Seven flowers under the pillow—these wildflowers are perfect for both Midsummer bouquets and love spells

Midsummer spells are a beloved Finnish tradition used to help predict the future or bring good luck in marriage. You might even meet your future groom in a Midsummer night’s dream if you slip an unbound birch whisk under your pillow. Rolling around naked in a dewy meadow is also said to ensure marital bliss. According to Midsummer lore, you can see your future spouse in a dream if you go to bed wearing a flower crown tied with nine blades of grass.

Create a carefree bouquet using field and meadow plants. Gather harebells, daisies, lupines, ground elder, and columbines. Ragged robin adds a light, vibrant pop of color.

There are countless cultivated varieties of columbines. In the wild, woodland columbines are most often blue, but can sometimes be pink or white.

One of the best-known Midsummer spells involves picking wildflowers to place in your bed on Midsummer night. According to tradition, gathering seven flowers or herbs into a small bundle and tucking it under your pillow ensures your future groom appears in your dreams.

Some stories say these flowers must be picked from seven different meadows or that you should cross seven fences while doing so. Either way, trying this Midsummer spell might pay off if you haven’t yet found your groom.

Delicate bluish-purple lavender blossoms and silvery gray foliage add a delightful accent to an herb bundle.

Choose fragrant herbs for your Midsummer spell, like rosemary, lemon verbena, thyme, and mint. Add the blossoms of wild strawberry, clover, and field pansy. Tie the bundle with grass or hemp twine.

The cottage rose conveniently starts blooming around Midsummer in Finland, and its flowering stem makes a wonderful finishing touch in a bouquet.

If it’s hard to find suitable flowers in a meadow, cut a blooming stem of Midsummer rose or cottage rose from your garden for your bouquet.

For a forest-inspired Midsummer bundle, gather finds from deciduous woodlands or the shade of a conifer forest. Woodland geranium, bright-blue forget-me-nots, and cranberry flowers add color, while grasses, ferns, and giant lady’s mantle provide lush greenery.

Slipping chive blossoms into your Midsummer bouquet might be a sign that leads the bouquet maker to a gardener or a chef.

Woodland geranium is a natural choice for a forest-themed bouquet. Pair it with forget-me-nots, flowering cranberry sprigs, grasses, and ferns.