County Flowers

A Wild Flower Emblem for each County:  
Plantlife International
launched its County Flowers campaign in 2002, asking members of the public to nominate and vote for a wild flower emblem for their county. 
Here are some of the results:

England     Wales     Scotland     Northern Ireland

England

Berkshire - Summer Snowflake

Birmingham & Leicestershire - Foxglove

Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire - Pasque Flower

Cheshire - Cuckoo Flower (Lady's Smock)

Derbyshire - Jacob's Ladder

Devon - Primrose

County Durham - Spring Gentian

Essex - Field Poppy

Gloucestershire - Wild Daffodil

Huntingdonshire - Water Violet

Isles of Scilly - Thrift

Lincolnshire - Dog Violet

Liverpool - Sea Holly

London - Rosebay Willowherb

Middlesex - Wood Anemone

Newcastle upon Tyne - Monkey Flower

Norfolk - Alexanders

Northamptonshire - Cowslip

Northumberland - Bloody Cranesbill

Nottinghamshire - Meadow Saffron (Autumn Crocus)

Oxfordshire - Snakeshead Fritillary

Rutland - Clustered Bellflower

Sheffield - Wood Cranesbill

Somerset - Cheddar Pink

Suffolk - Oxlip

Surrey - Cowslip

Warwickshire - Honeysuckle

Worcestershire - Cowslip

Yorkshire - Harebell

Scotland

Argyll - Foxglove

Berwickshire - Rock Rose

Bute - Thrift

Dumfrieshire - Harebell

Dunbartonshire - Lesser Water Plantain

East Lothian - Viper's Bugloss

Glasgow - Broom

Haddingtonshire - Viper's Bugloss

Orkney - Alpine (Wild) Strawberry

Renfrewshire - Bogbean

Roxburghshire - Maiden Pink

Wigtownshire - Yellow Flag Iris

Wales

Brecknockshire - Cuckoo Flower (Lady's Smock)

Merioneth - Welsh Poppy

Monmouthshire - Foxglove

Pembrokeshire - Thrift

Northern Ireland

Antrim - Harebell

Down - Spring Squill

Fermanagh - Globe Flower

All of the wild flowers on this list are available on our site as either seeds, plugs, bulbs.

England     Wales     Scotland     Northern Ireland

 

 

 

 

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