Guide to British Wildflowers

If you compare the wildflowers of Britain with international standards you will find it incredibly modest, yet gorgeous nonetheless and certainly worth mention. The British woodlands are filled with flowers early in the spring with gorgeous verges and lanes before the canopy closes overhead. You will find flowery treasures along the stone works of ancient walls, saltmarshes and foreshores. On watercourses and wetlands floating wildflowers adorn with chequered moors and heaths in late summers. Every plant in Britain like all others have their own unique pollination methods and seed distribution and we look at some of the most gorgeous and often found.

  • Corn cockle used to be a weed, now you find it in seed mixtures for those looking for a modern twist with this magenta flower than grows quite tall.
  • Ramsons is a member of the garlic family, and also offers this pungently perfumed fragrance during spring months.
  • Pyramid orchid loves alkaline grassland and glorious mid-summer flower that loves Britain’s mildness and you will find it in more than just isosceles in shape.
  • Wood anemone is lovely white and low growing in woods.
  • Cow parsley grows in May in shady areas and lovely white and green and you will find it in all show gardens in Britain
  • Columbine is lovely purple and a woodland plant
  • Thrift is a tough yet delicate looking flower that grows on sea ledges with delicate pink pincushion flowers.
  • Daisies are found in any gardener’s garden and lovely modesty presentative
  • Kingcup grows in early spring and gorgeous yellow brightness that lights up woodlands and marshes.
  • Harebell is the bluebell of Scotland and delicate powder-blue bells that loves fertile ground
  • Cuckoo flower is also known as milkmaids and in late spring you will find it on grassy verges and damp meadows.
  • Chicory is brilliant blue and a slender, solitary tall plant that adorns roadsides
  • Lily of the Valley is a strong traditional English flower and lovely scented
  • Wild carrot is found on the coastal walks and verges and easily recognized with a concave appearance.
  • Foxglove is highly attractive for bees and found in early summer and pink, tall flowers.
  • Teasel blooms in late summer and distinctive looking with soft tactile, lilac rings and egg shaped blooms
  • Sea holly has luscious blue and silvery flowers and found in marram grass and dunes.
  • Meadow cranesbill grows in verges, limestone grassland and flowers in mid-summer
  • Bluebell is glorious flowers that grows in May
  • Honeysuckle is well known in the country side with lovely scent