Rosebay Willowherb

Rosebay Willowherb
(Chamerion angustifolium )

The tall, pink flower spikes of Rosebay Willowherb can often be seen crowding together in thick stands in open spaces such as woodland clearings, roadside verges, grassland and waste ground.

Did you know?
London has indelible memories of the drifts of this flower in the bomb sites of the Second World War. As a pioneer plant it was one of the first to colonise the scarred earth, and its vivid spires were synonymous with London's revival. As such, it was a popular choice as the County Flower of our capital. Today it mingles with buddleias and Michaelmas daisies on railway banks, old walls and waste ground.