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Loam and Alluvial Soils Wildflower and Grass Seeds LW4M 80/20

Prized for its excellent water-holding and nutrient-holding capacity, a meadow of wildflowers on alluvial soil is sure to be robust and beautiful! This wildflower seed collection keeps both appearance and practicality in mind, with a wide variety of nectar-rich annual and perennial flower seeds mixed in with wild grasses; balanced to create a natural-looking wild meadow that will bring you a colourful first year as the perennial plants develop to thrive from the second year onwards. 

  • This mix contains 23 different flower species and 9 meadow grasses
  • Sowing Rate: 5 grams per sq/m
  • 1kg covers 200sq/m

Mixture specifications, sowing instructions and maintenance can be found below.

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Mixture Specification
  Common Name Latin Name Quantity Flowers Height Type
1 Bedstraw, Lady's Galium verum 1% Jun - Sep 50 - 80cm Perennial
2 Black Medick Medicago lupulina 1.2% May - Oct 15 - 80cm Annual
3 Burnet, Salad Sanguisorba minor 2% Jun - Sep 15 - 50cm Perennial
4 Buttercup, Meadow Ranunculus acris 1% May - Jun 30 - 100cm Perennial
5 Campion, White Silene alba 0.8% May - Oct 50 - 100cm Perennial
6 Carrot, Wild Daucus carota 0.8% Jun - Oct 30 - 100cm Perennial
7 Clary, Wild Salvia verbenaca 1% May - Aug 30 - 40cm Perennial
8 Cowslip Primula veris 0.2% Apr - May 15 - 30cm Perennial
9 Daisy, Ox-eye Leucanthemum vulgare 0.6% May - Sep 20 - 100cm Perennial
10 Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis 1.4% Jun - Sep 20 - 60cm Biennial
11 Hawkbit, Rough Leontodon hispidus 0.2% Jun - Oct 15 - 35cm Perennial
12 Knapweed, Common Centaurea nigra 1% Jun - Sep 30 - 80cm Perennial
13 Knapweed, Greater Centaurea scabiosa 1.4% Jun - Sep 50 - 90cm Perennial
14 Plantain, Hoary Plantago media 0.4% May - Sep 15 - 45cm Perennial
15 Plantain, Ribwort Plantago lanceolata 0.8% Apr - Sep 15 - 50cm Perennial
16 Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi 0.4% May - Aug 30 - 90cm Perennial
17 Scabious, Field Knautia arvensis 0.2% Jul - Sep 30 - 200cm Perennial
18 Self-heal Prunella vulgaris 1.2% Jun - Sep 15 - 30cm Perennial
19 Sorrel, Common Rumex acetosa 1.2% May - Jul 30 - 100cm Perennial
20 Vetch, Tufted Vicia cracca 0.8% Jun - Sep 100 - 150cm Perennial
21 Vetchling, Meadow Lathyrus pratensis 0.6% May - Aug 70 - 120cm Perennial
22 Yarrow Achillea millefolium 0.6% Jun - Oct 20 - 100cm Perennial
23 Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor 1.2% Jun - Sep 25 - 50cm Annual
  Bent, Common Agrostis castellana 4%   50 - 100cm Grass
  Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera 3.2%   40 - 100cm Grass
  Crested Dogstail Cynosurus cristatus 17.6%   30 - 60cm Grass
  Fescue, Chewings Festuca rubra, commutata 17.6%   30 - 70cm Grass
  Fescue, Slender Creeping Red Festuca rubra, litoralis 16%   10 - 20cm Grass
  Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis 4%   70 - 110cm Grass
  Meadow Grass, Rough Stalked Poa trivalis 4%   30 - 60cm Grass
  Meadow Grass, Smooth Stalk Poa pratensis 5.6%   30 - 90cm Grass
  Timothy, Small Leaved Phleum pratense ssp Bertolinii 8%   50 - 100cm Grass

BS4M Mixtue Contents

Sowing Instructions

How to sow wildflower seeds

  • Remove all weeds and debris.
  • If the area has been overtaken by weeds, it is important to reduce the number of weeds in the soil.
  • It may be necessary to allow time for the first flush of weeds to germinate and then remove them before attempting to sow wildflowers.
  • Wildflowers prefer poor soil with low nutrients and if it is practical to do so you could remove any good quality topsoil.
  • Prepare the soil to a fine tilth.
  • Try not to disturb the soil any further as this may bring more weed seeds to the surface.
  • Most wildflower seeds are best sown February to April and late August to October, with the ideal time being autumn. Avoid hot summer months.
  • It is advisable to mix the wildflower seed with a carrier (dry sand) to assist with sowing. This will help in distributing the seed evenly over a large area.
  • Sow pure wildflower mixtures (100%) at a rate of 3g/m2
  • Sow wildflower with grass mixtures at 5 g/m2
  • It should not be necessary to rake the seed over as the light helps germination on many species.

 

A few weeks after sowing, the seeds will begin to germinate. If you are using a wildflower seed mixture the growth of the different flowers (and grasses if you have them in the mix) will vary, so if grasses start to emerge first there's no need to worry. 

 

  • Annuals will flower the same year if sown during the spring or the previous autumn.
  • Perennial wildflower species will establish during the first year of sowing and flower during the second year.

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