Prized for its excellent water-holding and nutrient-holding capacity, a meadow of wildflowers on alluvial soil is sure to be robust and beautiful!
This wildflower seed collection keeps both appearance and practicality in mind, with a wide variety of nectar-rich annual and perennial flower seeds mixed in with wild grasses; balanced to create a natural-looking wild meadow that will bring you a colourful first year as the perennial plants develop to thrive from the second year onwards.
This mix contains 23 different flower species and 9 meadow grasses.
Sowing Rate: 5 grams per sq/m - 1kg covers 200sq/m
Check out the specification sheet for more details.
Common Name | Latin Name | Quantity | Flowers | Height | Type | |
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1 | Bedstraw, Lady's | Galium verum | 1% | Jun - Sep | 50 - 80cm | Perennial |
2 | Black Medick | Medicago lupulina | 1.2% | May - Oct | 15 - 80cm | Annual |
3 | Burnet, Salad | Sanguisorba minor | 2% | Jun - Sep | 15 - 50cm | Perennial |
4 | Buttercup, Meadow | Ranunculus acris | 1% | May - Jun | 30 - 100cm | Perennial |
5 | Campion, White | Silene alba | 0.8% | May - Oct | 50 - 100cm | Perennial |
6 | Carrot, Wild | Daucus carota | 0.8% | Jun - Oct | 30 - 100cm | Perennial |
7 | Clary, Wild | Salvia verbenaca | 1% | May - Aug | 30 - 40cm | Perennial |
8 | Cowslip | Primula veris | 0.2% | Apr - May | 15 - 30cm | Perennial |
9 | Daisy, Ox-eye | Leucanthemum vulgare | 0.6% | May - Sep | 20 - 100cm | Perennial |
10 | Goat's-beard | Tragopogon pratensis | 1.4% | Jun - Sep | 20 - 60cm | Biennial |
11 | Hawkbit, Rough | Leontodon hispidus | 0.2% | Jun - Oct | 15 - 35cm | Perennial |
12 | Knapweed, Common | Centaurea nigra | 1% | Jun - Sep | 30 - 80cm | Perennial |
13 | Knapweed, Greater | Centaurea scabiosa | 1.4% | Jun - Sep | 50 - 90cm | Perennial |
14 | Plantain, Hoary | Plantago media | 0.4% | May - Sep | 15 - 45cm | Perennial |
15 | Plantain, Ribwort | Plantago lanceolata | 0.8% | Apr - Sep | 15 - 50cm | Perennial |
16 | Ragged Robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi | 0.4% | May - Aug | 30 - 90cm | Perennial |
17 | Scabious, Field | Knautia arvensis | 0.2% | Jul - Sep | 30 - 200cm | Perennial |
18 | Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | 1.2% | Jun - Sep | 15 - 30cm | Perennial |
19 | Sorrel, Common | Rumex acetosa | 1.2% | May - Jul | 30 - 100cm | Perennial |
20 | Vetch, Tufted | Vicia cracca | 0.8% | Jun - Sep | 100 - 150cm | Perennial |
21 | Vetchling, Meadow | Lathyrus pratensis | 0.6% | May - Aug | 70 - 120cm | Perennial |
22 | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 0.6% | Jun - Oct | 20 - 100cm | Perennial |
23 | Yellow-rattle | Rhinanthus minor | 1.2% | Jun - Sep | 25 - 50cm | Annual |
Bent, Common | Agrostis castellana | 4% | 50 - 100cm | Grass | ||
Creeping Bent | Agrostis stolonifera | 3.2% | 40 - 100cm | Grass | ||
Crested Dogstail | Cynosurus cristatus | 17.6% | 30 - 60cm | Grass | ||
Fescue, Chewings | Festuca rubra, commutata | 17.6% | 30 - 70cm | Grass | ||
Fescue, Slender Creeping Red | Festuca rubra, litoralis | 16% | 10 - 20cm | Grass | ||
Meadow Foxtail | Alopecurus pratensis | 4% | 70 - 110cm | Grass | ||
Meadow Grass, Rough Stalked | Poa trivalis | 4% | 30 - 60cm | Grass | ||
Meadow Grass, Smooth Stalk | Poa pratensis | 5.6% | 30 - 90cm | Grass | ||
Timothy, Small Leaved | Phleum pratense ssp Bertolinii | 8% | 50 - 100cm | Grass |