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

Bedfordshire - Bee Orchid

Berkshire - Summer Snowflake

Birmingham & West Midlands - Foxglove

Cambridgeshire - Pasque Flower

Cheshire - Cuckoo Flower (Lady's Smock)

Cumbria - Grass of Parnassus

Derbyshire - Jacob's Ladder

Devon - Primrose

County Durham - Spring Gentian

Essex - Field Poppy

Gloucestershire - Wild Daffodil

Hertfordshire - Pasque Flower

Huntingdonshire - Water Violet

Isles of Scilly - Thrift

Kent - Hop

Leicestershire - Foxglove

Lincolnshire - Dog Violet

Liverpool - Sea Holly

London - Rosebay Willowherb

Greater Manchester - Cotton Grass

Middlesex - Wood Anemone

West Midlands & Birmingham - Foxglove

Newcastle upon Tyne - Monkey Flower

Norfolk - Alexanders

Northamptonshire - Cowslip

Northumberland - Bloody Cranesbill

Nottingham - Nottingham Catchfly

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

Caithness - Scottish Primrose

Dumfrieshire - Harebell

Dunbartonshire - Lesser Water Plantain

East Lothian - Viper's Bugloss

Glasgow - Broom

Haddingtonshire - Viper's Bugloss

Kincardineshire - Clustered Bellflower

Kinross - Holy Grass

Linlithgowshire/West Lothian - Common Spotted Orchid

Orkney - Wild Strawberry

Renfrewshire - Bogbean

Ross - Bog Asphodel

Roxburghshire - Maiden Pink

Sutherland - Grass of Parnassus

Wigtownshire - Yellow Flag Iris

Wales

Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog) - Cuckoo Flower (Lady's Smock)

Merioneth (Merionnydd) - Welsh Poppy

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) - Foxglove

Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn) - Spiked Speedwell

Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) - 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