Street & Garden Flowers
The flowers you actually walk past in England — front gardens, hanging baskets, walls and verges. How to recognise
each, when it's in bloom, and which ones (and their look-alikes) to treat with care. Companion to the
Flashdeck garden-flowers deck.
Where
Everywhere
Shrubs
Border perennials
Bedding & baskets
Climbers
Spring bulbs
Wild & verge
In bloom now
⚠ Toxic only
Where: the six groups are roughly where you'll spot each — shrubs and climbers on house fronts and walls,
border perennials in beds, bedding & baskets in pots and hanging baskets, spring bulbs in early-year drifts,
and wild & verge on pavements, walls and roadsides.
⚠ Safety: a few common plants here are toxic (foxglove, bluebell, wisteria seeds, rhododendron) and
two verge "cow-parsley look-alikes" are dangerous — hemlock (deadly if eaten; note the purple-blotched stem) and
giant hogweed (sap causes severe skin burns in sunlight — never touch, and report it). When unsure, don't pick or handle.
Bloom months are approximate and vary by year, region and cultivar. Compiled from RHS, BBC Gardeners' World and Wildlife
Trusts / Plantlife guidance. Photos from Wikimedia Commons — see credits .