Seasonal Wildflower Guide

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.