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< back to flower guide Primula vulgaris information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See March, April, May Natural Habitat Woodland, Grassland One of surest signs that spring is on the way.Primrose’s pale yellow flowers can be a common sight across the UK.The name derives from the Latin prima rosa meaning […]

< back to flower guide Rhinanthus minor information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See In flower, May to July Natural Habitat Nutrient-poor grassland, pastures and hay meadows Description Bright yellow flowers emerge from bulbous green bracts, on upright stems, with serrated leaves. Yellow Rattle gets its name from the seed

< back to flower guide Chamaemelum nobile information provided by Conservation Status Amber – Vulnerable and Near-Threatened Best Time to See June, July Natural Habitat Grassland A small, attractive, creeping plant with daisy-like flowers and feathery leaves. This perennial wild plant is low growing and spreads by rhizomes. It has a fresh apple scent when

< back to flower guide Ranunculus acris information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See May, June, July, August Natural Habitat Grassland One of our most familiar and best-loved buttercups, which is such a characteristic flower of meadows, verges and other grasslands. This is the buttercup you’re most likely to pick

< back to flower guide Hyacinthoides non-scripta information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See April, May Natural Habitat Woodland, Grassland Its bell-like flowers with up-rolled tips carpet forest floors in the spring and its distinctive scent attracts bees beneath the trees. The UK is home to about half of the

< back to flower guide Common Daisy Bellis perennis information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October Natural Habitat Grassland A common sight across the UK, the Daisy is a delightful sign that spring has arrived and summer is on its way. Each

< back to flower guide Dandelion Taraxacum officinale information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October Natural Habitat Grassland A common sight in spring, these bright yellow wild flowers can look quite exotic and the fluffy seed heads that follow are delicate and

< back to flower guide Centaurea Nigra information provided by Conservation Status Green – Least concern Best Time to See June, July, August, September Natural Habitat Knapweed is a wild flower of meadows and other grassland habitats from lawns to cliff-tops. It can often be seen on road verges where wildlife is allowed to thrive

< back to flower guide Cheiranthus Cheiri information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See March – September Natural Habitat Dry stone walls and cliffs DescriptionFour-petalled sweetly-scented flowers, in sunset-colours, from crimson to violet. Wallflowers have narrow dark-green leaves that remain throughout the year. Although a perennial, wallflower plants are often

< back to flower guide Salvia Verbenaca information provided by Conservation Status Least concern, England & Wales, declining further north Best Time to See June – September Natural Habitat Meadows, roadsides, dunes and waste ground. DescriptionWhorls of tiny violet-blue lipped flowers on slender stems, grow from a mound of coarse textured foliage. Wild Clary, is

< back to flower guide Matthiola Longipetala information provided by Conservation Status First recorded in the wild in 1904 Best Time to See June – August Natural Habitat Gardens, waste ground, roadsides DescriptionSweet-scented sprays of pale pink or mid pink, four-petalled flowers, with white centres to guide pollinators. This garden plant has greyish-green small leaves

< back to flower guide (Sanguisorba Officinalis information provided by Conservation Status Least concern, although its natural habitat is declining Best Time to See June to September Natural Habitat Wetlands, floodplains, marshes, damp meadows and pastures DescriptionOblong, or round, lollypops of claret-coloured flowers, on straight stems ,dance above a cushion of small, serrated leaves. This

< back to flower guide Oenothera Biennis information provided by Conservation Status Introduced in the 1600’s but naturalised Best Time to See June – September Natural Habitat Dry waste ground, roadside verges, railway cuttings DescriptionLarge, primrose-yellow, cup-shaped flowers, which open at dusk, providing a lovely scent throughout the evening. For this reason, Evening primrose is

< back to flower guide Borago Officinalis information provided by Conservation Status First recorded in the wild in 1724 Best Time to See May to September Natural Habitat Roadsides and waste ground DescriptionPretty, indigo-blue, star-like flowers that hang in clusters from hairy stems. Borage will flower from May onwards, and the blooms are very attractive

< back to flower guide (Nettle-leaved Bellflower) Campanula Trachelium information provided by Conservation Status Green, least concern Best Time to See July, August, September Natural Habitat Coppiced woodland, scrubby grassland, river and hedge banks DescriptionDelicate, paper-like, bell-shaped, purple flowers, sit in whorls around an erect stem of deeply toothed leaves. The flowers bloom from June