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Meadow
Mixture
for Chalky Soils
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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 species characteristic of lime rich soils. 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:
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Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§ Burnet
Saxifrage
Pimpinella saxifraga
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
§ Dropwort
Filipendula vulgaris
§ Field
Scabious
Knautia
arvensis
§ Greater
Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
§ Hoary
Plantain
Plantago
media
§ Kidney
Vetch
Anthyllis vulneraria
§ Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§
Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Rough
Hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus
§
Salad Burnet
Sanguisorba minor ssp minor
§ Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§
Small Scabious
Scabiosa columbaria
§ Wild
Basil
Clinopodium
vulgare
§ Wild
Carrot
Daucus
carota
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Wild Marjoram
Origanum vulgare
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Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
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Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses:
§
Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
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Crested Hairgrass
Koeleria macrantha
§ Quaking
Grass
Briza media
§ Sheep's
Fescue
Festuca ovina
§ Slender
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
§ Smaller
Cat's Tail
Phleum bertolonii
§ Yellow
Oat Grass
Trisetum flavescens
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