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Meadow
Mixture for
Sandy Soils This
seed mixture consists of perennial 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 sandy soils.
Sandy soils are usually infertile,
well-drained and easy to work, but are prone to drought and so best
seeded in autumn or winter to give the plants a chance to establish
before the dry summer months. The plants tend to be deep rooting
and tolerant of drought. All of the wild
flower seeds are of British native 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:
§ Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§ Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§
Bulbous Buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
§ Wild
Carrot
Daucus carota
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Musk
Mallow
Malva
moschata
§
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Hoary
Plantain
Plantago media
§ Ribwort
Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
§
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§ Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
§ Common
Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
§ Viper's
Bugloss
Echium
vulgare
§
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses:
§ Common
Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Smaller
Catstail
Phleum bertolonii
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ Slender
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
§ Fine-Leaved
Sheep's Fescue
Festuca filiformis
§ Sheep's
Fescue
Festuca ovina
§ Sweet
Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
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