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From Agrimony right the way though to Yellow-rattle, there's a whole host of wildflower seeds you can choose from if a particular look is what you're going for. Each type of wildflower has its own unique set of qualities. Whether you're keen to create a meadow full of sunkissed golden wildflowers with healing properties like that of St John's-wort or you want a wildflower garden that looks pretty in pink when dressed in Greater Knapweed or Purple Loosestrife - we've got you covered.
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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Exceptional quality yellow rattle seeds produced from UK meadow collections, freshly harvested in 2022. Cleaned to exacting standards of purity and germination to ensure we only supply the highest quality seeds. Order online today for next day delivery.
Yellow rattle is an important addition to any wildflower meadow, slowing down the rate of grass growth to create more space and opportunity for a diverse range of wildflower species. Commonly found across natural grassland meadows throughout the UK.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 20–50cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, meadows
- Also known as: Corn Rattle, Hay Rattle, Penny Grass
- Seeds per gram: 270
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Common Agrimony is an attractive, medium-height meadow plant. Its yellow flowers on tall spires are ideally placed for bees and a number of species of wild birds. Steeped in British folklore, legend has it that placing a common agrimony flower under one's head will cause them to sleep until it is taken away.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 40-80cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, neutral
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Southern UK, grassland, meadows, roadsides
- Also known as: Church Steeples, Sticklewort, Aaron's Rod, Clot-Bur, Fairy's Wand, Money-In-Both-Pockets, Salt-And-Pepper, Sweethearts
- Seeds per gram: 60
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Wood Avens bears small, nectar-rich yellow flower heads, followed by burr-like seed heads. Once prized for medicinal use by herbalists and named a 'blessed herb', this hardy, leafy plant can still bless your garden with a little sweetness and sunshine in a shady spot.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woods, hedgerows, roadsides
- Also known as: Herb Bennett, Colewort, St. Benedict's Herb, Blessed Herb
- Seeds per gram: 1400
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The distinctly-shaped and aromatic leaves of the basil plant surely need no introduction, but gardeners may be pleasantly surprised at their flowers, which bloom in whorls of royal purple and pink. As a plant beloved by pollinators and with plenty of uses outside of the garden, this wildflower has something to offer for just about anyone!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, calcareous
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Dry meadows, forests, hedgerows
- Also known as: Cushion Calamint
- Seeds per gram: 2500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A hardy perennial with small, white starry flowers, best clambering up hedges or shrubs. Sweetly scented, Hedge Bedstraw will attract pollinators and beneficial insects and is commonly found on dry, grassy hedgebanks and grassland.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, dry
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, meadows
- Also known as: False Babies Breath
- Seeds per gram: 2000
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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Much like its odd title, the ‘Lady’s Bedstraw’ carries riches in a rough-and-tumble manner, bearing vast whorls and clusters of tiny golden flowers. It also boasts a distinct and sweet scent, even when dried. A hardy, sprawling plant that’s sure to make a fine bed for a wild garden.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-30cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassy meadows, road verges, clifftops and hills
- Also known as: Maiden’s Hair, Fenwort, Cheese Rennet
- Seeds per gram: 1600
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A tall perennial with lower leaves that resemble nettle leaves and large purple bell-shaped flowers that droop from the top. Tall, hairy perennial that flowers in the height of summer and attracts beneficial pollinators and insects.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50-100cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial Shade
- Natural Habitat: Open deciduous woods, scrub and hedgerows
- Also known as: Bats-in-the-Belfy, Throatwort
- Seeds per gram: 4000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A gorgeous addition to a wildflower garden, bearing spikes of rich purple and red petals, 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-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- 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
- Seeds per gram: 600
Once prized for a range of culinary uses, the Borage herb has a unique palette among wild flowers which is sure to spice up your garden. Its brilliant blue, star-shaped flowers and hairy, scarlet stems are attractive to pollinators and easy to grow with minimal fuss.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Forest verges, meadows
- Also known as: Starflower Cool Tankard, Tailwort
- Seeds per gram: 100
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Great Burnet is a lively-looking plant, sporting crimson flower clusters atop tall, branching stems with distinct jagged leaves. They’re highly attractive to pollinators, and for a good reason; this wild-growing relative of the rose is not to be overlooked!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 45-90cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring or Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Floodplains, meadows, riverbanks
- Also known as: Burnet Bloodwort
- Seeds per gram: 400
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A smaller species of burnet, bearing clumps of miniature, round red flowers, followed by a harvest of burred fruit. Its main appeal is its leaves, which smell like cucumber when crushed and are sometimes used for flavouring.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20-50cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Chalky grasslands
- Also known as: Garden Burnet, Pimpernelle, Toper’s Plant
- Seeds per gram: 300
A Perennial Plant that has a yellow, glossy flower that is around 2cm in diameter. The foliage belonging to this plant is much coarser than Meadow Buttercup along with being lower-lying to the ground. The leaves are divided into 3 lobes with fraying edges and a hairy appearance. This plant has long, rooting runners which aid in the spread across an area.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Damp
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woods, wet-moist meadows, farmland, footpaths, wasteland
- Also known as: Little Frog
- Seeds per gram: 500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A Perennial Plant commonly found in meadows and pastures. The tallest and most graceful of all the buttercups. The yellow flowers are split into 5 petals. The leaves have a rounded appearance and are split into between 3 to 7 lobes. The Meadow Buttercup does not posses the runners that the creeping buttercup posses.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Soil Requirement: Damp
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Woodland edges, grasslands, meadows
- Also known as: Tall Buttercup, Common Buttercup, Giant Buttercup
- Seeds per gram: 600
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A Perennial Wildflower that is ordinarily found growing in meadows, grasslands and fields. An unusual plant with white, slightly drooping flowers above a purplish veined bladder. The leaves are a bluish-green in colour and have a long, thin appearance on mature plants. This wildflower has a similair aroma to cloves. A nectar plant for butterflies.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20-40cm
- Flowers: June-August.
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, grasslands, hedgerows, roadside verges
- Also known as: Maidens Tears, Cowbell, Common Bladder Catchfly
- Seeds per gram: 1200
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
In spite of its name, the Red Campion boasts eye-catching pink petals that make a welcome splash of colour in a shady spot. In mythology, they were a favourite of fairies, and in your garden they’re highly attractive to bees. Flowers shortly after the bluebell- planting them together can create a hedgerow of pink-and-blue eye candy.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: April-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows, woodlands
- Also known as: Hare’s Eye, Ragged Jack, Adder’s Flower
- Seeds per gram: 800
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A pure white, five petalled perennial. At night, it produces a clovey scent to attract pollinators. They have a delicate beauty of their own, but they can hybridise when planted alongside red campion to create precious pink and white beauties.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-October
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadside verges, hedgerows
- Also known as: Bull Rattle, White Cockle, White Robin
- Seeds per gram: 800
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This wildflower is also commonly known as Queen Anne's Lace. Produces long stalks with a fountain of white, foam-like flowers, often with a dark red central flower. Also produces pleasing feathered foliage upon a hairy stem.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 30-40cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Cliff sides, grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Queen Anne’s Lace
- Seeds per gram: 800
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
These sunny yellow blooms grow on branched stems and have minimal leaves on the stem. The leaves are seen to have a pimple-like hairy appearance. This wildflower is easy to take care of, and are beloved by pollinators as well. This perennial wildflower is a member of the Daisy family and usually has 2-3 flowers on a branched stem. An excellent meadow flower.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-45cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or part shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadsides, grasslands
- Also known as: Flatweed, False Dandelion
- Seeds per gram: 1250
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A creeping perennial wildflower with Large, white daisy-like flowers. They’re easy enough to grow along with the benefit of being attractive to pollinating species, and will reward you with a strong aroma similar to apples.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 20-30cm
- Flowers: May-July
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands
- Also known as: Mayweed, Field Chamomile
- Seeds per gram: 5000
Perfect for pollinators, Wild Red Clover is an easy to grow wildflower with its unique pinkish-red rounded flower heads and trefoil-like leaves.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-20cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Beebread, Cow Clover
- Seeds per gram: 1000
Clover plants are especially distinct, sporting spiked white pom-poms of petals and rounded trifoliate leaves. Easy to grow in any environment, and makes for a decent lawn flower.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-20cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover
- Seeds per gram: 1500
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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The corncockle’s beauty is almost artistic: magenta petals fading to white, laced with veins of deep purple. Grows tall and proud on soft, silvery stems. What’s not to love?
- Type: Annual
- Height: 60-120cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Cat’s Eyes, Kiss-Me-Quick
- Seeds per gram: 80
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Famed for its unique and beautiful colour, with perfect pale blue petals tinted with purple in a fluffy formation. This wildflower lends itself to many colour combinations and is highly attractive to pollinators.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, farmland
- Also known as: Bachelor’s Button
- Seeds per gram: 200
A perennial wildflower that grows rapidly during the summer months. Cow Parsley has a hollow stem and grows to be very tall. White umbrella-like flowers that look like lace. Usually found in large clusters on roadside verges, hedgerows and woodland areas.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: April-June
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows and woodland edges
- Also known as: Queen Anne's Lace, Lady's Lace
- Seeds per gram: 200
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A perennial wildflower with an aromatic presence. Cowslip displays a rosette of green, tongue-like leaves upon a green stem. The flowers are deep yellow with orange markings in the center, similar to an egg yolk.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-30cm
- Flowers: April-May
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, grassland, woodland edges, verges
- Also known as Cowslip Primrose, Oxlip
- Seeds per gram: 1100
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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Meadow Cranesbill is a delightfully airy flower, with violet and blue flowers growing in pairs on tall, forked stems, as well as attractive, beak-like seed pods from which it gets its name. Well-loved by bees and other pollinators, and it’s very easy to naturalise!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-100cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges
- Also known as: Crowfoot, Meadow Geranium
- Seeds per gram: 120
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A well-known wildflower with numerous, narrow white petals and bright yellow florets making up its centre. It’s much larger than the typical lawn daisy: its flower heads grow around 3-5cm wide! A robust flower with classic charm, and a favourite of bees and butterflies.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges
- Also known as: Marguerite, Pretty Maids, Dog Daisy
- Seeds per gram: 3000
Light up woodland edges with Dames Violet, creating a smooth lilac, delicate flower. Excellent for naturalising, they can be found in woodland areas and borders to attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators with it's sweet scent.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural habitat: Hedgerows, wood edges, wasteground
- Also known as: Damask, Queen's Gilliflower, Sweet Rocket
- Seeds per gram: 1,250
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
One shouldn’t overlook the beaming yellow florets of the dandelion! Some treasure dandelions as a vitamin-rich food source, and they’re a hardy, easy-to-grow flower that’s sure to attract pollinators and bring an extra splash of sunshine to your garden. They’re named from the French word “dent-de-leon,” or “lion’s tooth,” referring to their deeply serrated leaves.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-45cm
- Flowers: April-May
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges, fields
- Also known as: Bitterwort, Clock Flower, Lion’s Tooth
- Seeds per gram: 8000
The Deadnettle, despite its name, is a long-lasting, hardy and sprawling plant that can really bring a wild garden to life! Grows charming little whorls of pink and purple petals, as well as attractive red-tinted, heart-shaped foliage as it matures. Truly a hearty flower to get your garden buzzing with energy, especially as it's a favourite of bees and butterflies!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 7-30cm
- Flowers: March-October
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, hedgerows, road verges
- Also known as: Sweet Archangel, Bad Man’s Posies
- Seeds per gram: 1000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Dropwort produces long, thin branches of delicate pink buds and foamy cream flowers and thin, fern-like leaves. Everything about this plant appears as soft and sweet as its common nickname, ‘Meadowsweet’, and it has a strong scent to match. Plant it alone or with pastel-petalled company in heavier, loamy soil for a supremely sugary spectacle.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodland verges, roadside verges, damp meadows
- Also known as: Lady’s Belt, Little Queen, Meadowsweet
- Seeds per gram: 850
The Evening Primrose’s fragrant bell-shaped flowers are welcome in any garden, and grow in shades of yellow, pink and white on tall stems. They’re easy to grow in any soil for those who want a beautiful bloom to light up the summer evenings.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 100-150cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadside verges, meadows
- Also known as: Cure-All, Four O’Clock, German Rambion
- Seeds per gram: 2250
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Produces branched stems with daisy-like flowers in sunny shades of yellow. As its name suggests, its curious scents helps to repel unwanted insects. It prefers damper environments, making them perfect pond-side plants.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Riversides, marshes, ditches
- Also known as: Harvest Flower, Job’s Tears, Pig-Daisy
- Seeds per gram: 16000
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There is something strangely unforgettable about this flower’s simple-but-unique tiny, baby-blue blooms with rare bursts of pink, and silvery foliage. They’re also perfect for pollinators, and have a knack for self-seeding.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 7-25cm
- Flowers: April-October
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Road-sides, dry grasslands
- Also known as: Blue Mouse-Ear, Scorpion Grass
- Seeds per gram: 4000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
This biennial wildflower flowers throughout the summer. A well-known stately plant with pink-purple flowers with spotting on the inside. This wildflower has tall spikes which can house up to 80 bell-shaped flowers. A desirable plant for pollinating species.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 50-100cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodland edges, roadside verges, heathland, hedgerows
- Also known as: Goblin Gloves, Witches' Gloves, Dead Men's Bells
- Seeds per gram: 12000
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A wetland plant with densely-packed miniature white flowers, dotted with red. Growing tall with distinct toothy leaves, it’s an excellent pond plant that also attracts pollinators.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50-100cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: River banks, stream sides
- Also known as: Bugleweed
- Seeds per gram: 4000
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A perennial wildflower that is commonly known in scotland as the Bluebell. The flowers usually have around 5 violet petals with a paper-like texture that are sealed together in a bell shape. The stem is thin and covered in tiny hairs.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-45cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, moors, meadows, sand dunes, cliffs
- Also known as: Bellflower, Lady's Thimble, Witch's Thimble
- Seeds per gram: 15000
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For those with wildflower gardens, the dandelion-like, bright bursting yellow rosettes of the Autumn Hawkbit are a good way to bring in some extra sunshine. A long-lived and hardy wetland plant beloved by bees, and its seeds are also attractive to finches!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-50cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, rocky ridges, pathways.
- Also known as: Fall Dandelion
- Seeds per gram: 1000
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The Rough Hawkbit’s sunburst-styled yellow florets are similar to that of the dandelion, but are distinguished by their larger heads with shades of red and orange on the outer florets, as well as coarse hair on the stem and leaves. A wildflower with a lot of warmth, and a lot of fragrance which helps to attract pollinators!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-50cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, rocky ridges, pathways.
- Also known as: Greater Hawkbit
- Seeds per gram: 900
This tall-growing iris really does show its beauty off like a flag in the wind! Thin, branching stems make way for buttery yellow, three-petalled flowers and blade-like leaves. A perfect pond-side plant that’s quite water-tolerant, thought by some to be the original fleur-de-lis, a symbol of heraldry and royalty.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 100-150cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Marsh, flood planes, ditches
- Also known as: Flagon, Water Flag, Yellow Fleur-De-Lis
- Seeds per gram: 20
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Produces a deep maroon flower head crowned with thistle-like florets of pink and purple, with dashes of a deep reddish-black. Don’t let its prickly appearance fool you- it’s an exceptionally hardy plant, but it has a softer side as a favourite of butterflies and bees!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, forest verges
- Also known as: Bell Weed, Hardhead, Tassel
- Seeds per gram: 500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A sharp and showy-looking flower, blooming into starburst-shaped, thistle-like magenta florets. The Greater Knapweed is hardy and tall-growing- grow it alone to let its brambly beauty shine forth and attract plenty of butterflies, or contrast it with softer-shaped wildflowers, like the ox-eye daisy.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 40-90cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, cliff-sides
- Also known as: Black Top
- Seeds per gram: 130
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Watch out! This chaotic-sounding, robust and hardy marsh flower may just flood your pond-side with plumes of pretty pink and purple petals, which just so happen to be perfect plants for pollinators.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-120cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Marshes, riverbanks, fens
- Also known as: Black Blood, Rainbow Weed, Red Sally
- Seeds per gram: 13600
The mallow is a hearty plant in every sense of the word: it’s able to adapt to a variety of soils and seasons, and bears awfully lovey-dovey heart-shaped pink petals with darker veins. It’s also been prized for its numerous culinary and medicinal uses.
- Type: Annual or Biennial
- Height: 30-90cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges
- Also known as: Cheese Cakes, Marsh Mallow, Round Dock
- Seeds per gram: 150
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Musk Mallow has a lot of ties to love in mythology and the language of flowers- and with its precious pink, heart-shaped petals, it’s not hard to see why. It’s named for its strong, musky aroma which gets stronger in the warmth, making it beloved by bees- and, should you keep it indoors to amplify its scent, you’re sure to fall in love with it too!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-90cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows, meadows
- Also known as: Abelmosk, Ambrette
- Seeds per gram: 500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
An exceptionally hardy wildflower which produces golden, daisy-like blooms about 5cm in diameter. It’s also ideal for attracting bees and butterflies, and has been noted to have a pleasant scent.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 15-45cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows, meadows
- Also known as: Guild Weed, Yellow Daisy, Yellow Ox-Eye
- Seeds per gram: 750
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An aromatic perennial with masses of dark purple buds that turn into paler flowers. The leaves are an oval shape and can be found in opposite pairs on the Squarish, red tinted stem. A very attractive pollinating plant.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Chalk limestone grassland. road verges, hedge banks
- Also known as: Cooking herb Oregano
- Seeds per gram: 10000
The Meadowsweet is well-named, as its cream-coloured, frothy flowers also have a particularly sweet scent, and is sometimes used as a flavouring. Preferring moist climates, this marsh flower is a tall-growing and hardy, and its sugary simplicity is sure to fit anyone’s tastes!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-120cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: River banks, damp meadows
- Also known as: Bridewort, Honey-Sweet, Meadow Queen
- Seeds per gram: 1400
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The dark mullein is a flower with a lot of layers to its beauty, producing spikes of buttery yellow, five-petalled flowers that are rather cheery, but crowned with sophisticated wine-red stamens, all of it wreathed in hairy green foliage. A plant with a peculiar palette that’s sure to be striking in any arrangement.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-45cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Road verges, hedgerows
- Also known as: Black-Rooted Mullein, Tall Mullein
- Seeds per gram: 11000
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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
While it’s perhaps best known for its common culinary usage, garlic mustard flowers also make a decent dressing as a garden flower, in our opinion. Produces pure-white, four-petalled flowers and attractive heart-shaped leaves, which smell like garlic when crushed. It’s a shy herb that spreads slivers of pristine light in a shady space, and attracts bees and butterflies, as well.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 30-80cm
- Flowers: April-July
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodlands, hedgerows
- Also known as: Jack-By-The-Hedge, Hedge Garlic
- Seeds per gram: 450
A perennial wildflower that is commonly found on open and arable areas. A low growing species of wildflower that is weakly fragrant with flowers that have a face-like appearance and appear in numerous colour combinations including; cream, purple and yellow. The leaves of this plant are heart shaped at the base, however further up the stem are leaves with pinnate lobes.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-30cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirements: Well-drained
- Light Requirements: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Footpaths, waste ground, dunes
- Also known as: Johnny-jump-up, Heartsease, Love-in-idleness
- Seeds per gram: 700
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A grass-like perennial Wildflower with a 5cm spike of small vanilla scented pale pinkish-purple flowers. The stem of this wildflower is hairy towards the base. The leaf surface is hairy, although more so on the underside. Good reliable meadow subject.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20-30cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Natural grassland, pasture, hay meadows
- Also known as: Narrowleaf Plantain
- Seeds per gram: 2000
A prickly plantain bearing spiky rosettes with tiny petals in fresh white and green. It’s one of the most hardy and easy-to-naturalise wildflowers in the UK, as well as a vital food source for pollinators and other animals for those who want to give a little bit back to nature.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: April-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Black Jack, Hen Plant, Ribgrass
- Seeds per gram: 400
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The wild red poppy is seen in fields across the UK. One of our most popular wildflowers. Synonymous with the 1914-18 Great War. Ideally requires a frost or chilling to help germination.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-July
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, meadow, road verges
- Also known as: Corn Poppy, Corn Rose, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy
- Seeds per gram: 11000
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A lovely perennial wildflower with dainty pink flowers which are divided into four lobes with 'ragged' petals. This wildflower is very popular with pollinating species that enjoy the nectar it produces. Looks terrific in a wetland meadow with meadow buttercup.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-70cm
- Flowers: May-July
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Damp
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, damp woodlands, wet grassland
- Also known as: Cuckoo Flower, Meadow Pink, Marsh Gilliflower
- Seeds per gram: 5400
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Produces highly distinct, spoon-shaped cream petals and crinkly foliage, accented by attractive maroon stems and stamens. A subtle but sublime specimen that’s great for pollinators. Recommended for stone gardens and hedgerows.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-50cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodland, heathland, coasts
- Also known as: Garlic Sage, Hind Heal
- Seeds per gram: 1600
A perennial plant that is a relation of the Daisy. This plant has the appearance of a thistle, but without the spines. The name Saw-Wort comes from the serrated edge of the leaves thus having a Saw-like appearance. The Saw-wort has purple flower heads and sit in branched clusters.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 70-120cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, open woods
- Also known as: Dyer's plumeless saw-wort
- Seeds per gram: 400
A taller-growing, thin-branched plant which produces umbrellas of tiny white flowers. It also has pleasing, varied foliage and eventually bears attractive pink fruit. Hardy, easy to naturalise and is good for attracting pollinators.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50-100cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassland, heathland
- Also known as: Lesser Burnet
- Seeds per gram: 750
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Though its pincushion-like, protruding anthers amidst indigo petals seem a little strange, we promise there’s nothing diabolical about the devil’s-bit scabious. In fact, its name comes from its shallow roots, which according to folklore were bitten short out of jealousy for the flower’s beauty… and, being pollen-rich and beloved by bees, it’s safe to say this flower is actually a devilishly good addition to a garden!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50-80cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Bogs, woodland, heathlands
- Also known as: Blue Bonnets, Bobby Bright Buttons, Fore-Bit
- Seeds per gram: 600
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Produces soft clusters of bluish-lilac florets, with shapely, longer outer florets. Though it appears dainty and delicate, it’s a tall-growing, hardy perennial that makes for an excellent meadow flower, especially when paired with other pastel-petalled wildflowers!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-90cm
- Flowers: July-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, verges
- Also known as: Black Soap, Egyptian Rose, Lady’s Cushion
- Seeds per gram: 130
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As its name suggests, this smaller scabious specimen still produces the same lovely, lilac petals as the rest of its family, but with five-petalled florets rather than four, a shorter, slender stem and finer foliage. A wonderful wildflower to grow in chalky soil for those who’d prefer the delicate, soft beauty of the scabious in a more controlled garden.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-70cm
- Flowers: July-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, verges
- Also known as: Curl-Doddy, Lilac-Flowered Scabious
- Seeds per gram: 700
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Self-Heal is a generous plant: it grows and naturalises in a majority of environments, requiring little fuss, and produces short spikes of maroon and violet beauty which are beloved by bees and butterflies. Its beauty only grows with the years, as it’s happy to self-seed, gifting you a garden awash in life and colour.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20-30cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands
- Also known as: Blue Lucy, Heart of the Earth, Thimble-Flower
- Seeds per gram: 1350
A wildflower with a lot of flavour! Spice up the garden with slender spires of small, scarlet blooms, which sometimes grow in a sweeter pink colour. It also bears attractive, oval leaves that taste tart when eaten. Self-seeds freely, so take care while you pepper them around.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands, verges
- Also known as: Sour Ducks, Vinegar Plant
- Seeds per gram: 2000
A smaller breed of sorrel, bearing tiny flowers in red and pink. Its colours add a lot of flavour to the garden, and its leaves can be used as flavourings in food. Self-seeding.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 7-25cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, acidic
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, woodlands, verges
- Also known as: Sour Weed
- Seeds per gram: 2500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Produces clumps of buttery yellow, star-shaped flowers with long, showy stamens that are good for attracting bees, butterflies and other pollinators. A flower of great religious importance and widely known for medicinal uses.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: River banks, meadows, hedgerows
- Also known as: Cammock, Devil’s Scourge, Rosin Rose
- Seeds per gram: 9000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A perennial wildflower which is thought to be one of our prettiest woodland and hedgerow spring flowers. White flowers up to 3cm on slender stalks. Petals notched and leaves narrow and stiff. These flowers have an explosive seed scattering mechanism in which they can be heard popping once the seed capsules ripen thus dispensing their seeds.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 25-60cm
- Flowers: April-June
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Moist
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Hedges, banks, wood-margins
- Also known as: Wedding cakes, Star of Bethlehem, Daddy's-Shirt-Buttons, Snapdragon
- Seeds per gram: 500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A perennial wildflower. Often identifiable by the juicy red Strawberries if found in woodland, scrubland or chalky downland areas, although not related to commercial strawberries. Long rooting runners has silky-hairy trefoil leaves with white flowers that have a golden centre.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 5-30cm
- Flowers: May-June
- Best Sown: Spring or Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, dry
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Open woods, woodland edges, scrubland
- Also known as: Woodland Strawberry, Alpine Strawberry
- Seeds per gram: 3000
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A common sight across Britain, the maroon-tinted spikelets of this plant carry the distinct scent of mown hay which lingers for a long time, making it an excellent dried flower. Early-flowering, hardy and self-seeding, it’s best kept in pots and similar containers to control its rigorous growth.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: April-July
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands
- Also known as: Spring Grass
- Seeds per gram: 2500
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An extra-tall plant which bears a band of little, lavender-coloured florets around its better-known spiky round flower head. An excellent wild garden plant, as it grows and naturalises well in any environment, and its seed heads are known for attracting birds and pollinating bugs, for those happy to co-exist with nature!
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 60-200cm
- Flowers: July-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, river banks, woodlands
- Also known as: Adam’s Flannel, Shepherd’s Staff, Venus’ Basin
- Seeds per gram: 350
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A Perennial Plant that is also commonly known as 'Eggs and Bacon' or 'Butter and Bacon'. The names that are commonly used for this plant come from the clusters of orange yollk-like flowers and buds which do also have a pea-like appearance. The leaves have 5 narrow oval shaped leaflets.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 15-25cm
- Flowers: May-October.
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadside verges, heathlands
- Also known as: Butter and Eggs, Eggs and Bacon, Hen and Chickens
- Seeds per gram: 600
Long grass bearing silver and purple spikelets in bloom. A self-seeding plant requiring very little care, its feathery flowers look best in the sun, but make an excellent addition to the palette of beds and borders, as its rugged beauty can match just about anything.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-120cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, praries, woodlands
- Also known as: Hassock Grass
- Seeds per gram: 7500
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
There’s a lot to find fetching about the Vetch: its climbing tendrils of foliage carry an earnest and delicate charm, and its two-petalled, pea-like magenta flowers look a little like butterflies! A lovely legume that’s attractive to pollinators, among other animals- it’s commonly used as a plant for livestock.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 45-75cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, verges, coastal areas
- Also known as: Fetch, Lintels
- Seeds per gram: 75
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Produces fiery, technicolour pom-poms in an array of colours from buttery yellow to rich red, tinting clover-like, wooly white calyces. It has a long flowering period, making it a brilliant bloom to brighten beds all summer long.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 7-15cm
- Flowers: May-October
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, verges, coastal areas
- Also known as: Devil’s Claws, Mary’s Fingers, Woundwort
- Seeds per gram: 350
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
These showy spires of violet and royal blue have an airy quality that lives up to their alternate name, ‘Bird Vetch’, with its tube-shaped blooms and long, oval-shaped tendrils both appearing quite feathery. It’s quite a climber, and thrives the most when planted with other tall flora to support it. Sports the same, familiar seed pods as others in the pea family, but when ripe, they turn deep black!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-120cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows, river banks, woodlands
- Also known as: Bird Vetch, Canada Pea, Tine Grass
- Seeds per gram: 100
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
This Perennial plant is a part of the Clover and Pea family. A Scrambling plant that is seen through grassy areas. yellow flowers with a pea- like appearance. The plant has a weak aroma. The leaves consist of a single pair of leaflets with tendrils. Fruit a blackish hairless pod to 4cm long.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 50-100cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Wet and moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, woodland edges, shrubs
- Also known as: Meadow Pea
- Seeds per gram: 100
Maybe you're looking for something a little more unusual that's a firm favourite with the bees, in which case an ocean blue garden of Borage is what you need. Or what about the Devil's-bit Scabious? A funky looking plant that isn't half as hellish as it sounds.
All of the wildflower seeds we supply here at Boston Seeds are UK native and many of which are certified as Plants for Pollinators by the Royal Horticultural Society. So, not only will you have the most amazing wildflower garden, you'll being seriously doing your bit for the environment, too.
To learn more about each of the plant varieties we supply, check out our Guide to Wildflower Species here.
Have a question about a particular wildflower? Check out our wildflower seed advice pages for more info.
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