flowers.
  • Flowers: June-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 60-120 cm
  • Approx. 80 seeds per gramme.

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    Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) enlarge image

    Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

  • Annual, well known in gardens in various colour forms.
  • Has bright blue flowers.
  • Flowers: June-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30-60cm
  • Approx. 120 seeds per gramme.

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    Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) enlarge image

    Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)

  • Perennial. Queen Anne's lace.
  • White umbellifer flowers like lace.
  • Flowers: April-June.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60 - 90cm
  • Approx. 200 seeds per gramme.

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    Cranesbill, Meadow (Geranium pratense) enlarge image

    Cranesbill, Meadow (Geranium pratense)

  • Perennial. Hairy plant, violet or light blue flowers are usually in pairs on long forked stems . Seed pods will appear lower down the plant while still in flower.
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Damp meadows, along stream sides, wet woodlands.
  • Height: 60-100cm.
  • Approx 120 seeds per gramme.

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    Daisy (Bellis perennis) enlarge image

    Daisy (Bellis perennis)

  • Perennial. One of our best-known wild flowers, adorning many a lawn.
  • Flowers: All year.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 4-6cm.
  • Approx. 8000 seeds per gramme.

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    Daisy, Ox-eye (Leucanthemum vulgare) enlarge image

    Daisy, Ox-eye (Leucanthemum vulgare)

  • A well known wild flower with lovely, large, white daisy flowers.
  • Also known as the Dog Daisy.
  • Often seen in meadows and on roadsides.
  • Flowers: May onwards.
  • Requires: Sun well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30 –60 cm.
  • Approx. 3000 seeds per gramme. 

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    Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) enlarge image

    Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

  • Perennial. A golden blaze in the May meadows and banks.
  • Basal rosettes of leaves deeply lobed or toothed (dent de lion), flowers are composed of bright yellow ray - florets.
  • Flowers: April-May
  • Approx. 8000 seeds per gramme.

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    Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) enlarge image

    Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris)

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

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    Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) enlarge image

    Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)

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

     

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    Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa) enlarge image

    Figwort (Scrophularia nodosa)

  • Perennial. Multi-head flowers on short stems attached to tall stems with paired leaves, flowers are greenish-brown, about 10mm long with a purple upper lip. 
  • Flowers: June - September
  • Requires: Damp woods, hedges. Damp, acid-calcareous soils.
  • Height: 60-100cm.
  • Approx 12000 seeds per gramme.

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    Fleabane, Common (Pulicaria dysenterica) enlarge image

    Fleabane, Common (Pulicaria dysenterica)

  • Perennial. Soft hairy plant with arrow shaped leaves with underground runners. Lower leaves start dying near flowering time. Yellow flower 15-30mm.
  • Flowers: July - September
  • Requires: Damp meadows, river banks, marshes.
  • Height: 30-60 cm
  • Approx 16000 seeds per gramme 

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    Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis) enlarge image

    Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)

  • Pinkish purple or white flowers tipped with maroon.
  • Flowers: May on.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 15 – 22 cm

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    Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis) enlarge image

    Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis)

  • Perennial. Yellow dandelion flowers followed by impressive seed heads which are highly attractive to birds.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 30-90cm.
  • Approx. 140 seeds per gramme.

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    Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) enlarge image

    Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus)

  • Perennial. Leaves are spear-shaped and sharply toothed. Unstalked flowers cluster around each pair of upper leaves on stem. White flowers with red-spotted lower lip.
  • Flowers: July - September.
  • Requires: Overgrown pond margins, reed beds, ditches, marshes, wet-damp soils.
  • Height: 50-100cm.
  • Approx 4000 seeds per gramme

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