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Meadow
Mixture
for Loamy 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 (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 wild flowers species suitable
for loamy soils. Loamy soils are medium textured, often neutral to
alkaline and tend to be more fertile. 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:
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Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
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Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§ Bladder
Campion
Silene vulgaris
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
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Meadow Cranesbill
Geranium pratense
§ Rough
Hawkbit
Leontodon
hispidus
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Musk
Mallow
Malva moschata
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Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Hoary
Plantain
Plantago media
§ Ribwort
Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
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Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§ Field
Scabious
Knautia
arvensis
§ Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
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Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
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Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus minor
Grasses:
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Common
Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ Sweet
Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
§ Quaking
Grass
Briza media
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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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