Wildflower Plants (T-Z)

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A Guide to Wildflower Species 

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) - Plant enlarge image

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) - Plant

  • 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

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    Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) - Plant enlarge image

    Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) - Plant

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

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    Trefoil, Birdsfoot (Lotus corniculatus) - Plant enlarge image

    Trefoil, Birdsfoot (Lotus corniculatus) - Plant

    • Perennial. 'Eggs and Bacon'
    • Clusters of yellow/orange pea-like flowers.
    • Flowers: May on.
    • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
    • Height: 15-25cm

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    Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria) - Plant enlarge image

    Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria) - Plant

    • 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.

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    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca) - Plant enlarge image

    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca) - Plant

  • Perennial. Showy bright blue - violet flowers.
  • Flowers: June-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60 –120 cm
  • Approx. 100 seeds per gramme.

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    Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis) - Plant enlarge image

    Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis) - Plant

  • Perennial. Straggling plant, flowers weakly scented, yellow flowers 2cm long, branched tendrils. Fruit a blackish hairless pod to 4cm long. 
  • Flowers: May - August.
  • Requires: Meadows, woodland edges, shrubs. Wet-moist soils.
  • Height: 50 - 100 cm

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    Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare) - Plant enlarge image

    Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare) - Plant

  • 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

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    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica) - Plant enlarge image

    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica) - Plant

  • 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.

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    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) - Plant enlarge image

    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) - Plant

    • White, aromatic flowers.
    • Flowers: June on.
    • Requires: Sun.
    • Height: 30 – 45 cm.

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