Between the startling yellow outcrops of gorse, an abundance of wildflowers appear in May and June.
We are very lucky as one of the best wildflower coastal walks in Cornwall is Mawgan Porth to Bedruthan Steps. Here are our favourite wild blooms to look out for:
Common Bird’s-foot-trefoil is a member of the pea family. Its yellow flowers look like little slippers and appear in small clusters.
The flowers are star-like, white (sometimes tinged pink and the fruits are succulent-like and red.
Characterised by its silky pinnate leaves and yellow to orange flower heads crowded with many small flowers.
Dark green spoon-shaped leaves and solitary white, daisy-like flowerheads
Growing on or out of rocks with fleshy leaves, pink flowers and sepals the same length as petals.
Low cushions of smooth, lance-shaped, light green leaves and flower stems containing white flowers.
Often growing in large numbers and carpeting the ground with its fluffy-looking, rounded blue flower heads.
The star-like blue flowers grow in a dense cluster, found in short grassy areas near the sea.
The leaves are long, straight and dark green, looking like blades of grass. Blooms are pink, and sometimes white or red.