County flowers - the results
A celebration of our native flora
Wild flowers are a fundamental part of our local culture and history, and one that we should celebrate, cherish and protect. But never before have our wild flowers been under greater threat.
It is estimated that, each county, on average, loses one wild flower species each year.
To highlight our wild flower heritage, 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.
The response was phenomenal. Hundreds of different flowers were nominated and the votes arrived in their tens of thousands. The result is a remarkable list of 109 County Flowers that emphasise the huge range of floral diversity to be found in the British countryside.
From the Fritillary, a spectacular emblem of Spring, to our Christmas favourite the Mistletoe; from the Poppy to the Daffodil; these are the flowers that light up our native woods and chalk downs, our sea-cliffs and moorlands.
Northern Ireland's County Flowers
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Bedfordshire
Bee Orchid
Berkshire
Summer Snowflake (Loddon lily)
Birmingham
Foxglove
Bristol
Maltese-cross (Flower of Bristol)
Buckinghamshire
Chiltern Gentian
Cambridgeshire
Pasqueflower
Cheshire
Cuckooflower (Lady's Smock)
Cornwall/Kernow
Cornish Heath
County Durham
Spring Gentian
Cumberland
Grass-of-Parnassus
Derbyshire
Jacob's-ladder
Devon
Primrose
Dorset
Dorset Heath
Essex
Poppy
Gloucestershire
Daffodil (wild)
Hampshire
Dog-rose
Herefordshire
Mistletoe
Hertfordshire
Pasqueflower
Huntingdonshire
Water-violet
Isle of Wight
Pyramidal Orchid
Isles of Scilly
Thrift
Kent
Hop
Lancashire
Red Rose
Leeds
Bilberry
Leicestershire
Foxglove
Lincolnshire
Common Dog-violet
Liverpool
Sea-holly
London
Rosebay Willowherb
Manchester
Common Cotton-grass
Middlesex
Wood Anemone
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Monkeyflower
Norfolk
Poppy
Northamptonshire
Cowslip
Northumberland
Bloody Crane's-bill
Nottingham
Nottingham Catchfly
Nottinghamshire
Autumn Crocus
Oxfordshire
Fritillary
Rutland
Clustered Bellflower
Sheffield
Wood Crane's-bill
Shropshire
Round-leaved Sundew
Somerset
Cheddar Pink
Staffordshire
Heather
Suffolk
Oxlip
Surrey
Cowslip
Sussex
Round-headed Rampion
Warwickshire
Honeysuckle
Westmorland
Alpine Forget-me-not
Wiltshire
Burnt Orchid
Worcestershire
Cowslip
Yorkshire
Harebell
Isle of Man
Fuchsia
Antrim
Harebell
Armagh
Cowbane
Belfast
Gorse
Derry
Purple Saxifrage
Down
Spring Squill
Fermanagh
Globeflower
Tyrone
Bog-rosemary
Aberdeenshire
Bearberry
Angus/Forfarshire
Alpine Catchfly
Argyll
Foxglove
Ayrshire
Green-winged Orchid
Banffshire
Dark-red Helleborine
Berwickshire
Rock-rose
Bute
Thrift
Caithness
Scots Primrose
Clackmannanshire
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage
Cromarty
Spring Cinquefoil
Dumfriesshire
Harebell
Dunbartonshire/Dumbartonshire
Lesser Water-plantain
East Lothian/Haddingtonshire
Viper's-bugloss
Edinburgh
Sticky Watchfly
Fife
Coralroot Orchid
Glasgow
Broom
Inverness-shire
Twinflower
Kinross
Holy-grass
Kirkcudbright
Bog-rosemary
Lanarkshire
Dune Helleborine
Midlothian/Edinburghshire
Sticky Catchfly
Moray
One-flowered Wintergreen (St.Olaf's candle-stick)
Nairn
Chickweed Wintergreen
Orkney
Alpine Bearberry
Peeblesshire
Cloudberry
Perthshire
Alpine Gentian
Renfrewshire
Bogbean
Ross
Bog Asphodel
Roxburghshire
Maiden Pink
Selkirkshire
Mountain Pansy
Shetland
Shetland Mouse-ear
Stirlingshire
Scottish Dock
Sutherland
Grass-of-Parnassus
West Lothian/Linlithgowshire
Common Spotted-orchid
Western Isles
Hebridean Spotted-orchid
Wigtownshire
Yellow Iris
Anglesey/Sir Fon
Spotted Rock-rose
Brecknockshire/Sir Frycheiniog
Cuckooflower (Lady's Smock)
Caernarvonshire/Sir Gaernarfon
Snowdon Lily
Cardiff/Caerdydd
Wild Leek
Cardiganshire/Ceredigion
Bog-rosemary
Carmarthenshire/Sir Gaerfyrddin
Whorled Caraway
Denbighshire/Sir Ddinbych
Limestone Woundwort
Flintshire/Sir Fflint
Bell Heather
Glamorgan/Morgannwg
Yellow Whitlowgrass
Merioneth/Meirionnydd
Welsh Poppy
Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy
Foxglove
Montgomeryshire/Sir Drefaldwyn
Spiked Speedwell
Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro
Thrift
Radnorshire/Sir Faesyfed
Radnor Lily