7 stylish wildflower combos

I'm pickin' up good combinations, mixing wildflowers and exotics

Below I’ve listed a few easy and tough plant combinations from our garden blending wildflowers with exotic plants. I’m based in the middle of the UK, so these wildflowers are for European readers, if you live in other regions, there will be alternative local species you can try.

1) Anthriscus sylvestris with Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’

Forget Chelsea Flower Show, I’ve found my favourite plant combination of the year: cow parsley and Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’.

Together, the dark purple of the aquilegia and frothy white of Anthriscus sylvestris create the plant chic I love. Perfectly matched in height and airiness. And guess what, they both self seed freely giving me lots of more of this in future years.

I grew Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Black Barlow’ from seed and plan to let it self sow around the garden in future years. Although it is a double flower, unlike most double flowers, it still has enough accessible pollen for insects and over time I plan to try and breed it back to a …