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     Meadow Mixture for
Clay Soils

    This seed mixture consists of perennial (apart from Yellow Rattle which is an annual) wild flower seeds (20% by weight) and wild grass species (80% by weight).  It contains a mixture of grasses and wild flowers that are adapted to growing on soils with a high clay content.  All of the wild flower seeds are of British native wild origin.  The grass seed is of British native wild origin where possible (marked with W).  The seeds should be sown at the rate of 4g per square metre.  The mix will consist of seeds from the following:

Wild Flowers:

     §         Betony 
                 Stachys officinalis
§         Bird's Foot Trefoil 
                 Lotus corniculatus
§         Common Knapweed
                    Centaurea nigra
§         Common Sorrel  
                 Rumex acetosa
§         Cowslip
                    Primula veris
§         Lady's Bedstraw
                Galium verum
§         Meadow Buttercup
                Ranunculus acris
§         Oxeye Daisy 
                 Leucanthemum vulgare
§         Pepper-Saxifrage
                    Silaum silaus
§         Ragged Robin
                Lychnis flos-cuculi
§         Ribwort Plantain
                    Plantago lanceolata
§         Selfheal
                Prunella vulgaris
§         Wild Red Clover
                Trifolium pratense
§         Yarrow
                    Achillea millefolium
§         Yellow Rattle
                Rhinanthus minor

Grasses:

     §         Common Bent  
                 Agrostis capillaris
§         Crested Dogstail
                    Cynosurus cristatus
§         Meadow Foxtail
                    Alopecurus pratensis
§         Smaller Catstail
                Phleum bartolonii
§         Slender Creeping Red Fescue
                Festuca rubra
§         Sweet Vernal Grass
                    Anthoxanthum odoratum
§         Quaking Grass
                    Briza media

100g @ £15

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