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Wildflower Plant, 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.

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Agrimony, Common (Agrimonia eupatoria) Plant

Agrimony, Common (Agrimonia eupatoria) Plant
  • Perennial. A good meadow plant with decorative leaves and spikes of star-shaped yellow flowers.
  • Attracts bees and other insects.
  • Flowers: July to September
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 30-60cm

    Agrimony, Hemp (Eupatorium cannabinum) Plant

    Agrimony, Hemp (Eupatorium cannabinum) Plant
    • Perennial. A tall stately plant with masses of white-pink flowers, an excellent butterfly plant attracting large numbers in late summer. 
    • Flower: July - September
    • Requires: Damp, riverbanks, pond margins
    • Height: 60-120 cm
      Not available until Spring 2019

    Angelica, Wild(Angelica sylvestris) Plant

    Angelica, Wild(Angelica sylvestris) Plant
    • Perennial. Tall hairless plant can grow to 2m, large leaves
    • Stems hollow and purplish , flowers white or pink
    • Flowers: July - September
    • Requires: Damp meadows, wet woodlands, fenland
    • Height: Up to 2m

    Avens, Water (Geum rivale) Plant

    Avens, Water (Geum rivale) Plant
  • Perennial. Pink drooping flowers with purple sepals.
  • Flowers: April - June.
  • Requires: From sun to deep shade. Likes damp places.
  • Height: 30cm.

    Avens, Wood (Geum urbanum) Plant

    Avens, Wood (Geum urbanum) Plant
  • Perennial. Small yellow flowers followed by burr-like seed heads.
  • Flowers: June onwards.
  • Requires: Deep shade.
  • Height: 30-60cm.

    Basil, Wild (Clinopodium vulgare) Plant

    Basil, Wild (Clinopodium vulgare) Plant
    • Perennial. Downy and faintly aromatic with whirls of pinkish purple, Good bee plant.
    • Flowers: March - May
    • Requires: Part/full shade
    • Height: 30-60cm

    Bedstraw, Hedge (Galium mollugo) Plant

    Bedstraw, Hedge (Galium mollugo) Plant
    • Perennial.Small, white starry flowers, best clambering up hedges or shrubs. Sweetly scented.
    • Flowers: July to August
    • Requires: Well drained, dry soil
    • Height: 30-60 cm. 

    Bedstraw, Lady's (Galium verum) Plant

    Bedstraw, Lady's (Galium verum) Plant
  • Perennial. Used in victorian times to scent bedding.
  • Delicately whorled leaves and bright golden
  • Beautiful sweet scent in high summer.
  • Flowers: July onwards.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15-30cm.

    Bellflower, Clustered (Campanula glomerata) Plant

    Bellflower, Clustered (Campanula glomerata) Plant
    • Perennial. Flowers in dense cluster at end of stem, violet-blue.
    • Flowers: June-September
    • Requires: Dry Grassland/meadow, edge of woods
    • Height: 40 - 50 cms

    Bellflower, Nettle-leaved (Campanula trachelium) Plant

    Bellflower, Nettle-leaved (Campanula trachelium) Plant
  • Perennial. Lower leaves resemble nettle leaves, flowers droop from the top.
  • Flowers: July - September.
  • Requires: Open deciduous woods, scrub and hedgerows.
  • Height: can grow to 1m tall.

    Betony (Stachys officinalis) Plant

    Betony (Stachys officinalis) Plant
    • Perennial
    • Attractive leaves and many stems smothered in brilliant reddish-purple flowers
    • Adored by bees
    • Flowers: June onwards
    • Requires: Well drained sunny
    • Height: 30cm

    Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Plants

    Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Plants
  • A favourite spring flower favouring shade and damp. Will take a number of years to flower from seed.
  • Fragrant blue-violet flowers from April to June.
  • Good in woodland in association with Red Campion and Greater Stitchwort.
  • Requires light shade.
  • Height: 30-60cm.
  • Plug plants are dormant most of the year.

    Burnet, Great (Sanguisorba officinalis) Plant

    Burnet, Great (Sanguisorba officinalis) Plant
  • Perennial. An unusual plant with distinctive reddish - purple oblong "knobs".
  • Looks good with Dark Mullein.
  • Flowers: June to Sept.
  • Requires: Damp sun
  • Height: 45 - 90cm.

    Burnet, Salad (Sanguisorba minor) Plant

    Burnet, Salad (Sanguisorba minor) Plant
    • Perennial. An attractive rosette of leaves which smell of cucumber when crushed.
    • Unusual purple tinged flowers.
    • Flowers: May-August
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: 30cm.
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    Buttercup, Bulbous (Ranunculus bulbosus) Plant

    Buttercup, Bulbous (Ranunculus bulbosus) Plant
  • Perennial. A bulbous rootstock with glossy yellow flowers, good for the sunny wild garden.
  • Flowers: March to June
  • Requires: Sunny, Free drained soil.
  • Height: 30-45cm

    Buttercup, Meadow (Ranunculus acris) Plant

    Buttercup, Meadow (Ranunculus acris) Plant
    • Perennial. The tallest and most graceful of all the buttercups.
    • Glossy yellow flowers, superb growing in association with Ragged Robin.
    • Flowers: May - September
    • Requires: Damp sun.
    • Height: 30-90cm

    Campion, Bladder (Silene vulgaris) Plant

    Campion, Bladder (Silene vulgaris) Plant
    • 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.

    Campion, Red (Silene dioica) Plant

    Campion, Red (Silene dioica) Plant
    • Perennial. A lovely specimen to brighten hedgerows, meadows and shady spots in the garden.
    • Bright rose-pink flowers
    • Flowers: April - September
    • Requires: Part shade
    • Height: 30-60cm

    Campion, Sea (Silene maritima) Plant

    Campion, Sea (Silene maritima) Plant
  • 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

    Campion, White (Silene alba) Plant

    Campion, White (Silene alba) Plant
    • Perennial, pure white flowers.
    • Often growing on the edge of cornfields, hedgerows and waste ground.
    • Flowers: May - October
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: To about 1m

    Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota) Plant

    Carrot, Wild (Daucus carota) Plant
    • Biennial with white umbelliferous flowers with a pink tinge.
    • Good for drying.
    • Looks good growing with scabious.
    • Flowers: June - October
    • Requires: Sun/well-drained soil.
    • Height: 30-40cm

    Cat's-ear, Common (Hypochaeris radicata) Plant

    Cat's-ear, Common (Hypochaeris radicata) Plant
    • 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

    Catchfly, Nottingham (Silene nutans) Plant

    Catchfly, Nottingham (Silene nutans) Plant
  • Drooping white, dainty night scented flowers. Attractive to moths
  • Flowers: May to July
  • Requires: Dry place in the sun  
  • Height: 25 - 60cm

    Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Plant

    Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Plant
  • Dainty clear blue, star-like flowers. Grow up against a wall or fence for best effect
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Grows in most soils
  • Height: 30 - 90cm

    Clary, Meadow (Salvia pratensis) Plant

    Clary, Meadow (Salvia pratensis) Plant
    • Perennial. Soft hairy plant to about 1m with violet-blue flowers.
    • Flowers: May - August
    • Requires: Dry Grassland, Hay meadows, grassy paths
    • Height: 80 - 100 cm 

    Clover, Wild Red (Trifolium pratense) Plant

    Clover, Wild Red (Trifolium pratense) Plant
  • Perennial. Trefoil leaves and pinkish-red clover rounded flower heads.
  • Essential component of the spring meadow.
  • Flowers: May - September.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 10-45cm.
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    Clover, Wild White (Trifolium repens) Plant

    Clover, Wild White (Trifolium repens) Plant
    • 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: 10-20cm, but will adapt to being cut short in a lawn. 

    Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) Plant

    Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) Plant
    • Perennial. Long stalked with long-spurred blue-violet flowers.
    • Flowers: June - July.
    • Requires: Woodland edges and roadsides, damp woods, dry and damp grasslands.
    • Height: to about 60cm 

    Cowslip (Primula veris) Plant

    Cowslip (Primula veris) Plant
    • Perennial. Flowers scented 10-15mm, clustered on a long, leafless stem.
    • Deep yellow with orange markings in centre.
    • Flowers: April - May.
    • Requires: Dry Grassland & scrubland, not acid soils.
    • Height: 15 - 30cm.

    Cranesbill, Hedge (Geranium pyrenaecium) Plant

    Cranesbill, Hedge (Geranium pyrenaecium) Plant
    • Mauvish/Pink flower form on evergreen leaves. A showy, versatile plant .
    • Flowers: May onwards
    • Requires: Sun or part shade. Likes well drained soils
    • Height: 22-45cm.

    Cranesbill, Meadow (Geranium pratense) Plant

    Cranesbill, Meadow (Geranium pratense) Plant
    • Perennial. Large purplish veined flowers, 30mm.
    • Flowers usually in pairs on longer stems.
    • Flowers: July - August.
    • Requires: Meadows, woods. Damp-dry, none acidic soils.
    • Height: 50-100cm.

    Daisy (Bellis perennis) Plant

    Daisy (Bellis perennis) Plant
    • Perennial. One of our best-known lawn wild flowers.
    • Flowers: June - September.
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: 4-6 cms 

    Daisy, Ox-eye (Leucanthemum vulgare) Plant

    Daisy, Ox-eye (Leucanthemum vulgare) Plant
    • A well known popular wild flower with lovely, large, white daisy flowers.
    • Also known as the Dog Daisy.
    • Seen in meadows and along roadsides.
    • Flowers: May - September
    • Requires: Sun well-drained soil.
    • Height: 30 - 60 cm.

    Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) Plant

    Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) Plant
    • Perennial. Fern-like leaves and foamy cream flowers opening from pink buds
    • Flowers: May - August
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: 60-90cm

    Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Plant

    Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Plant
    • Biennial. Leaves toothed or with entire margins. Yellow flowers 2-3 cms wide. Tolerant of infertile soils.
    • Flowers: June - October
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: Up to 1m 

    Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) Plant

    Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium) Plant
    • Characteristic bright yellow daisy like flowers.An excellent plant for problem deep shade areas.
    • Flowers: July onwards
    • Requires: Semi-shade to deep shade
    • Height: 15-45 cm

    Figwort, Common (Scrophularia nodosa) Plant

    Figwort, Common (Scrophularia nodosa) Plant
    • Perennial. Tall erect plant, leaves are paired and short-stalked, flowers are greenish-brown with a purple upper lip.
    • Flowers: June - September
    • Requires: Damp woods, hedges, damp soil.
    • Height: 60-80 cm

    Figwort, Water (Scrophularia aquatica) Plant

    Figwort, Water (Scrophularia aquatica) Plant
    • Perennial. Tall erect plant, leaves are paired and short-stalked, flowers are greenish-brown with a purple upper lip.
    • Flowers: June - September
    • Requires: Damp woods, hedges, damp soil.
    • Height: 60-80 cm

    Fleabane, Common (Pulicaria dysenterica) Plant

    Fleabane, Common (Pulicaria dysenterica) Plant
    • Perennial. Soft hairy plant, arrow shaped leaves with underground runners. Lower leaves start dying near flowering time. Yellow flower 15-30mm.
    • Flowers: July-September
    • Requires: Damp meadows, riverbanks, marshes
    • Height: 30-60 cm.

    Foxglove, Wild (Digitalis purpurea) Plant

    Foxglove, Wild (Digitalis purpurea) Plant
    • Found in open woods, clearings, footpaths; on acid soils.
    • This specie is a typical biennial, the flowering stem grows up in the second year
    • The plant normally dies after the seeds have been dispersed. 
    • Flowers: June/September 
    • Requires: Sun or light shade and well drained soil
    • Height: 60 - 150 cm

    Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

    Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
    • Biennial. Also known as Hedge Garlic and Jack-by-the-hedge. Hairless plant smelling of garlic when crushed. Leaves toothed and heart-shaped, long stalked. White flowers in a leafless cluster.
    • Flowers: April - July.
    • Requires: Damp deciduous woods and scrub, hedgerows. Moist-dry soils.
    • Height: 30-80cm.

    Goat's-Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) Plant

    Goat's-Beard (Tragopogon pratensis) Plant
  • Perennial. Yellow dandelion flowers followed by impressive seed heads which are highly attractive to birds.
  • Flowers: May - July
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 30-90cm

    Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) Plant

    Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) Plant
  • 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.

    Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) Plant

    Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) Plant
  • Perennial. A well-loved wild flower also known as Scottish Bluebell.
  • Dainty blue 'bells' which attract bees
  • Recommended for the rockery.
  • Flowers: June - September
  • Requires: Sun and dry sandy soil
  • Height: 15-45cm

    Hawkbit, Autumn (Leontodon autumnalis) Plant

    Hawkbit, Autumn (Leontodon autumnalis) Plant
  • Perennial. Dandelion-like flowers and seed heads, a good showy meadow subject.
  • Seeds are magnets for Finches.
  • Flowers: August on.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 15cm

    Hawkbit, Rough (Leontodon hispidus) Plant

    Hawkbit, Rough (Leontodon hispidus) Plant
  • Perennial. A meadow plant with yellow dandelion flowers.
  • Also known as Greater Hawkbit.
  • Seed heads form a clock which attracts birds.
  • Flowers: June on.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15-45cm

    Hawkweed, Spotted (Hieracium maculatum) Plant

    Hawkweed, Spotted (Hieracium maculatum) Plant
  • Yellow flowers with attractive spotted leaves
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 45cm

    Heather, Common (Calluna vulgaris) Plant

    Heather, Common (Calluna vulgaris) Plant
  • Small purple pinkish flowers
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Sun or moderate shade
  • Height: 20-50cm

    Hyssop, Anise (Agastache foeniculum) Plant

    Hyssop, Anise (Agastache foeniculum) Plant
    An excellent plant for Bees and Butterflies. It has Anise scented leaves with mauve-violet soft flower spikes.
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 60cm

    Iris, Yellow-Flag (Iris pseudacorus) Plant

    Iris, Yellow-Flag (Iris pseudacorus) Plant
  • Perennial. Sword shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers, will stand in water.
  • Flowers: June-August.
  • Requires: Moist situations
  • Height: 90cm

    Knapweed, Common (Centaurea nigra) Plant

    Knapweed, Common (Centaurea nigra) Plant
    • Perennial. Thistle-like purple flowers, looks good with ox-eye daisies, also known as Lesser Knapweed.
    • Flowers: June - September.
    • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
    • Height: 30-60cm

    Knapweed, Greater (Centaurea scabiosa) Plant

    Knapweed, Greater (Centaurea scabiosa) Plant
    • Perennial. A plant with purple flowers, looks good with scabious, ox-eye daisy and musk mallow
    • Flowers: June - September
    • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil
    • Height: 30-60cm

    Loosestrife, Purple (Lythrum salicaria) Plant

    Loosestrife, Purple (Lythrum salicaria) Plant
  • Perennial. A lovely plant with bright red/purple spikes
  • Good in a moist border or bog garden.
  • Flowers: June-Aug
  • Requires: Damp
  • Height: 60-120cm

    Mallow, Common (Malva sylvestris) Plant

    Mallow, Common (Malva sylvestris) Plant
    • Perennial. Very showy, tough plant with a profusion of pink/purple flowers.
    • Flowers: May - September
    • Requires: Well drained soils, footpaths, waste ground
    • Height: 30 - 90 cms 

    Mallow, Musk (Malva moschata) Plant

    Mallow, Musk (Malva moschata) Plant
  • Perennial. Pale Pink form of Musk mallow.
  • Much admired in our own garden.
  • Flowers: July-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30 – 90 cm

    Mallow, Musk White (Malva moschata) Plant

    Mallow, Musk White (Malva moschata) Plant
  • Perennial. White form of Musk mallow.
  • Flowers: July-Aug.
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30 – 90 cm

    Marigold, Marsh (Caltha palustris) Plant

    Marigold, Marsh (Caltha palustris) Plant
    • Perennial. Hairless plant, leaves broad, shiny and heart shaped with long stalks. Flowers bright shiny yellow, to 5cm across.
    • Flowers: March - August.
    • Requires: Wet meadows or wet woodlands, stream sides, wet/damp soils.
    • Height: 25 - 50 cm 

    Marjoram, Wild (Origanum vulgare) Plant

    Marjoram, Wild (Origanum vulgare) Plant
  • Perennial. 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: 30-60cm

    Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) Plant

    Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) Plant
    • Perennial. A lovely plant for the bog or moist garden.
    • Foamy clusters of small, sweetly fragrant, cream flowers.
    • Flowers: June-Sept.
    • Requires: Sun and damp soil.
    • Height: Up to 2m tall

    Mignonette, Wild (Reseda lutea) Plant

    Mignonette, Wild (Reseda lutea) Plant
    • Mignonette - French for little darling.
    • Hairless plant, wavy leaves and yellow/greenish flowers.
    • Flowers: May-October
    • Requires: Sun. Waste ground and field margins.
    • Height: 25 -60 cm 

    Mint, Water (Mentha aquatica) Plant

    Mint, Water (Mentha aquatica) Plant
    • Perennial. Aromatic plant with minty smell. Purple stems with dense flower clusters at the end of each stem.
    • Flowers: July to October
    • Requires: Wet meadows, wet woodlands, marshes, river banks. Usually on calcareous soils. 
    • Height: 60-80cm

    Mullein, Dark (Verbascum nigrum) Plant

    Mullein, Dark (Verbascum nigrum) Plant
  • Perennial. A lovely plant - much admired in our garden.
  • A rosette of leaves throws up a spike of rich yellow flowers with orange anthers, grow in herbaceous border.
  • Flowers: June - September.
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
  • Height: 15 – 45cm.

    Mullein, Great (Verbascum thapsus) Plant

    Mullein, Great (Verbascum thapsus) Plant
    • Biennial. Very tall, covered in white, woolly hairs. Long leaves, pale-yellow flowers on short stalks, grouped together on a dense spike.
    • Flowers: July - September
    • Requires: Woodland margins, clearings, disturbed weedy areas. Prefers dry soil.
    • Height: 1m - 1.8m

    Mullein, Moth (Verbascum blattaria) Plant

    Mullein, Moth (Verbascum blattaria) Plant
    • A biennial with pink or white flowers singly up the stalk. Fine in a border. Preferring a sunny position in poor soil.
    • Flowers: June onwards
    • Requires: Sun
    • Height: 60-100cm

    Plantain, Hoary (Plantago media) Plant

    Plantain, Hoary (Plantago media) Plant
    • 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.

    Plantain, Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) Plant

    Plantain, Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) Plant
  • Grass-like perennial with spikes of blackish-brown flowers with yellow anthers. Common meadow component.
  • Flowers: April - September.
  • Requires: Prefers a sunny position.
  • Height: 60-90cm.

    Primrose, Wild (Primula vulgaris) Plant

    Primrose, Wild (Primula vulgaris) Plant

    • A native perennial common throughout the British Isles.
    • Grows in woods, hedgebanks and grassy places.
    • Flowers: February - May
    • Height: 20-30 cm. 
    • The name comes from prima rosa - first rose.

    Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) Plant

    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

    Restharrow, Common (Ononis repens) Plant

    Restharrow, Common (Ononis repens) Plant
    • A good perennial meadow plant with pink pea flowers on tough stems.
    • Attractive to bees
    • Flowers: July-September
    • Requires: Dry soil and sun.
    • Height: 30cm

    Sage, Clary (Salvia sclarea) Plant

    Sage, Clary (Salvia sclarea) Plant
  • Large aromatic leaves and decorative lilac flower bracts, used in aromatherapy
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Sun and well drained soils
  • Height: 60cm

    Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia) Plant

    Sage, Wood (Teucrium scorodonia) Plant
  • 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

    Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia) Plant

    Sainfoin (Onobrychis vicifolia) Plant
    • Perennial. A bushy meadow plant with cone-shaped spikes. Aromatic perennial with masses dark red flowers turning to  pink.
    • A good butterfly plant.
    • Flowers: July - September
    • Requires: Sun and well drained soil, found in meadows and along footpaths
    • Height: 40 - 50 cm

    Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) Plant

    Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) Plant
    • Perennial. Similar to Knapweed. Violet-red flowers size 1.5cms.
    • Flowers: July - September
    • Requires: Grasslands, open woods, damp-moist calcareous soils
    • Height: Up to 1 m tall.

    Saxifrage, Burnet (Pimpinella saxifraga) Plant

    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, Devil's-bit (Succisa pratensis) Plant

    Scabious, Devil's-bit (Succisa pratensis) Plant
  • 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.

    Scabious, Field (Knautia arvensis) Plant

    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: July - September
    • Requires: Sun and well drained soil.
    • Height: 30-90 cm

    Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria) Plant

    Scabious, Small (Scabiosa columbaria) Plant
    • Perennial. A compact small plant with pale blue flowers, plants are a magnet for butterflies.
    • Flowers: July - August
    • Requires: Lime-rich soil and sun.
    • Height: 30cm

    Sedge, Cyperus (Carex pseudocyperus) Plant

    Sedge, Cyperus (Carex pseudocyperus) Plant
    • Perennial. Attractive bright yellow/green tufted sedge, drooping sausage shaped flowers
    • Flowers: May - June
    • Requires: Pond side.
    • Height: 60 - 90 cms 

    Sedge, False Fox (Carex otrubae) Plant

    Sedge, False Fox (Carex otrubae) Plant
    • Perennial. Flowers a spike of yellow - green - pale brown
    • Flowers: June- July
    • Requires: Damp
    • Height: 60 - 90 cms 

    Sedge, Pendulous (Carex pendula) Plant

    Sedge, Pendulous (Carex pendula) Plant
    • Perennial. Tussock and rhizome forming, spreading plant, leaves to 22mm wide, drooping.
    • Flowers: May - June
    • Requires: Woods, damp-moist soil, not acid. Light-heavy shade.
    • Height: 100 - 140 cms 

    Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) Plant

    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.

    Sheepsbit (Jasione montana) Plant

    Sheepsbit (Jasione montana) Plant
  • Biennial. Masses of soft blue scabious flowers, self-seeds readily in favourable conditions
  • Flowers: May
  • Requires: Sun, well-drained and slightly acid soil
  • Height: 20cm

    Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) Plant

    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

    Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) Plant
  • 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.

    Sorrel, Common (Rumex acetosa) 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, Sheep's (Rumex acetosella) Plant

    Sorrel, Sheep's (Rumex acetosella) Plant
  • Perennial. Flower spikes are reddish pink - smaller than Common Sorrel - with daintier leaves.
  • Flowers: May-August.
  • Requires: Sun.
  • Height: 7-25cm

    Speedswell, Birdseye (Veronica chamaedrys) Plant

    Speedswell, Birdseye (Veronica chamaedrys) Plant
  • Perenial. Superb woodland edge or informal lawn subject with loose spikes of brilliant azure flowers, looks beautiful in the sun
  • Flowers: April-July
  • Requires: Well-drained soil
  • Height: 10-20cm

    Speedswell, Spiked (Veronica spicata) Plant

    Speedswell, Spiked (Veronica spicata) Plant
  • Perenial. A good border plant with long spikes of intense blue flowers
  • Flowers: July onwards
  • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil
  • Height: 30-60cm

    St John's-Wort, Common (Hypericum perforatum) Plant

    St John's-Wort, Common (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

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

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

    Stitchwort, Greater (Stellaria holostea) Plant

    Stitchwort, Greater (Stellaria holostea) Plant
  • Perennial. One of our prettiest woodland and hedgerow spring flowers. White flowers up to 3cm on slender stalks. Petals notched and leaves narrow and stiff.
  • Flowers: April - June.
  • Requires: Hedges, banks and wood-margins. Damp-moist soils.
  • Height: 25-60cms

    Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca) Plant

    Strawberry, Wild (Fragaria vesca) Plant
  • 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

    Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Plant

    Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Plant
  • Aromatic perennial with golden yellow button like flowers.
  • Flowers: July onwards
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 30-90cm

    Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) Plant

    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

    Thyme, Wild (Thymus polytrichus) Plant

    Thyme, Wild (Thymus polytrichus) Plant
  • 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, Common (Linaria vulgaris) Plant

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

    Toadflax, Purple (Linaria purpurea) Plant

    Toadflax, Purple (Linaria purpurea) Plant
  • Perennial. Greyish leaves, flowers in spikes of pink, snapdragon-like
  • Flowers: June onwards
  • Requires: Sun
  • Height: 22-60cm

    Trefoil, Bird's-foot (Lotus corniculatus) Plant

    Trefoil, Bird's-foot (Lotus corniculatus) Plant
    • Perennial. Also known as 'Eggs and Bacon'
    • Clusters of yellow/orange pea-like flowers.
    • Flowers: May - October.
    • Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.
    • Height: 15-25cm

    Trefoil, Greater Bird's-foot (Lotus uliginosus) Plant

    Trefoil, Greater Bird's-foot (Lotus uliginosus) Plant
  • Yellow flowers in a larger head than birdsfoot trefoil.
  • Flowers: June-August.
  • Requires: Moist.
  • Height: 30 cm.

    Valerian, Red (Centranthus ruber) Plant

    Valerian, Red (Centranthus ruber) Plant
  • Perennial. Large rockery or dry stone wall plant. Also good in a dry border. Very attractive to bees
  • Flowers: May onwards
  • Requires: Dry soil
  • Height: 60 –90 cm

    Vetch, Common (Vicia sativa) Plant

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

    Vetch, Kidney (Anthyllis vulneraria) Plant

    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.

    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca) Plant

    Vetch, Tufted (Vicia cracca) Plant
  • Perennial. Showy blue-purple to pinkish-purple flowers.
  • Flowers: June-September
  • Requires: Sun, meadows, agricultural fields, woodland margins.
  • Height: 60 –120 cm

    Vetchling, Meadow (Lathyrus pratensis) Plant

    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. 
  • Also known as "Meadow Pea".
  • Flowers: May - August.
  • Requires: Meadows, woodland edges, shrubs. Wet-moist soils.
  • Height: 50 - 100 cm

    Violet, Dog (Viola riviniana) Plants

    Violet, Dog (Viola riviniana) Plants
  • Perennial. Flowers blue violet
  • Flowers: Apil-June
  • Requires: Shade tolerant
  • Height: 5 –10 cm

    Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) Plant

    Viper's 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 September.
  • Requires: Well-drained soil and full sun
  • Height: 15-30cm

    Wallflower, Wild (Cheiranthus cheiri) Plant

    Wallflower, Wild (Cheiranthus cheiri) Plant
    • Perennial. Fragrant flowers that are usally yellow, orange or brick red. Will colonise old walls
    • Flowers: March-June
    • Height: 22-45cm

    Weld (Reseda luteola) Plant

    Weld (Reseda luteola) Plant
    • Biennial. Yellowish-green flowers on long narrow spikes. Dark green wavy edged leaves. Very similar to Wild Mignonette. 
    • Flowers: May-October
    • Requires: Sun, waste ground, footpaths.
    • Height: 1m - 1.5m

    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica) Plant

    Woundwort, Hedge (Stachys sylvatica) Plant
  • Perennial. Flowers dark beetroot purple with whitish blotches. Foliage has unpleasant smell.
  • Loved by bees.
  • Flowers: June - September
  • Requires: Shade, woods, scrubland, clearings
  • Height: 30 - 90 cm

    Woundwort, Marsh (Stachys palustris) Plant

    Woundwort, Marsh (Stachys palustris) Plant
    • Perennial. 4-angled sparsely hairy stem, leaves heart shaped at the base. Corolla pale-purple/pink with dark spots on lower lip.
    • Flowers: June - September
    • Requires: Banks, wet meadows, ditches, wet fields, fenland. 

    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Plant

    Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Plant
    • Perennial. White or pinkish, aromatic flowers.
    • Flowers: June - October
    • Requires: Sun, rich meadows, pastures
    • Height: 40 – 55 cm.

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