Our Favourite Memorial Wildflowers

Welcome to Ashes to Blooms, the home of wildflower memorials.

We think it's important that the wildflower seed varieties we use in our Ashes to Blooms memorial seed balls are meaningful. Our favourite memorial wildflowers are symbols of love, loss and remembrance. Read on below to find out about our five favourite memorial wildflowers.

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We'd love to send you our free Plant-it ® wildflower seed postcard so that you can enjoy growing your very own wildflowers! Perfect for a patio pot or garden, just pop our Ashes to Blooms postcard into some compost about half a centimetre from the surface and water regularly. Enter your details in the form at the bottom of this page.

Common Name: Red Corn Poppy

Latin Name: Papaver rhoeas

Where it thrives: Moist, rich soil, close to the surface

Why we love it: Poppy plants produce beautiful flowers, growing in a range of colours, our favourite being the red-flowered corn poppy. Not only is it a being beautiful & a symbol of those we have lost, the poppy is used for the production of latex, morphine & codeine. Their seeds are also rich in oil, carbohydrates, calcium and protein, and so often used in cooking.

Common Name: Yellow Tansy or Golden Buttons

Latin Name: Tanacetum vulgare

Where it thrives: can grow in full sun or partial shade. It thrives in fertile, well-drained soil & in an area that has little vegetation already established

Why we love it: produces beautiful, yellow, button-like flowers. It has previously had many uses as a medicine (although we do not recommend this!) and continues to be used by traditional dyers to produce a golden-yellow colour & beekeepers use it as fuel in a bee smoker. In addition, it is a great companion plant to cucumber & squash plants, and adds potassium to the soil.

Common Name: Forget Me Not

Latin Name: “Myosotis” from the Ancient Greek for "mouse's ear", which the foliage resembles

Where it thrives: in moist soil with good drainage, in a sunny or shady spot

Why we love it: their flowers are small, with beautiful colours including pink, white or yellow. It is used a symbol by many, including to commemorate those lost in WW1, as well as by various Alzheimer’s organisations around the world. 

Common Name: Baby’s Breath

Latin Name: “Gypsophila” from the Greek gypsos ("gypsum") and philios ("loving"), a reference to the gypsum-rich ground in which some species grow

Where it thrives: in dry, sandy and stony places, often in chalk-rich soils

Why we love it: The seeds are often shaped like a snail shell, and we have noticed these seeds when making seed balls, and which resemble fossilised ammonites! These plants are also have many practical uses, including production of photographic film, soap and shampoo, as well as to absorb toxic elements from polluted soils.