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Future Forests: Wildflowers. Suitable for Mail Order. Updated 17th May 2013 |  |
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We offer a variety of
wildflower and native
plants which can be planted alongside garden ornamentals providing
food and habitat for our native insects and bringing natural beauty into your
garden.
* = naturalised introduction If you are planting large numbers e.g. for a wild flower meadow, we may be able to supply some of the wildflowers below in packs of 100 as plugs, please ask The following are available in 9cm pots for 3 euro each, 10 plants for 25 euro, 50 plants for 100 euro. |
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| Common name | Botanic Name | Description, mature height, flowering time, site | Availability | |
| Pic | Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta | Elegant woodland groundcover blue bell shaped flowers April to May. | in stock |
| Bluebells now available 'in the green' 100 bulbs for 42 euro (45 euro inc p&p) | ||||
| Pic | Bugle | Ajuga reptans | Dark leaf ,spires of blue flowers in spring. Woodland groundcover. | sold out |
| Corn-cockle | Agrostemma githago | Slender pink flowers from midsummer, for meadow lands | in stock | |
| Pic | Cow parsley | Anthriscus sylvestris | Delicate ferny foliage, white flowers April-June | in stock |
| Cowslip | Primula veris | Dainty, scented flower of old meadows | in stock | |
| Creeping Jenny | Lysimachia nummularia | Creeping evergreen stems, bright yellow flws Jun-Aug. Damp shade | available March | |
| Devil's Bit Scabious | Succisa pratensis | Blue/mauve flowers July to Oct. 40-120cm. Damp fields heaths etc. | in stock | |
| Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis | Mauve scabious like flower of meadows. loved by bees. | in stock | |
| Pic | Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | Poisonous, biennial of open woodland and waste ground. | in stock |
| Greater Knapweed | Centaurea scabiosa | Large purple flowers Jul-Aug. Scrub and sea cliffs. | in stock | |
| Harebell | Campanula rotundifolia | Nodding pale blue flowers 7-9.Dry grassland/heaths/dunes. | in stock | |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera pericyclymenum | Fragrant twining climber | in stock | |
| Pic | Kingcup | Caltha palustris | Marginal/ marsh loving. Rich yellow buttercup flowers in spring. | in stock |
| Lesser Celandine | Ranunculus ficaria | Yellow flowers Feb-May. Marbled heart shaped leaves. Likes damp/woods. | in stock | |
| Lily of the Valley* | Convallaria majalis | Poisonous, but sweetly scented flower of dry ancient woodlands. | in stock | |
| Lily of the Valley available 'in the green' 50 bulbs: 27 euro (30 euro inc p&p) | ||||
| Mullein | Verbascum thapsus | Dense spikes of yellow flowers Jun-Sep. Wooly leaves up to 2m. Rough land/walls. | in stock | |
| Pic | Ox eye daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare | White yellow centered daisy. 45cm 6-8.Well drained grassland | in stock |
| Oxslip * | Primula eliator | Leaf rosettes. Primrose like scented flowers on long stems. Damp woods.. | sold out | |
| Pic | Primrose | Primula vulgaris | Delicate, scented pale yellow flower of open woodland and grassy banks | in stock |
| Pic | Ragged Robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged pink flowers. Damp meadows. | in stock |
| Ramsons | Allium ursinum | Edible garlic flavoured leaf, star-like white flws Mar-May 35cm woods | in stock | |
| Salad burnet | Sanguisorbia minor | Salad plant 15-40cm. Prefers poor grassland. | ||
| Seaside Daisy | Erigeron glaucus | Soft purple daisy flowers yellow centres 50cm | available March | |
| Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | Blue/purple flower-spikes Jun-Sept, creeping foliage to 20cm. Grassland/damp. | in stock | |
| Pic | Sheep's Bit | Jasione montana | Bright blue flowers May to Aug. 5-40cm. Rocky dunes, cliffs, heaths. | in stock |
| Snowdrop * | Galanthus nivalis | Early nodding white flowers. | in stock | |
| Stinking Iris * | Iris foetidissima | Evergreen strappy leaves. Mauve flowers, darker vein. Scarlet berries | in stock | |
| Pic | Sweet Violet | Viola odorata | Low growing fragrant violet flowers in woods and shady places. | SOLD OUT |
| Sweet woodruff | Galium odoratum | Carpets of green foliage. Tiny white flowers May-June Woodland. | available March | |
| Pic | Three cornered leek * | Allium triquetrum | Strappy leaves, white flowers. Edible woodland groundcover. | in stock |
| Pic | Thrift | Armeria splendens | Mound forming evergreen, pink flowers. Cliffs and beaches. | in stock |
| Valerian | Valeriana officinalis | Strongly scented pinky white flowers May-Aug.125cm. Likes damp woods/meadows. | available March | |
| Pic | Viper's Bugloss | Echium vulgare | Blue flower spikes 80cm 6-9. Biennial. Self sows in sandy soil | in stock |
| Pic | Yellow flag | Iris pseudoacorus | Sword like foliage, large yellow flowers, likes damp. | in stock |
| Pic | White Ragged Robin * | Lychnis flos-cuculi | White ragged flowers. Damp meadows. | in stock |
| Pic | Wild Strawberry | Fragaria Vesca | Fruits in open woodland. | in stock |
| Wood anemone | Anemone nemorosa | Delicate nodding white woodland flower Feb to Apr. Ferny foliage. | in stock | |
| Pic | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | White flower heads, Jun-Sep ferny foliage. 40cm. Dry banks | in stock |
| All perennials are grown locally
but the full range may not always be available at any one time. If you plan
to collect your plants, we suggest you contact us a couple of weeks
beforehand to avoid disappointment We also hope to have a selection of native Grasses shortly. Please ask if interested For our full range of perennials see , see 'All Perennials A to Z' |
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