Commonly known as monarda, the bee balm flower is a genus of flowering plants which is native to North America. Featuring spiky two-lipped flowers in the colours red, pink and purple, these summer flowers are pollinating magnets and attract a variety of insects and hummingbirds to the garden, making them ecologically beneficial. These tubular-shaped flowers […]

Scientifically known as Ophrys apifera, the bee orchid is one of the most unique flowers native to the UK. The flowers resemble a real bee resting on the petals, which adds both to their unique appearance and pollinating ability. While majorly visited by beneficial insects, these flowers can pollinate on their own as well. The […]

Campanula, commonly known as bellflower, is a genus of flowering plants which features both annual and perennial flower types. These summer-blooming flowers grow bell-shaped blooms, hence the name in the colours blue, purple and white. Great as a pollinating plant, bellflower thrives in full sun to partial shade and is one of the very few […]

Part of the Lamiaceae, betony is botanically known as Betonica officinalis and also referred to as wood betony. These herbaceous flowers are perfect to be planted in grasslands and meadows in partially shaded locations with moderate watering, as they are drought-tolerant once established and overwatering can lead to root rot. The purple tubular flowers bloom […]

One of the most stubborn agricultural weeds, the bindweed plant is scientifically classified as Convolvulus arvensis in the morning glory family. These trailing perennial plants have trumpet-shaped flowers in the shade, white and pink, which do resemble the morning glory flower. They grow up to 1 inch tall and generally have a creeping habit, which […]

Popularly known as cotton morning glory or tievine, the purple bindweed is a perennial vine which is a part of the morning glory family and grows up to 3-15 feet tall. These spring flowers feature trumpet-shaped purple flowers which open in the morning and close by the evening and bloom between April and October. Native […]

Botanically known as Strelitzia reginae, the bird of paradise, as the name suggests, is a tropical plant which is named due to its close resemblance to a tropical bird. One of the most exotic flowers, this herbaceous perennial is an ornamental flower grown both indoors and outdoors. With a height reaching up to 5 feet […]

Botanically known as Prunus spinosa, the blackthorn is an early spring flower that belongs to the Rosaceae family and is often confused with hawthorn flowers. Native to Europe and Western Asia, these deciduous shrubs grow up to 15 feet tall and feature spiny black branches and white flowers that appear before the leaves. Another striking […]

Bluebell flowers are spring flowers which are botanically classified as Hyacinthoides non-scripta and feature bell-shaped blue, violet and white flowers which are grown for ornamental purposes. Often confused with the bellflowers, they are different plants belonging to the Aparagaceae and Campanula families, respectively. During the Victorian times, the meaning of the bluebell flowers was linked […]