Wildflower Plug Plant Collection

Wildflowers for a stronger colour sunny meadow display

This stronger colour selection of wildflower plugs for a sunny meadow is made up of 13 varieties, with blues, reds and yellows being the main colours, and will arrive in a tray of 104 plants. This will cover an area of approximately 21m², planting 5 plants per 1m².

The plugs are young plants, not seedlings, and cost just over 64 pence each. Each individual plug's root volume is approximately 55cc, with a diameter of 36mm and a depth of 60mm. The top growth will depend on the variety and the time of year.

Below is what you can expect in your collection, depending on availability.

• Fox & cubs, Pilosella aurantiaca - bright orange flowers from June to August
• Ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi - 30cm tall perennial with bright pink ragged flowers
• Yellow toadflax, Linaria vulgaris - yellow/orange spikes of snapdragon-like flowers in July
• Lesser knapweed, Centaurea nigra - 40-60cm tall with mauve thistle flowers
• Devil's bit scabious, Succisa pratensis - lavender blue flowers in late summer
• Betony, Stachys officinalis - deep magenta flowers in June
• Giant bellflower, Campanula latifolia - grows to 1m tall with blue blooms in summer
• Red campion, Silene dioica - 30-45cm tall with pink-red blooms
• Cowslip, Primula veris - 10-15cm bunches of yellow flowers in May-June
• Meadow cranesbill, Geranium pratense - 30-45cm tall with bright blue flowers
• Bloody cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum - 20-30cm tall perennial with magenta flowers
• Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides - 10-20cm tall perennial herb with dark rose-pink flowers
• Vipers bugloss, Echium vulgare - 30-100cm tall with blue flowers in June
• Hawkweed, Hieracium agg. - grows 30-40cm tall with bright 'dandelion' type flowers
• Heartsease, Viola tricolor - short lived perennial with purple flowers often blotched with yellow
• Sainfion, Onobrychis viciifolia - bright pink racemes of flowers from July to August
• Elecampane, Inula helenium - bright yellow sunflower-like daisies in summer
• Jacobs ladder, Polemonium caeruleum - 30-90cm tall with dark purple flowers
• Yellow horned poppy, Glaucium flavum - 30-45cm grey perennial with clear yellow flowers
• Wild clary, Salvia verbenaca - 30-40cm tall with violet-blue flowers
• Great burnet, Sanguisorba officinalis - 30-60 cm tall perennial with raspberry-like flowers
• Golden rod, Solidago virgaurea - bright yellow flowers from June to September
• Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare - 30-100cm tall perennial with bright yellow button flowers