countrysidecompanion.com - Year Planner

A personal selection of wildflowers to look out for each month.

	Hedges, verges, banks	Woods, wood margins	Grass, arable land, walls	Heaths, moors, mountains	Marsh, fens, ditches, riversides, ponds	Sea shores, dunes, saltmarsh, cliffs
JAN	Shepherd’s purse Groundsel Winter heliotrope	Butcher’s-broom Spurge laurel	Whitlowgrass
FEB	Colt’s-foot Cuckoo pint Barren strawberry Lungwort Three-cornered garlic	Winter aconite Dog’s mercury Snowdrop Yellow star-of-Bethlehem	Hairy bittercress Field speedwell Germander speedwell Pasque flower	Round-leaved crowfoot
MAR	Primrose Daffodil Sweet violet	Wood anemone Lesser celandine Wood spurge Butterbur Mezereon	Wall speedwell	Crowberry Gorse	Marsh marigold Golden saxifrage	Red deadnettle Heath dog-violet Wallflower
APR	Garlic mustard Common dog-violet Greater stitchwort Bush vetch Cow parsley Alexanders Lords-and-ladies	Oxlip Toothwort Moschatel Bluebell Ramsons Pink purslane Yellow archangel	Lady’s smock Meadow saxifrage Cowslip Early forget-me-not Ivy-leaved toadflax Bugle Grape hyacinth	Broom Bilberry Common lousewort	Bogbean Blinks Star-of-Bethlehem Marsh violet Cuckoo flower	Scurvygrass Early-purple orchid Hottentot fig Sea sandwort
MAY	Greater celandine Silverweed White bryony Oxeye daisy White campion Red campion Horseradish Crosswort White comfrey	Globeflower Wood sorrel Lily-of-the-valley White helleborine Common twayblade Red campion Columbine Greater celandine	Pasqueflower Meadow buttercup Common fumitory Field penny-cress Milkwort Dove’s-foot crane’s-bill Yellow rattle Cornsalad	Petty whin Heath milkwort Heath dog-violet Cowberry	Bogbean Common comfrey Butterwort Yellow Iris Brooklime Fool’s watercress Marsh pea Marsh orchid	Spotted medick Horseshoe vetch Kidney vetch Roseroot Thrift Sea campion Spring squill Bird’s-foot Bur chervil
JUN	Foxglove Ribbed melilot Tufted vetch Common comfrey Hemlock Viper’s bugloss Bittersweet Bristly oxtongue Wild madder Cleavers Hedge bedstraw Dame’s violet	Herb-Paris Dog rose Common wintergreen Common-spotted orchid Sanicle Wood dock Fly orchid Bird’s-nest orchid Tuberous comfrey Stinking iris	Poppy Meadow crane’s-bill Dropwort Centaury Yellow-wort Eyebright Squinancywort Field scabious Ragwort Musk thistle Mouse-ear hawkweed Fragrant orchid Bee orchid Field pepperwort	Foxglove Heath bedstraw Butterwort Chickweed wintergreen Mountain pansy Bittervetchling Starry saxifrage Common wintergreen Yellow saxifrage	Meadowsweet Lesser spearwort Round-leaved sundew Bog pimpernel Water forget-me-not Great burnet Skullcap Ragged robin Marsh thistle Water-plantain Yellow iris Purple loosestrife Watercess Water avens Water forget-me-not Marsh woundwort Fragrant orchid	Sea beet Stork’s-bill Kidney vetch Biting stonecrop Centaury Viper’s bugloss Weld Sea rocket Burnet rose Hound’s-tongue Yellow bartsia Pale flax Navelwort
JUL	Perforate St John’s wort Tansy Honeysuckle Rosebay willowherb Great mullein Agrimony Dyer’s weld Common knapweed Melilot Lady’s bedstraw Evening primrose Meadow crane’s-bill Hedge bindweed Hedge woundwort	Downy rose Wood sage Wild hop Honeysuckle Yellow bird’s-nest Climbing corydalis Small balsam Wild liqourice Herb bennet Yellow pimpernel	Restharrow Toadflax Large-flowered hemp-nettle Harebell Venus’ looking-glass Carline thistle Greater knapweed Pyramidal orchid Field scabious Common mallow Wild parsnip Cornflower	Cornish heath Sheep’s-bit scabious Mountain everlasting Round-leaved sundew Heath speedwell Common knapweed Betony Sherard’s downy rose Great burnet	Grass-of-Parnassus Water mint Bog asphodel Marsh helleborine Wild angelica Purple loosestrife Water figwort Ivy-leaved bellflower Bulrush Gipsywort Marsh willowherb Hemp-agrimony Marsh cinquefoil Yellow water-lily Frogbit	Sea-kale Sea beet Common orache Evening primrose Sea holly Sheep’s-bit scabious Sea aster Scurvygrass Knotgrass Dyer’s greenweed Sea radish Sea spurge Brookweed Wild celery
AUG	Bird’s-foot trefoil Bramble Butterfly bush Teasel Black horehound Orpine Dwarf elder Hedge parsley Common toadflax	Broad-leaved helleborine Perforate St John’s wort Tutsan Goldenrod Nipplewort	Autumn gentian Clustered bellflower Corn marigold Black bindweed White clover Corn-mint Field gentian	Spiked speedwell Common cudweed Saw-wort Ragged robin Eyebright	White water-lily Marsh mallow Himalayan balsam Great willowherb Marsh gentian Monkeyflower Fleabane Sneezewort Hemp-agrimony Arrowhead	English stonecrop Sea-lavender Rock samphire Common orache Red goosefoot Evening primrose Wild radish Wild carrot Fennel Saltwort
SEPT	Bramble Yarrow Traveller’s jot	Self-heal Wood sage Honeysuckle	Black nightshade Meadow saffron Yellow corydalis	Cross-leaved heath Cow-wheat Bog asphodel	Marsh lousewort Lesser spearwort Sneezewort Lesser water-parsnip Water-mint	Sea rocket Hare’s-foot clover Sticky groundsel Thrift Sea-lavender
OCT	Japanese knotweed Wild pansy	Hedge woundwort	Bistort	Tormentil	Grass-of-Parnassus Devil’s-bit scabious Water pepper Trifid bur-marigold	Autumn gentian Pennyroyal Montbretia Sea aster
NOV	Petty spurge Pineappleweed	Annual mercury Bramble Self-heal	Smooth hawk’s-beard Smooth sow-thistle Ragworts Thyme-leaved sandwort Yarrow	Bell heather		Knotgrass Scentless mayweed Ragwort
DEC	Chickweed Groundsel Winter heliotrope Red dead-nettle	Mistletoe	Daisy White dead-nettle	Heather Gorse