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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The Evening Primrose’s fragrant bell-shaped flowers are welcome in any garden, and grow in shades of yellow, pink and white on tall stems. They’re easy to grow in any soil for those who want a beautiful bloom to light up the summer evenings.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 100-150cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadside verges, meadows
- Also known as: Cure-All, Four O’Clock, German Rambion
- Seeds per gram: 2250
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Dropwort produces long, thin branches of delicate pink buds and foamy cream flowers and thin, fern-like leaves. Everything about this plant appears as soft and sweet as its common nickname, ‘Meadowsweet’, and it has a strong scent to match. Plant it alone or with pastel-petalled company in heavier, loamy soil for a supremely sugary spectacle.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woodland verges, roadside verges, damp meadows
- Also known as: Lady’s Belt, Little Queen, Meadowsweet
- Seeds per gram: 850
The Deadnettle, despite its name, is a long-lasting, hardy and sprawling plant that can really bring a wild garden to life! Grows charming little whorls of pink and purple petals, as well as attractive red-tinted, heart-shaped foliage as it matures. Truly a hearty flower to get your garden buzzing with energy, especially as it's a favourite of bees and butterflies!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 7-30cm
- Flowers: March-October
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, hedgerows, road verges
- Also known as: Sweet Archangel, Bad Man’s Posies
- Seeds per gram: 1000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
One shouldn’t overlook the beaming yellow florets of the dandelion! Some treasure dandelions as a vitamin-rich food source, and they’re a hardy, easy-to-grow flower that’s sure to attract pollinators and bring an extra splash of sunshine to your garden. They’re named from the French word “dent-de-leon,” or “lion’s tooth,” referring to their deeply serrated leaves.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-45cm
- Flowers: April-May
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges, fields
- Also known as: Bitterwort, Clock Flower, Lion’s Tooth
- Seeds per gram: 8000
Light up woodland edges with Dames Violet, creating a smooth lilac, delicate flower. Excellent for naturalising, they can be found in woodland areas and borders to attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators with it's sweet scent.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil requirement: Well-drained, moist
- Light requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural habitat: Hedgerows, wood edges, wasteground
- Also known as: Damask, Queen's Gilliflower, Sweet Rocket
- Seeds per gram: 1,250
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A well-known wildflower with numerous, narrow white petals and bright yellow florets making up its centre. It’s much larger than the typical lawn daisy: its flower heads grow around 3-5cm wide! A robust flower with classic charm, and a favourite of bees and butterflies.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges
- Also known as: Marguerite, Pretty Maids, Dog Daisy
- Seeds per gram: 3000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Meadow Cranesbill is a delightfully airy flower, with violet and blue flowers growing in pairs on tall, forked stems, as well as attractive, beak-like seed pods from which it gets its name. Well-loved by bees and other pollinators, and it’s very easy to naturalise!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-100cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, road verges
- Also known as: Crowfoot, Meadow Geranium
- Seeds per gram: 120
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 with an aromatic presence. Cowslip displays a rosette of green, tongue-like leaves upon a green stem. The flowers are deep yellow with orange markings in the center, similar to an egg yolk.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-30cm
- Flowers: April-May
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Meadows, grassland, woodland edges, verges
- Also known as Cowslip Primrose, Oxlip
- Seeds per gram: 1100
A perennial wildflower that grows rapidly during the summer months. Cow Parsley has a hollow stem and grows to be very tall. White umbrella-like flowers that look like lace. Usually found in large clusters on roadside verges, hedgerows and woodland areas.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 60-90cm
- Flowers: April-June
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows and woodland edges
- Also known as: Queen Anne's Lace, Lady's Lace
- Seeds per gram: 200
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Famed for its unique and beautiful colour, with perfect pale blue petals tinted with purple in a fluffy formation. This wildflower lends itself to many colour combinations and is highly attractive to pollinators.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, farmland
- Also known as: Bachelor’s Button
- Seeds per gram: 200
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The corncockle’s beauty is almost artistic: magenta petals fading to white, laced with veins of deep purple. Grows tall and proud on soft, silvery stems. What’s not to love?
- Type: Annual
- Height: 60-120cm
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Cat’s Eyes, Kiss-Me-Quick
- Seeds per gram: 80
Clover plants are especially distinct, sporting spiked white pom-poms of petals and rounded trifoliate leaves. Easy to grow in any environment, and makes for a decent lawn flower.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-20cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Dutch Clover, Ladino Clover
- Seeds per gram: 1500
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Perfect for pollinators, Wild Red Clover is an easy to grow wildflower with its unique pinkish-red rounded flower heads and trefoil-like leaves.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 10-20cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Beebread, Cow Clover
- Seeds per gram: 1000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A creeping perennial wildflower with Large, white daisy-like flowers. They’re easy enough to grow along with the benefit of being attractive to pollinating species, and will reward you with a strong aroma similar to apples.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 20-30cm
- Flowers: May-July
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Grasslands
- Also known as: Mayweed, Field Chamomile
- Seeds per gram: 5000
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
These sunny yellow blooms grow on branched stems and have minimal leaves on the stem. The leaves are seen to have a pimple-like hairy appearance. This wildflower is easy to take care of, and are beloved by pollinators as well. This perennial wildflower is a member of the Daisy family and usually has 2-3 flowers on a branched stem. An excellent meadow flower.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-45cm
- Flowers: May-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or part shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadsides, grasslands
- Also known as: Flatweed, False Dandelion
- Seeds per gram: 1250
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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.
This wildflower is also commonly known as Queen Anne's Lace. Produces long stalks with a fountain of white, foam-like flowers, often with a dark red central flower. Also produces pleasing feathered foliage upon a hairy stem.
- Type: Biennial
- Height: 30-40cm
- Flowers: June-October
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Cliff sides, grasslands, roadsides
- Also known as: Queen Anne’s Lace
- Seeds per gram: 800
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A pure white, five petalled perennial. At night, it produces a clovey scent to attract pollinators. They have a delicate beauty of their own, but they can hybridise when planted alongside red campion to create precious pink and white beauties.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-October
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Roadside verges, hedgerows
- Also known as: Bull Rattle, White Cockle, White Robin
- Seeds per gram: 800
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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.
In spite of its name, the Red Campion boasts eye-catching pink petals that make a welcome splash of colour in a shady spot. In mythology, they were a favourite of fairies, and in your garden they’re highly attractive to bees. Flowers shortly after the bluebell- planting them together can create a hedgerow of pink-and-blue eye candy.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: April-September
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Hedgerows, woodlands
- Also known as: Hare’s Eye, Ragged Jack, Adder’s Flower
- Seeds per gram: 800
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 commonly found in meadows and pastures. The tallest and most graceful of all the buttercups. The yellow flowers are split into 5 petals. The leaves have a rounded appearance and are split into between 3 to 7 lobes. The Meadow Buttercup does not posses the runners that the creeping buttercup posses.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-90cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Soil Requirement: Damp
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Woodland edges, grasslands, meadows
- Also known as: Tall Buttercup, Common Buttercup, Giant Buttercup
- Seeds per gram: 600
A Perennial Plant that has a yellow, glossy flower that is around 2cm in diameter. The foliage belonging to this plant is much coarser than Meadow Buttercup along with being lower-lying to the ground. The leaves are divided into 3 lobes with fraying edges and a hairy appearance. This plant has long, rooting runners which aid in the spread across an area.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn or Spring
- Soil Requirement: Damp
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Woods, wet-moist meadows, farmland, footpaths, wasteland
- Also known as: Little Frog
- 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 smaller species of burnet, bearing clumps of miniature, round red flowers, followed by a harvest of burred fruit. Its main appeal is its leaves, which smell like cucumber when crushed and are sometimes used for flavouring.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 20-50cm
- Flowers: May-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun
- Natural Habitat: Chalky grasslands
- Also known as: Garden Burnet, Pimpernelle, Toper’s Plant
- Seeds per gram: 300
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
The Great Burnet is a lively-looking plant, sporting crimson flower clusters atop tall, branching stems with distinct jagged leaves. They’re highly attractive to pollinators, and for a good reason; this wild-growing relative of the rose is not to be overlooked!
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 45-90cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring or Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Floodplains, meadows, riverbanks
- Also known as: Burnet Bloodwort
- Seeds per gram: 400
Once prized for a range of culinary uses, the Borage herb has a unique palette among wild flowers which is sure to spice up your garden. Its brilliant blue, star-shaped flowers and hairy, scarlet stems are attractive to pollinators and easy to grow with minimal fuss.
- Type: Annual
- Height: 30-60cm
- Flowers: June-September
- Best Sown: Spring
- Soil Requirement: Well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Forest verges, meadows
- Also known as: Starflower Cool Tankard, Tailwort
- Seeds per gram: 100
Plants for Pollinators highlights plants selected by the RHS as scientifically proven to tackle the declines in bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
A gorgeous addition to a wildflower garden, bearing spikes of rich purple and red petals, alongside distinct and attractive foliage. Its flowers are also known to attract bees and butterflies and they used to be planted in churchyards for spiritual protection. They grow well in any light, with an affinity for damp soil.
- Type: Perennial
- Height: 30-60cm.
- Flowers: June-August
- Best Sown: Autumn
- Soil Requirement: Moist but well-drained
- Light Requirement: Full sun or partial shade
- Natural Habitat: Grassy meadows, river banks
- Also known as: Bishops’s Wort, Wood Betony, Common Hedgenettle
- Seeds per gram: 600
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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