Explore Wildflowers

Britain's most beloved woodland flower, carpeting ancient forests in a haze of violet-blue each April and May.

The blazing scarlet emblem of remembrance, lighting up cornfields and roadsides with vivid colour from June to August.

A towering spike of thimble-shaped purple bells, beloved by bumblebees and the source of the heart medicine digitalis.

A cheerful nodding cluster of golden-yellow bells that heralds spring in chalk grasslands and traditional hay meadows.

Star-shaped white flowers and broad, glossy leaves that fill damp woodland with an unmistakable garlicky scent each spring.

The delicate pale-yellow herald of spring, nestling in hedgebanks and woodland edges from February onwards.

An intensely blue arable wildflower that was once common in cornfields but is now scarce — a jewel of the summer meadow.

A distinctive wetland flower with deeply divided, ragged-looking pink petals, found in damp meadows and marshes.

The classic large white daisy of summer meadows, with a bold golden centre and cheerful white ray petals.

A vivid deep-pink flower of woodland edges and hedgerows, brightening shaded spots from late spring through summer.

A stunning violet-blue geranium of traditional hay meadows and roadsides, one of Britain's most beautiful wildflowers.

A robust, thistle-like flower of chalk grassland with showy purple-red blooms that are magnets for butterflies and bumblebees.

The meadow-maker — a semi-parasitic plant that weakens grasses to allow wildflowers to thrive, named for its rattling seed pods.

A cushion-forming white flower of sea cliffs and shingle beaches, with distinctive inflated calyces and deeply notched petals.

A tall, magnificent wetland plant with dense spikes of vivid purple flowers, transforming riverbanks into a blaze of colour in summer.

The 'May blossom' — frothy white flowers smothering ancient hedgerows in spring, with a complex, heady fragrance.

The classic wild rose of British hedgerows, with delicate pale-pink flowers and brilliant red hips in autumn.

A robust, thistle-like flower of meadows and roadsides with purple-pink blooms that are among the most important for butterflies.

A climbing legume with dense spikes of blue-purple flowers, scrambling through hedgerows and meadow grasses in summer.

A cheerful low-growing flower with clusters of yellow and orange pea-flowers, found in grasslands throughout Britain.

Delicate sky-blue flowers with a yellow eye, growing at the water's edge in a classic combination of colour and grace.

Britain's most widespread orchid, with a dense spike of pale pink to lilac flowers and beautifully spotted leaves.

A low-growing, mat-forming plant of chalk downland and coastal turf, filling the air with a warm, aromatic fragrance.

A flat-topped cluster of tiny white flowers with feathery, aromatic leaves — one of Britain's most ancient and useful medicinal herbs.

A beautiful lilac-blue pincushion flower of traditional hay meadows, one of the finest plants for attracting butterflies.