Counties Flowers of England

Counties Flowers of England 

All of England (including Greater London and the Isles of Scilly) is also divided into 48 ceremonial counties, which are also known as geographic counties. Most ceremonial counties correspond to a metropolitan or non-metropolitan county of the same name but often with reduced boundaries.

The following are the flowers selected for the counties of the England in Plantlife's 2002 "County Flowers" campaign. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK.

Bedfordshire ( Bee Orchid )

Berkshire ( Summer Snowflake )

Birmingham ( Foxglove )

Bristol ( Maltese-cross )

Buckinghamshire ( Chiltern Gentian )

Cambridgeshire ( Pasqueflower ) 

Cheshire ( Cuckooflower )

Cornwall ( Cornish Heath )

County Durham ( Spring Gentian )

Cumbria ( Grass-of-Parnassus )

Derbyshire ( Jacob's-ladder )

Devon ( Primrose ) 

Dorset ( Dorset Heath )

Essex ( Common Poppy )

Gloucestershire ( Wild Daffodil )

Greater Manchester ( Common Cotton-grass )

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 )

London ( Rosebay Willowherb )

Merseyside ( Sea-holly )

Middlesex ( Wood Anemone )

Norfolk ( Common Poppy ) 

Northamptonshire ( Cowslip ) 

Northumberland ( Bloody Crane's-bill )

Nottingham ( Nottingham Catchfly )

Nottinghamshire ( Autumn Crocus )

Oxfordshire ( Snake's-head 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 )

Tyne and Wear ( Monkeyflower )

Warwickshire ( Honeysuckle )

Wiltshire ( Burnt Orchid )

Worcestershire ( Cowslip )

Yorkshire ( Harebell )