Wildflower Seeds A to Z
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.
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
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
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
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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.
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
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
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
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, 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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Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
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
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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
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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