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Wood garlic: a flower whose pungent 'perfume' pervades woods in spring Violet: a plant of scrub and woodland edge is a food plant for the larvae of butterflies and its seeds are taken by ants Moscatel: moscatel or 'the town hall clock' is a small plant of shady rocky areas in ash woodland Water avens: this flower of early summer prefers damper situations Arum maculatum: 'Lords and Ladies' or 'Cuckoo Pint', this spring flower produces a spike of red berries later in the year