Wildflower Plants (Q-S)

Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) - Plant

• 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

Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia) - Plant

Sawort (Serratula tinctoria) - Plant

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

Saxifrage, Burnet (Pimpinella saxifraga) - Plant

• 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.

Scabious, Field (Knautia arvensis) - Plant

• Perennial. Blue-lilac 'pincushion' flowers in summer.
• Looks attractive with ox-eye daisies.
• A nectar plant for butterflies & bees.
• Flowers: June onwards.
• Requires: Sun and well drained soil.
• Height: 30-90 cm
  

Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria) - Plant

• Perennial
  
• A compact small plant with pale blue flowers, plants are a magnet for butterflies.
• Flowers: July onwards.
• Requires: Lime-rich soil and sun.
• Height: 30cm
  

Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris) - Plant

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

Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) - Plant

• 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

Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) - Plant

Sorrel, Common (Rumex acetosa) - Plant

• 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.

Sorrel, Sheeps (Rumex acetosella) - Plant

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

• 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.

St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) - Plant

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

Stitchwort, Greater (Stellaria holostea) - Plant

Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca) - Plant