Agrostemma githago, beautiful Corncockle flowers seen yesterday at Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Agrostemma githago, beautiful Corncockle flowers seen yesterday at Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Corncockle growing at the local churchyard. #WildflowerHour
June 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Corncockle growing at the local churchyard. #WildflowerHour
June 21, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Doesn’t purple always stand out? I spotted this corncockle in a florist’s bouquet, surrounded by so many other flowers—but this one instantly caught my eye. I’d never seen one before. 💜💜💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
April 17, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Doesn’t purple always stand out? I spotted this corncockle in a florist’s bouquet, surrounded by so many other flowers—but this one instantly caught my eye. I’d never seen one before. 💜💜💜
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#PurpleFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
June 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Corncockle - Agrostemma githago never noticed just how hairy the flower buds are before. #Wildflowerhour
May 31, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Corncockle - Agrostemma githago never noticed just how hairy the flower buds are before. #Wildflowerhour
A #corncockle#flowerafter a #refreshing#shower.This #plantis a #bright#wildflowerand #growseasily in #gardens,#parksand #farmsaround #Europe.#flowerphotography#gardenphotography#macrophotography.For more of this #Cheshire#photographersee www.darrensmith.org.uk
September 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A #corncockle#flowerafter a #refreshing#shower.This #plantis a #bright#wildflowerand #growseasily in #gardens,#parksand #farmsaround #Europe.#flowerphotography#gardenphotography#macrophotography.For more of this #Cheshire#photographersee www.darrensmith.org.uk
A favourite combination this year, the beautiful Orlaya grandiflora and the bright white Corncockle 'Bianca', in a posy with Canterbury bells and acid green Alchemilla mollis. Just love the little dotted lines inside the Corncockle.
December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
A favourite combination this year, the beautiful Orlaya grandiflora and the bright white Corncockle 'Bianca', in a posy with Canterbury bells and acid green Alchemilla mollis. Just love the little dotted lines inside the Corncockle.
Corncockle in a friend's garden today
June 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Corncockle in a friend's garden today
Very early for #WildflowerHour: a Corncockle as a #PavementPlant on our drive
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Very early for #WildflowerHour: a Corncockle as a #PavementPlant on our drive
#FlowersonFriday Corncockle flower seen in Adare, Ireland during our travels this month. #flowers #travel #naturephotography
June 28, 2024 at 11:58 AM
#FlowersonFriday Corncockle flower seen in Adare, Ireland during our travels this month. #flowers #travel #naturephotography
I love an eye popping colour clash! Calendula and corncockle are both easy to grow from seed and great for insects 🌱
July 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I love an eye popping colour clash! Calendula and corncockle are both easy to grow from seed and great for insects 🌱
More flowers for pollinators (cornflower and corncockle) growing in my gift churn planter.
#Flowers #Garden #BloomScrolling #UKGardening 🌱
#Flowers #Garden #BloomScrolling #UKGardening 🌱
June 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
More flowers for pollinators (cornflower and corncockle) growing in my gift churn planter.
#Flowers #Garden #BloomScrolling #UKGardening 🌱
#Flowers #Garden #BloomScrolling #UKGardening 🌱
Corncockle, cornflower, and honeysuckle. Pool in Wharfedale. #wildflowerhour
June 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Corncockle, cornflower, and honeysuckle. Pool in Wharfedale. #wildflowerhour
Corncockle-Agrostemma githago #SeedHeads looking a little bedraggled after the much needed rain #Wildflowerhour
August 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Corncockle-Agrostemma githago #SeedHeads looking a little bedraggled after the much needed rain #Wildflowerhour
Tuesday: A late flowering Corncockle, Agrostemma githago.
Natural Surroundings, Bayfield, North Norfolk.
Natural Surroundings, Bayfield, North Norfolk.
November 21, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Tuesday: A late flowering Corncockle, Agrostemma githago.
Natural Surroundings, Bayfield, North Norfolk.
Natural Surroundings, Bayfield, North Norfolk.
Corncockle Agrostemma githago at perhaps it’s only remaining true archaeophyte location at Ranscombe Farm reserve, Kent
June 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Corncockle Agrostemma githago at perhaps it’s only remaining true archaeophyte location at Ranscombe Farm reserve, Kent
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Forked Catchfly (Silene dichotoma), a scarce 'casual' seen in an organic clover ley in West Suffolk today, together with Corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus). 🌸 #wildflowerhour
June 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Forked Catchfly (Silene dichotoma), a scarce 'casual' seen in an organic clover ley in West Suffolk today, together with Corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus). 🌸 #wildflowerhour
Introduced, but surviving, were Corncockle, Corn Chamomile and Corn Marigold, all plentiful due to seeding of the verges of a new road in 2025 near Roche, Cornwall. #wildflowerhour
June 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Introduced, but surviving, were Corncockle, Corn Chamomile and Corn Marigold, all plentiful due to seeding of the verges of a new road in 2025 near Roche, Cornwall. #wildflowerhour
Once common in cornfields, Corncockle arrived in the UK with ancient grain seed. Its magenta blooms became a farmland staple but vanished with modern farming. Now revived in gardens, it’s loved for its old-world charm, easy growth, and value to pollinators. A true countryside classic. 🌱
June 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Once common in cornfields, Corncockle arrived in the UK with ancient grain seed. Its magenta blooms became a farmland staple but vanished with modern farming. Now revived in gardens, it’s loved for its old-world charm, easy growth, and value to pollinators. A true countryside classic. 🌱
In 1956 some of this scene was already mainly memory in England, Corncrake had become rare with horse drawn mechanical reaper. Corncockle was a seed contaminant, better seed cleaning it was gone, Cornflower and other arable weeds like poppy started to be eradicated by 2,4-D introduced in 1946.
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Life in the Corn’ (Shell Guide, 1956)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
‘Life in the Corn’ (Shell Guide, 1956)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
August 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In 1956 some of this scene was already mainly memory in England, Corncrake had become rare with horse drawn mechanical reaper. Corncockle was a seed contaminant, better seed cleaning it was gone, Cornflower and other arable weeds like poppy started to be eradicated by 2,4-D introduced in 1946.
Wild area in my garden is full of daisies, corncockle and hawkbit
June 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Wild area in my garden is full of daisies, corncockle and hawkbit