Easily grown perennial native wildflowers

Common bird’s foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) This nectar-rich member of the pea family is the caterpillar foodplant of the common blue, dingy skipper and burnet moths.

Cowslip

(Primula veris)

This spring-flowering, fruitily-scented primula holds a cluster of flowers on one stem. It is more droughttolerant than the primrose.

Field scabious (Knautia arvensis)

A pale-blue scabious that sustains bees and butterflies from May until autumn. Seeds are dispersed by ants.

Red campion

(Silene dioica)

This bright-pink flower often follows bluebells. It prefers shade and is dioecious: male and female flowers are on separate plants.

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

The delicate grey-blue bells appear in the second half of summer and continue into autumn.

Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) Purple-pink flowers emerge in July. Adored by bees and marbled white butterflies.