Birds Foot Trefoil

• Latin name
  Lotus corniculatus
  
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
  
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
  
• Suitable for
  Full sun, frequent cutting, meadow or flowering lawn
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; five/six spot burnet and common blue butterfly

Black Medic

• Latin name
  Medicago lupulina
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  April – July
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Dry, disturbed ground, frequent cutting
• Benefits
  Good source of nectar for bees

Bladder Campion

• Latin name
  Silene vulgaris
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
• Growth Height
  60 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Dry, alkaline – rough pasture, roadside verges
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; long tongued moths, red froghopper

Borage

• Latin name
  Borago officinalis
• Status
  Europe
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
• Growth Height
  30 – 60cm
• Suitable for
  Sun
• Benefits
  Edible leaves

Knapweed

• Latin name
  Centaurea nigra
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types expect vey damp or acid sites
• Benefits
  Imporant for pollinators; bees, flies, butterflies and beetles & wild bird seed

Common Poppy

• Latin name
  Papaver rhoeas
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Sun, typically light & calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Aesthetic appeal

Common Vetch

• Latin name
  Vicia sativa ssp. segetalis
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  April – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Open or disturbed grassland, typically dry and sandy soils
• Benefits
  Nitrogen fixing legume

Corn Chamomile

• Latin name
  Anthemis arvensis
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  June – Sept
• Growth Height
  20 – 30cm
• Suitable for
  Alkaline, full sun
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; supply of pollen and nectar to a wide range of insects, typically hoverflies

Corncockle

• Latin name
  Agrostemma githago
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types, typically well-drained, full sun
• Benefits
  In decline in the wild

Cornflower

• Latin name
  Centaurea cyanus
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  June – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types, typically well-drained, full sun
• Benefits
  In decline in the wild

Corn Marigold

• Latin name
  Glebionis segetum
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  June – Oct
• Growth Height
  10 – 60cm
• Suitable for
  Mildly Acidic
• Benefits
  Vunerable / near-threatened

Greater Knapweed

• Latin name
  Centaurea scabiosa
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  July – Sept
• Growth Height
  30 – 60cm
• Suitable for
  Grasslands on dry, calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Food source for a wide range of insects including bees and butterflies

Kidney Vetch

• Latin name
  Anthyllis vulneraria
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Sept
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Free draining calcareous soils on chalk and limestone grasslands – coastal
• Benefits
  Food source for beetle, moth larvae, sole food plant for caterpillars of small blue butterfly

Lady's Bedstraw

• Latin name
  Galium verum
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Sept
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Neutral to calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Scent of the plant acts as a flea repellant

Meadow Vetchling

• Latin name
  Lathyrus pratensis
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Moderately fertile soils 
• Benefits
  Nitrogen fixing and important for pollinators

Musk Mallow

• Latin name
  Malva moschata
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  July – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Grasslands on well-drained soils
• Benefits
  Source of essential oil

Oxeye Daisy

• Latin name
  Leucanthemum vulgare
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – July
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types, typically prefers well-drained areas
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; bees, butterflies and hoverflies

Perennial Flax

• Latin name
  Linum perenne
• Status
  Europe
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – July
• Growth Height
  22 – 45cm
• Suitable for
  Well-drained soil in full sun
• Benefits
  Source of nectar for honey bees

Ragged Robin

• Latin name
  Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Damp grassland
• Benefits
  In decline in the wild

Red Campion

• Latin name
  Silene dioica
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  April – July
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Typically light shade
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; bees, butterflies and hoverflies

Red & White Campion

• Latin name
  N/A -mix of two species
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial/SLP
• Flowering time
  April – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; bees, butterflies and hoverflies

Sainfoin

• Latin name
  Onobrychis vicifolia
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Unimproved chalk grassland
• Benefits
  Reduces nematode parasitism is ruminants

Salad Burnett

• Latin name
  Sanguisorba minor
• Status
  Naturalised
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Dry, chalk or limestone grassland
• Benefits
  Edible leaves

Self Heal

• Latin name
  Prunella vulgaris
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types, prefer calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Tolerant of shade

Tufted Vetch

• Latin name
  Vicia cracca
• Status
  Europe
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Sun
• Benefits
  Nitrogen fixing

Vipers Bugloss

• Latin name
  Echium vulgare
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Biennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Free-draining open grassland
• Benefits
  Drought tolerant, Important for pollinators; long tongued insects

White Campion

• Latin name
  Silene latifolia
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Short Lived Perennial
• Flowering time
  May – Sept
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Most soil types, typically neutral to alkaline soils
• Benefits
  Important for pollinators; bees, butterflies and hoverflies

Wild Carrot

• Latin name
  Daucus carota
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Biennial
• Flowering time
  June – Oct
• Growth Height
  10 – 150cm
• Suitable for
  Free draining calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Drought tolerant

Wild Marjoram

• Latin name
  Origanum vulgare
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  50 – 100cm
• Suitable for
  Dry, infertile calcareous soils
• Benefits
  Drought tolerant

Yarrow

• Latin name
  Achillea millefolium
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Perennial
• Flowering time
  June – Aug
• Growth Height
  10 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Sun
• Benefits
  Important for birds and insects

Yellow Rattle

• Latin name
  Rhinanthus minor
• Status
  UK native
• Life Cycle
  Annual
• Flowering time
  May – July
• Growth Height
  25 – 50cm
• Suitable for
  Moderate to low fertility grasslands
• Benefits
  Parasitises roots of meadow species, particularly grasses/legumes