Traditional
Old English Meadow
Mixture 2
Notice:
Change To Seed Orders
We have temporarily
suspended selling seeds for the next few months. This includes individual
Seed Packets, Seed Collections and Meadow Mixes. If you would like to
purchase our wild flower seeds you can still purchase them from www.wildgardenseeds.co.uk.
If you click the link below it will take you to their website (in a new
window) and you will be able to buy all of the seeds we have been stocking
with free delivery
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This
seed mixture consists of perennial/biennial wild flower
seeds (20% by weight) and wild grass species (80% by weight). It
contains a greater number of wild flower types than Mixture 1. The
composition is based on traditional old meadows. 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 will grow well on most soil types and should be sown at the rate
of 4g per square metre. The mix will consist of
seeds from the
following:
Wild
Flowers:
§
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§ Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
§ Field
Scabious
Knautia
arvensis
§ Hoary
Plantain
Plantago
media
§ Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Ribwort
Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
§ Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§ Wild
Carrot
Daucus
carota
§
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
§ Yellow
Rattle
Rhinanthus minor
Grasses:
§
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ Smaller
Catstail
Phleum bertolonii
§ Slender
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
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