Meadow mixes

Sow Rate : - 5g/m²

This wildflower meadow seed mixture contains over 20 different types or species of grasses and wildflowers for a greater variety. This seed mixture is suitable for all soil types and creates a varied habitat for insects and birds.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF1 - GENERAL PURPOSE WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 3% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
• 8% Centaurea nigra – (Black Knapweed)
• 5% Centaurea scabiosa – (Greater Knapweed)
• 3% Daucus carota – (Wild Carrot)
• 8% Galium verum – (Lady’s Bedstraw)
• 2% Hypericum perforatum – (Perforate St John’s Wort)
• 1% Hypochaeris radicata – (Cat’s-ear)
• 7% Knautia arvensis – (Field Scabious)
• 4% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Oxeye Daisy)
• 4% Lotus corniculatus – (Bird’s-foot Trefoil)
• 3% Malva moschata – (Musk Mallow)
• 4% Medicago lupulina – (Black Medick)
• 6% Plantago lanceolata – (Ribwort Plantain)
• 2% Primula veris – (Cowslip)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 6% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow Buttercup)
• 6% Rhinanthus minor – (Yellow Rattle)
• 8% Sanguisorba minor – (Salad Burnet)
• 6% Silene alba – (White Campion)
• 6% Vicia sativa ssp nigra – (Common Vetch)

80% Grasses

• 5% Agrostis castellana – (Common Bent)
• 15% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested Dogstail)
• 25% Festuca rubra ssp commutata – (Chewings Fescue)
• 25% Festuca rubra ssp litoralis – (Slender CRF)
• 30% Festuca ovina – (Sheep’s Fescue)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

This mix is a diverse conservation seed mix of twenty UK native wildflowers and five grasses. Species adapted to base poor soils such as sheep’s fescue, sheep’s sorrel and heath bedstraw. It is well suited to low fertility acidic soils (pH >5) either on dry sandy soils or wetter peaty soils.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF2 – ACIDIC/SANDY SOILS WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 7% Achillea millefolium ­– (Yarrow)
• 5% Campanula rotundifolia – (Harebell)
• 12% Centaurea nigra – (Black knapweed)
• 5% Galium saxatile – (Heath bedstraw)
• 11% Galium verum – (Lady’s bedstraw)
• 1% Hieracium pilosella – (Mousear hawkweed)
• 4% Hypochaeris radicata – (Common cat’s-ear)
• 11% Lotus corniculatus – (Common bird’s-foot trefoil)
• 5% Onobrychis vicifolia – (Sainfoin)
• 1% Potentilla erecta – (Tormentil)
• 14% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 12% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow buttercup)
• 9% Rumex acetosella – (Sheep’s sorrel)
• 6% Stachys officianlis – (Betony)
• 5% Succisa pratensis – (Devil’s-bit scabious)
• 1% Teucrium scorodonia – (Wood sage)

80% Grasses

• 5% Agrostis capillaris – (Common bent)
• 5% Anthoxanthum odoratum – (Sweet vernal grass)
• 40% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested dog’s-tail)
• 2% Deschampsia flexuosa – (Wavy hair grass)
• 48% Festuca ovina – (Sheep’s fescue)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

This is highly diverse grassland seed mix of 30 UK native wildflowers and grasses. It is suited to low fertility rich chalk and limestone soils that are dry and free draining and are typically alkaline (pH <7).

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF3 – CALCAREOUS/ALKALINE SOILS WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 5% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
• 7% Centaurea nigra – (Black Knapweed)
• 7% Centaurea scabiosa – (Greater Knapweed)
• 1% Clinopodium vulgare – (Wild Basil)
• 6% Daucus carota – (Wild Carrot)
• 2% Filipendula vulgaris – (Dropwort)
• 8% Galium verum – (Lady’s Bedstraw)
• 9% Knautia arvensis – (Field Scabious)
• 2% Leontodon hispidus – (Rough Hawkbit)
• 6% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Oxeye Daisy)
• 6% Lotus corniculatus – (Common Birdsfoot Trefoil)
• 1% Origamum vulgare – (Wild Marjoram)
• 6% Plantago media – (Hoary Plantain)
• 1% Primula veris – (Cowslip)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 6% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow Buttercup)
• 7% Ranunculus bulbosus – (Bulbous Buttercup)
• 1% Reseda lutea – (Wild Mignonette)
• 3% Salvia verbenaca – (Wild Clary)
• 3% Scabiosa columbaria – (Small Scabious)
• 5% Sanguisorba minor – (Salad Burnet)

80% Grasses

• 4% Agrostis capillaris – (Common Bent)
• 3% Briza maxima – (Quaking Grass)
• 5% Bromus erectus – (Upright Brome)
• 28% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested Dogstail)
• 30% Festuca ovina – (Sheep’s Fescue)
• 20% Festuca rubra – (Red Fescue)
• 2% Koeleria macrantha – (Crested Hair-Grass)
• 4% Phleum bertolonii – (Small Timothy)
• 4% Trisetum flavescens – (Yellow Oat Grass)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

This is a simple yet visually pleasing wildflower meadow seed mixture containing the more common native wildflower species along with (non-competitive) companion grasses. It can be used for amenity areas, large gardens and environmentally sensitive landscaping.

The wildflower specification can be amended to suit the setting such as urban wildflower mixtures.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF4 – COUNTRY MEADOW WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 4% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
• 6% Centaurea nigra – (Black Knapweed)
• 4% Daucus carota – (Wild Carrot)
• 12% Galium verum – (Lady’s Bedstraw)
• 4% Hypericum perforatum – (Perforate St John’s Wort)
• 7% Leucanthemum vulgare– (Oxeye Daisy)
• 4% Lotus corniculatus – (Birdsfoot Trefoil)
• 4% Malva moschata – (Musk Mallow)
• 6% Medicago lupulina – (Black Medick)
• 8% Plantago lanceolata – (Ribwort Plantain)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 9% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow Buttercup)
• 12% Sanguisorba minor – (Salad Burnet)
• 4% Silene alba – (White Campion)
• 8% Vicia sativa ssp. nigra (Common Vetch)

80% Grasses

• 25% Festuca rubra ssp. commutata – (Chewings Fescue)
• 5% Agrostis capillaris – (Common Bent)
• 15% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested Dogstail)
• 30% Festuca ovina – (Sheep’s Fescue)
• 25% Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis – (Slender CRF)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

A mixture of grasses and perennial wildflowers that are tolerant of shade and semi-shade conditions. Suitable for sowing alongside hedges, under trees and within established woodland.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF5 – HEDGEROW & SHADE TOLERANT WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 6% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
• 10% Agrimony eupatoria – (Agrimony)
• 4% Alliaria petiolata – (Hedge Garlic)
• 5% Arum maculatum – (Lords-and-Ladies)
• 3% Campanula trachelium – (Nettle Leaved Bellflower)
• 10% Centaurea nigra – (Black Knapweed)
• 8% Digitalis purpurea – (Foxglove)
• 4% Galium mollugo – (Hedge Bedstraw)
• 1% Geranium pyrenaicum – (Hedgerow Crane’s-bill)
• 7% Geum urbanum – (Wood Avens)
• 4% Hypericum hirsutum – (Hairy St John’s Wort)
• 8% Knautia arvensis – (Field Scabious)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 8% Silene dioica – (Red Campion)
• 5% Stachys sylvatica – (Hedge Woundwort)
• 6% Teucrium scorodonia – (Wood Sage)
• 3% Torilis japonica ­– (Upright Hedge Parsley)
• 5% Verbascum thapsus – (Greater Mullein)
• 2% Vicia sepium – (Bush Vetch)
• 2% Vicia sylvatica – (Wood Vetch)

80% Grasses

• 10% Agrostis capillaris – (Common Bent)
• 2% Anthoxanthum odoratum – (Sweet Vernal Grass)
• 1% Brachypodium sylvaticum – (Wood False Brome)
• 30% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested Dogstail)
• 4% Deschampsia cespitosa – (Tufted Hair Grass)
• 25% Festuca rubra ssp commutate – (Chewings Fescue)
• 15% Festuca rubra ssp litoralis – (Slender CRF)
• 8% Poa nemoralis – (Wood Meadow Grass)
• 5% Poa trivialis – (Rough Meadow Grass)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

A mixture of wildflowers and grasses suitable for sowing at the edges and wet margins of ponds, swales, streams, lakes and ditches.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF6 – WETLAND/PONDEDGE WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 6% Achillea ptarmica – (Sneezewort)
• 2% Caltha palustris – (Marsh Marigold)
• 5% Carex acutiformis – (Lesser Pond Sedge)
• 1% Eupatorium cannabinium – (Hemp Agrimony)
• 9% Filipendul ulmaria – (Meadow Sweet)
• 2% Hypericum tetrapterum – (Square Stemmed St John’s Wort)
• 4% Iris pseudacorus – (Yellow Flag Iris)
• 1% Juncus effusus – (Soft Rush)
• 4% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Oxeye Daisy)
• 8% Lotus pedunculatus – (Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil)
• 5% Lychnis flos-cuculi ­– (Ragged Robin)
• 4% Lythrum salicaria – (Purple Loosestrife)
• 4% Lycopus europaeus – (Gypsywort)
• 8% Plantago lanceolata ­– (Ribwort Plantain)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 1% Pulicaria dysenterica – (Fleabane)
• 8% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow Buttercup)
• 2% Ranunculus flammula – (Lesser Spearwort)
• 8% Rhinanthus minor – (Yellow Rattle)
• 2% Scrophularia auriculata – (Water Figwort)
• 8% Succisa pratensis – (Devil’s Bit Scabious)

80% Grasses

• 12% Agrostis capillaris – (Common Bent)
• 6% Alopecurus pratensis – (Meadow Foxtail)
• 2% Anthoxanthum odoratum – (Sweet Vernal Grass)
• 35% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested Dogstail)
• 5% Deschampsia cespitosa – (Tufted Hair Grass)
• 40% Festuca rubra ssp litoralis – (Slender CRF)

Sow Rate: - 5g/m²

This is a highly diverse seed mix of 32 UK native wildflowers and grasses. It is a seed mix suited for lowland seasonally flooded areas of low to moderate fertility.

This mix is available as wildflower only. Please use seed mix GF7 – FLOODPLAIN MEADOW WILDFLOWER MIX and reduce the sow rate to 2g/m².

20% Wildflowers

• 3% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
• 6% Centaurea nigra – (Black knapweed)
• 5% Filipendula ulmaria – (Meadowsweet)
• 1% Galium palustre – (Marsh bedstraw)
• 3% Hypericum tetrapterum – (Square stemmed st john’s-wort)
• 3% Hypochaeris radicata – (Common cat’s-ear)
• 3% Lathyrus pratensis – (Meadow vetchling)
• 4% Leontodon autumnalis – (Autumn hawkbit)
• 7% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Ox-eye daisy)
• 5% Lotus corniculatus – (Common bird’s-foot trefoil)
• 4% Lotus pendunculatus – (Greater bird’s-foot trefoil)
• 2% Lychnis flos-cuculi – (Ragged robin)
• 8% Plantago lanceolata – (Ribwort plantain)
• 2% Primula veris – (Cowslip)
• 7% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
• 8% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow buttercup)
• 5% Rhinanthus minor – (Yellow rattle)
• 4% Rumex acetosa – (Common sorrel)
• 4% Sanguisorba officianlis – (Great burnet)
• 2% Silaum silaus – (Pepper saxifrage)
• 3% Stachys officianlis – (Betony)
• 3% Succisa pratensis – (Devil’s-bit scabious)
• 6% Trifolium pratense – (Red clover)
• 2% Vicia cracca – (Tufted vetch)

80% Grasses

• 3% Agrostis stolonifera – (Creeping bent)
• 2% Alopecurus geniculatus – (Marsh foxtail)
• 3% Alopecurus pratensis – (Meadow foxtail)
• 4% Anthoxanthum odoratum – (Sweet vernal grass)
• 35% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested dog’s-tail)
• 3% Deschampsia cespitosa – (Tufted hair grass)
• 45% Festuca rubra ssp. rubra – (Red fescue)
• 5% Holcus lanatus – (Yorkshire fog)