Wildflower Plug Plants
Perfect for gardeners of all experience levels, our wildflower plug plants help create a flourishing, beautiful wildflower garden with minimal effort. Creating a wildflower garden or lawn from plug plants is a fantastic way to add a splash of colour to your outside space. If speed is of the essence and you'd like to create your wildflower and wildlife meadow without having to wait, check out our full A to Z of high quality, perennial UK native wildflower plug plants.
All of our wildflower plug plants are 40 cubic centimetre standard plugs, with strong and healthy roots already established, ready to plant out straight away into your outdoor space. Plug plants have different levels of top growth depending on the season. The plant might have minimal top growth on arrival, but this is completely normal. Healthy, well-established roots are the most important part.
Boston Seeds offer a large range of British wildflower plug plants, all produced to the highest standards from native UK seed. In our range, you'll find an array of wildflower plug plants as individual species or in collections, each of which is specifically designed to serve a particular purpose and contain at least ten different species. From the best wildflower plants for bees, to wildflowers suitable for clay soil - whatever your wants and needs are, we're certain our collections will have your garden looking blooming marvellous in no time.
If you'd like to learn more about wildflower plants, please see our guide to establishing a wildflower meadow and our guide to wildflower plants and plugs for some expert tips and advice.
Don't hesitate to get in touch to speak to one of our experts or request a catalogue to view our full range. Ordering regularly or looking for large volumes? Click here to apply for a trade account today - we review all applications within one working day.
Wildflower plug plants for bees. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for bees to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow and provide pollen and nectar for our native bees.
- Bee wildflower plug plants - small plug plant species available from our range, an excellent food source.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Bee Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for butterflies. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for butterflies to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow and provide pollen and nectar for our native butterflies.
- Wildflowers for butterflies - a selection of plants to attract butterflies into your garden.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Wildflowers for Butterflies Plant Collection.
These Wildflower plug plants are pefrfect for chalk and limestone soils. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for chalky soils to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Chalk, limestone and downland wildflowers - small plug plant species.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Chalk and Limestone Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plug plants for clay and heavy soils. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for clay soils to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Clay soil plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, for soils that dry out during the summer and retain water during the winter.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list below and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Clay Soils Wildflower Plant Collection
Wildflower plants for dry and sandy soils. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for chalky soils to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Dry soil plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, ideal for dry areas -tolerant of drought conditions and suitable for green roofs.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Dry Soils Wildflower Plant Collection
Wildflower plants for flowering lawns and low growing areas. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for flowering lawns to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Flowering lawn wildflowers plants - contains a variety of species that can tolerate close mowing down to a height of 5cm.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Flowering Lawn Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for hedegrows and light shade. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for hedgerows to create beautiful wildflowers in lightly shaded areas of your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Hedgerow plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, suitable for sun and semi-shade.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Hedgerow Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plug plants for long-flowering seasons. Choose our long season wildflower plug plant collection to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Long Season Meadow plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, suitable for a wide range of soil types.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Long Season Meadow Wildflower Plant Collection.
Scented wildflower plants to create delicately fragranced gardens. Choose our selection of scented wildflower plug plants to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Scented plug plants to attract the wildlife - small plug plant species available from our range.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list below, and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Scented Wildflower Plant Collection
Wildflower plants for stunning summer flowers. Choose our selection of summer-flowering wildflower plug plants to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Summer flowering wildflower plants - a range of species selected to provide a display of flowers from June through to September.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Summer Flowering Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for pond and water edges. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for areas adjacent to water to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Water edge plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, all will tolerate flooding once established.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Water Edge Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for wetland areas. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for wet soils to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Wetland area plug plants - small plug plant species available from our range, for areas that remain damp all year round and may have occasional flooding.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list, and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Wetland Areas Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants to attract wild birds. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for wild birds to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow and provide food for wild bird species.
- Wild bird plug plants - small plug plant species available from our range that will attract birds to your garden during autumn and winter.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Wild Bird Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for woodland and shade. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for woodland and heavy shade to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Woodland plugs - small plug plant species available from our range, they all will tolerate heavy shade.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the list and used in equal quantities
- Contents of Woodland Wildflower Plant Collection.
Wildflower plants for acid soils. Choose our selection of wildflower plug plants for acidic soils to create a beautiful wildflower area in your garden, landscape or meadow.
- Acid soil plugs - small plug plant species available from our range - suitable for acidic soils down to a Ph value of about 5.
- A minimum of 10 species will be chosen from the species list and used in equal quantities.
- Contents of Acid Wildflower Plant Collection
An amazingly aromatic alternative to common grass or daisy lawns, this low-growing, daisy-like flowers make for a pleasing ground cover that is easy to maintain once established, but sensitive to trampling. Plant plugs in full sunlight at least 10cm apart.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10–20cm.
- Flowers: June-August
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Lawns, grasslands
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
In the autumnal gloom, spread some extra sunshine in a marshy environment with these dandelion-like rosettes of glinting gold. Not only is the Autumn Hawkbit long-lived, robust and especially attractive to pollinators, its seeds are also attractive to finches!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-50cm.
- Flowers: July-September
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, rocky ridges, pathways.
- Also known as: Fall Dandelion
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Betony flowers bloom in spikes of rich wine red and purple, alongside distinct and attractive foliage. Its flowers are also known to attract bees and butterflies and they used to be planted in churchyards for spiritual protection. They grow well in any light, with an affinity for damp soil.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassy meadows, river banks
- Also known as: Bishops’s Wort, Wood Betony, Common Hedgenettle
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
These yellow-and-orange clusters of pea-like flowers bring some fanciful flowers to your garden, but in a more down-to-earth way: hardy and low-growing, this meadow plant is an important source of nectar to certain pollinators, and its warm colouration adds a distinct summertime shine to lawns and wild gardens.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-20cm.
- Flowers: May-October
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, roadsides, grasslands
- Also known as: Eggs and Bacon, Cheesecake Grass, Lamb’s Toes
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
An unusual yet distinct variant of campion, which has grey-tinted foliage and grows drooping, fresh white bladders veined with purple, and five-petalled flowers. A plant with a subtle, withdrawn beauty that also attracts bees and butterflies.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20–60cm.
- Flowers: June-August
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, open forests, hedgerows
- Also known as: Cowbell, Maiden’s Tears
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
So-named for their swollen underground stem, the bulbous buttercup is a more widespread variant of the iconic glossy-yellow springtime wildflower. Thrives in acidic soil, with good sunlight to best bring out its golden glow.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30–45cm.
- Flowers: March-June
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, grasslands, road verges
- Also known as: Frogs-Foot, Goldcup
For those looking for something truly unique, the Burnet Saxifrage is one in a million: bearing thin branches of miniature, crystal-white floral umbels like snowflakes, as well as highly variable foliage, ranging from thin and sharp to short and toothed. It’s easy to naturalise, and its simple colouration makes it a suitable addition to any arrangement.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50–100cm.
- Flowers: May-September
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, heathland
- Also known as: Lesser Burnet
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
As its name suggests, the Clustered Bellflower sprouts dense bursts of vivid violet-blue flowers. Each flower is its own brilliant bouquet, on top of being hardy and attractive to bees and butterflies!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30–75cm.
- Flowers: June-September
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, coastal cliffs
- Also known as: Dane’s Blood
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The beautiful, nodding, bell-shaped blooms of the Columbine flower come in a variety of colours, even bi-coloured, though the most common colour in the wild is a vivid blue-violet, contrasted by a shining stamen the colour of honey, which is attractive to bees and butterflies. A cute cottage classic, perfect for pots, beds and borders, as it’s easy to grow and naturalise, though it dislikes being too dry.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 45–60cm
- Flowers: June-July
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides, grasslands
- Also known as: Dove Plant, Lady’s Shoes, Pigeon Foot
Wildflower Plug Plants FAQs
How to plant wildflower plug plants?
The first thing to do is prepare the ground - remove any weeds or other debris that may affect the growth of your wildflowers. (Adding compost on top of the soil before you plant can prevent the weeds froms growing back.)
Once the ground is prepared, water your plugs before planting and then plant them evenly across the space, around 3-4 cm apart. Once planted make sure to keep them watered during their first six weeks.
Should I buy wildflower plug plants or wildflower seed?
Wildflower plug plants are the best choice if you want to get an established wildflower garden growing quickly. Wildflower plug plants can also be a great choice if you have coarse soil that is especially difficult to grow in. If you’re looking to extend the flowering time of your wildflowers you can plant both wildflower plugs and seeds. Plug plants can be used for a new planting or to supplement an existing meadow.
When should I plant wildflower plug plants?
The best time to plant wildflower plug plants is Autumn or Spring, however they can be planted at any time of the year as long as the soil is not hard, dry or frozen.
What types of English wildflower plug plants are there?
Our Range of English Wildflower Plug Plants
We have a range of wildflower plants to suit different needs and environments; including:
Bee Friendly Wildflower Plug Plants
Our pre-grown, easy-to-plant wildflower plug plants are a hassle free way to introduce an array of nectar-rich wildflowers perfect to attract and support bees. Our bee-friendly wildflower plug plants are perfect for creating a beautiful outdoor paradise.
Butterfly Friendly Wildflower Plug Plants
Create a lively, colourful butterfly sanctuary with our butterfly friendly wildflower plug plants. Easy-to-plant and hassle-free, our plug plants for butterflies attract and support a variety of different butterfly species.
Water Edge Wildflower Plug Plants
Not only does planting wildflowers at the water edge help stabilise soil, prevent erosion and support local wildlife - they add life, colour and beauty to the water’s edge. Specifically designed to thrive in moist, damp conditions - they are also easy-to-establish and require little maintenance - perfect for any level of gardening experience.
Wetland Wildflower Plug Plants
Add colour and beauty to your landscape with our wetland wildflower plug plants. Designed to flourish in moist, nutrient rich wetland environments - they will not only help create a breathtaking view they help support biodiversity and create a healthy environment.
Scented Wildflower Plug Plants
Is there anything better than the smell of fresh flowers? Infuse your garden with the beautiful fragrance and vibrant colours of our scented wildflower plug plants. Our pre-grown, easy-to-grow scented wildflower plug plants will transform your outdoor space into a wildflower paradise.
Summer Flowering Wildflower Plug Plants
Transform your summer garden with vibrant colours and beautiful natural wildflowers. From captivating bird’s foot trefoil to delicate beautiful meadow crane’s bill, our summer flowering wildflower plug plants contain a range of species selected to provide a display of flowers from June through to September.
Wildflower plug plants for different soils
Different wildflower species thrive in different soil types; we have different wildflower plug plants that are designed to thrive in all soil types including:
Why choose Boston Seeds?
Why choose Boston Seeds?
With over two decades of experience, Boston Seeds is a family-run business whose passion lies in creating beautiful outdoor spaces with high-quality grass and wildflowers.
When buying from Boston Seeds, you are buying:
- Quality assurance: Our wildflower plants are grown with care and attention to detail so that you receive healthy plug plants ready to plant outside straight away.
- Customer satisfaction: We take pride in providing the best possible service and product for our customers. If you’ve got any questions or concerns our team is always happy to help.
- Expert advice: We are always on hand to help provide expert advice on planting your wildflower plants to ensure you get the best meadow or garden. Take a look at our advice section or get in touch.
How we can help!
At Boston Seeds we take pride in excellent customer service. Don't hesitate to get in touch to speak to one of our experts or request a catalogue to view our full range.
If you have a question about wildflower plants, then please email [email protected] or visit our wildflower advice pages for lots of expert help guides. With Next Day Delivery on hundreds of items too, choosing from our extensive range of wildflower seeds couldn't be easier. If you are ordering regularly or looking for large volumes? Click here to apply for a trade account today - we review all applications within one working day.
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We take quality seriously, supplying products you can trust. Our grass seed is DEFRA-certified for purity and germination, utilising the highest quality cultivars recommended by the Sports Turf Research Institute. Wildflower products are of known UK provenance and flower bulbs are sourced directly from the finest growers in the UK and the Netherlands.
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Help & Advice
If you're keen to get stuck in to establishing a wildflower garden, or you want to learn more about the different types of wildflower species, Boston Seeds has to offer, then we want to do what we can to make sure you have everything you need to blossom.
Here, we've curated a selection of handy tips and advice about wildflower plants and plugs that we hope you'll find useful. Check them out below...
