Wildflower Seeds (O-S)

Wildflower Bulbs, Wildflower Seed Mixtures and Wildflower 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 

Pansy, Field (Viola tricolor) enlarge image

Pansy, Field (Viola tricolor)

  • Perennial. Flowers to 3cm tall, weakly fragrant, yellow to purple/blue or can be both.
  • Flowers: June - August.
  • Requires: Footpaths, waste ground, dunes, sun.
  • Height: Plant to 30cm, flowers to 3cm
  • Approx. 700 seeds per gramme 

    • Pack size:

    Parsnip, Wild (Pastinaca sativa) enlarge image

    Parsnip, Wild (Pastinaca sativa)

    • Member of the Carrot family.
    • Leaves pinnate, with 2-7 pairs of irregularly toothed lobes. Petals yellow, 0.5mm long and 1mm broad.
    • Common on chalk soils
    • Flowers: July - Sept
    • Requires: Sun

    Pack size:

    Pignut (Conopodium majus) enlarge image

    Pignut (Conopodium majus)

  • Perennial. Flowers 1-3mm
  • Flowers: May - June
  • Requires: Grassy and shady places with moist-dry, acid - calcareous soils. 
  • Height: 30-60cm.
  • Approx 450 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Plantain, Hoary (Plantago media) enlarge image

    Plantain, Hoary (Plantago media)

  • 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.
  • Approx. 2000 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Plantain, Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) enlarge image

    Plantain, Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata)

  • Grass-like perennial with spikes of blackish-brown flowers with yellow anthers. Common meadow component.
  • Flowers: April on.
  • Requires: Prefers a sunny position.
  • Height: 60-90cm.
  • Approx. 400 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Poppy, Common (Papaver rhoeas) enlarge image

    Poppy, Common (Papaver rhoeas)

  • The poppy that used to be seen in fields everywhere.
  • An annual with deep scarlet flowers, probably our most popular wildflower and so easy to grow.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 30-60cm.
  • Approx. 11000 seeds per grammes.

    • Pack size:

    Quaking Grass (Briza media) enlarge image

    Quaking Grass (Briza media)

  • Perennial. Known in the Midlands as 'Tommy tottles'.
  • A decorative grass with green/purplish spikelets which shake in the breeze.
  • Flowers: June to August.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 22-45cm.
  • Approx. 2000 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) enlarge image

    Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)

  • 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
  • Approx. 5400 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia) enlarge image

    Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia)

  • Perennial. A good woodland subject with lovely crinkly, light green leaves and greenish-yellow flowers with prominent maroon stamens.
  • Flowers: July-Sept.
  • Requires: Shade.
  • Height: 30cm
  • Approx. 1600 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) enlarge image

    Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia)

  • Perennial. A bushy meadow plant with cone-shaped spikes 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: 40 cm.
  • Approx 70 seeds per gramme

    • Pack size:

    Sawort (Serratula tinctoria) enlarge image

    Sawort (Serratula tinctoria)

    • Perennial. Similar to Knapweed. Violet-red flowers size 1.5cms.
    • Flowers: July - September
    • Requires: Grasslands, open woods, damp-moist calcareous soils

    Pack size:

    Saxifrage, Burnet (Pimpinella saxifraga) enlarge image

    Saxifrage, Burnet (Pimpinella saxifraga)

  • 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.
  • Approx 750 seeds per gramme. 

    • Pack size:

    Saxifrage, Greater Burnet (Pimpinella major) enlarge image

    Saxifrage, Greater Burnet (Pimpinella major)

  • Perennial .Tall hairless plant with uneven toothed leaves. Flowers white, but can be pinkish, 2-3mm.
  • Flowers: June - August
  • Requires: Rich meadows, hedges, woods, moist, acid-calcareous soil.
  • Height: 60-100cm.
  • Approx 550 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Saxifrage, Pepper (Silaum silaus) enlarge image

    Saxifrage, Pepper (Silaum silaus)

  • Perennial. Leaves narrow and finely toothed segments with flowers a dull yellow.
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Sun, found in damp-moist grassland with acid - calcareous soils.
  • Height: 60-100cm

    •  

    Pack size:

    Scabious, Devil's Bit (Succisa pratensis) enlarge image

    Scabious, Devil's Bit (Succisa pratensis)

  • Perennial. Soft hairy stem, flowering heads about 2cms across, compact and violet-blue.
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Poor grassland, fenland or meadows, damp-moist acid-calcareous soils.
  • Height: 50-80cm.
  • Approx 600 seeds per gramme. 

    • Pack size:

    Scabious, Field (Knautia arvensis) enlarge image

    Scabious, Field (Knautia arvensis)

  • Perennial. Blue-lilac 'pincushion' flowers in summer.
  • Looks attractive with Ox-eye Daisies.
  • A nectar plant for butterflies and bees.
  • Flowers: June onwards.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30-90cm
  • Approx. 130 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria) enlarge image

    Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria)

    • Perennial. A smaller version to Field Scabious, slightly hairy leaves.
    • Flowers: July - August.
    • Requires: Dry chalky grassland, banks.
    • Height: 60 - 70 cms
    • Approx 700 seeds per gramme. 

    Pack size:

    Sedge, Common (Carex nigra) enlarge image

    Sedge, Common (Carex nigra)

  • Perennial. Variable seedhead sometimes tufted, with one long spike above 2-3 smaller ones.
  • Flowers: May - September.
  • Requires: Marshes, wet-moist grassland with acid - calcareous soil.
  • Height: 15 - 50cms. 

    • Pack size:

    Sedge, Pendulous (Carex pendula) enlarge image

    Sedge, Pendulous (Carex pendula)

  • Perennial. Tussock & rhizome forming, spreading plant, leaves to 20mm wide, drooping.
  • Flowers: May and June.
  • Requires: Woods, damp-moist soil, not acid. Light - heavy shade.
  • Height: 100-140cms.

    • Pack size:

    Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) enlarge image

    Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

  • A perennial with purple-violet flower,
  • Self-seeds readily.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun or semi-shade
  • Height: Up to 20cm.
  • Approx. 1350 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) enlarge image

    Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)

    • 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

    Pack size:

    Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) enlarge image

    Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)

  • Perennial. Flowers weakly-scented and clustered in the upper leaves, can be pale pink or white. 
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Damp-moist soils, Found along footpaths, waste ground, hedges and river banks.
  • Height: 50 -70 cms.
  • Approx 500 seeds per gramme.

    •  

    Pack size:

    Sorrel, Common (Rumex acetosa) enlarge image

    Sorrel, Common (Rumex acetosa)

  • 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.
  • Approx. 650 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Sorrel, Sheeps (Rumex acetosella) enlarge image

    Sorrel, Sheeps (Rumex acetosella)

  • Perennial. Flower spikes are reddish pink - smaller than Common Sorrel - with daintier leaves.
  • Flowers: May-August.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 7-25cm
  • Approx. 2500 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    St John's-Wort, Hairy (Hypericum hirsutum) enlarge image

    St John's-Wort, Hairy (Hypericum hirsutum)

    • 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: 60-100 cms.
    • Approx 12000 seeds per gramme.

    Pack size:

    St. John's Wort, Common (Hypericum perforatum) enlarge image

    St. John's Wort, Common (Hypericum perforatum)

  • Perennial. A shrub-like plant with clusters of golden yellow flowers.
  • Flowers: July on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soils.
  • Height: 30-60cm
  • Approx. 9000 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    St. John's Wort, Square-stemmed (Hypericum tetrapterum) enlarge image

    St. John's Wort, Square-stemmed (Hypericum tetrapterum)

  • Perennial. Flowers rather small and pale yellow.
  • Flowers: June - September
  • Requires: Wet grassland and damp woodland, often near water, acid-calcareous soils. 
  • Height: 30 - 60 cms.
  • Approx 6000 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Stitchwort, Lesser (Stellaria graminea) enlarge image

    Stitchwort, Lesser (Stellaria graminea)

  • Perennial. White flowers, 6-12mm, with narrow leaves, creeping plant.
  • Flowers: May - August.
  • Requires: Tall grassland, open woods, heathland, scrub. 
  • Prefers well-drained moist to dry soils.
  • Height: 25-60cm.
  • Approx 480 seeds per gramme. 

    • Pack size:

    Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca) enlarge image

    Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca)

  • Perennial. Long rooting runners, has silky-hairy leaves with white flowers that produce tiny red fleshy head.
  • Flowers: May - June.
  • Requires: Open woods, woodland edges, scrubland, dry soils, not acid.
  • Height: to 20cm tall.
  • Approx 3000 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

    Sweet Vernal-Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) enlarge image

    Sweet Vernal-Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)

  • Perennial. Gives the characteristic smell of freshly mown hay.
  • Flowers: April - July
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30 - 60 cm.
  • Approx. 2500 seeds per gramme.

    • Pack size:

     
    Quality About Us Advice Terms Contact Us Delivery Order Offline
     
    Facebook Twitter