Meadow Over-Seeding Just Wild Flowers

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This wild flower only seed mixture can be sown successfully into open swards that are free of aggressive grasses and perennial weeds. Cut or graze hard, harrow or rake to create at least fifty percent bare soil before broadcasting and rolling the seed in. This mixture should be sown in the autumn when grass swards are more open and less aggressive. Please note that this mixture attracts VAT which will be added on at checkout.

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£107.70 / Kg

Sowing rate: 2.0kg/acre (5.0kg/ha)

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Species breakdown in this mix

Wild Flower

Ladys Bedstraw

This is a weakly stemmed, sprawling species, when cut is has a notable sweet smell.

Ladys Bedstraw Species Guide

Wild Flower

Lesser Knapweed

Lesser knapweed is also known as common black knapweed. It is a competitive wild flower found throughout the UK and parts of western Europe, in old meadows and roadsides. It may be known as 'hardheads'.

Lesser Knapweed Species Guide

Wild Flower

Meadow Buttercup

There are several species of buttercup, this species is different from the creeping buttercup that many regard as a grassland weed. Found in older grasslands and damp grassy places, it is the tallest of the common buttercups.

Meadow Buttercup Species Guide

Wild Flower

Musk Mallow

This is a green coloured, bushy, upright perennial that once established can be a robust plant, that is prolific on fertile soils rich in nitrogen. This species can grow to 75 cm in height.

Musk Mallow Species Guide

Legume

Native Red Clover

Native red clover, sometimes known as Essex or indigenous red clover, is a native variety to the UK. Generally this variety is smaller and lower yielding than an agriculturally bred strain, but with a longer lifespan. Despite being lower yielding than some varieties, it is notably early to flower, often seen from April to May.

Native Red Clover Species Guide

Wild Flower

Ox-eye Daisy

Ox-eye daisy is a robust wildflower species, the flower head is a typical daisy shape, with white petals and yellow central florets. They grow in solitary heads and are around three to five centimetres wide.

Ox-eye Daisy Species Guide

Wild Flower

Red Campion

This plant produces short creeping stems and upright flowering ones from 1 to 3 feet high. Both the stem and leaves are covered with soft hairs. The unscented male and female flowers are on different plants. Pink flowered hybrids between red campion and white campion are fairly common.

Red Campion Species Guide

Wild Flower

Ribwort Plantain wildflower

The erect leaves are ribbed with 3 to 6 veins. The flower stalk is deeply furrowed, and the flower spikes are shorter and very compact. It grows from 6 inches to 2 feet tall and is a good source of vitamins and minerals for grazing animals.

Ribwort Plantain wildflower Species Guide

Wild Flower

Sainfoin (native wildflower)

Sainfoin (native wildflower) Species Guide

Wild Flower

Salad Burnet

A pretty wildflower with 4-12 pairs of leaflets all less than 20mm. Mostly found on dry, lime rich. calcerous soils it has pale green flower heads which have a hint of red. The young leaves are edible and with a cool fresh cucumber flavour and fragrance are like by grazing anaimals. Salad burnet is known for attracting bees, beneficial insects and butterflies.

Salad Burnet Species Guide

Wild Flower

Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Self heal is a low growing plant with oval leaves and bluish or violet flowers that appear in dence, oblong clusters on the tops of its stems. Self heal is widely found throughout the UK

Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) Species Guide

Wild Flower

White Campion

Medium to Tall hairy short lived perennial. Sometimes slightly sticky, the flowering stems are up to 3 feet high, and bear stalks, hairy leaves.

White Campion Species Guide

Wild Flower

Wild Carrot

This is a reliable pioneer species, which is quick to germinate and establish, reaching up to 100 cm in height. It is found across the UK and Western Europe.

Wild Carrot Species Guide

Wild Flower

Yarrow Wildflower

This is a common perennial species that flowers late into the season, with tiny disticnt white or pink flowers. The latin 'milfoil' means a thousand leaves and refers to the tiny divide segments of the feathery leaves.

Yarrow Wildflower Species Guide

Wild Flower

Yellow Rattle

Erect, annual, hairless parasitic herb. Growing up to 50 cm in height. The leaves are narrow-lanceolate, coarsely toothed and slightly wrinkled on the outer edge, stalkless and arranged in opposite pairs. Flowers are situated in short leafy spikes.

Yellow Rattle Species Guide  Buy Yellow Rattle Straight

Legume
Wild Flower

Detailed Mix Breakdown

Contents per Kg%kg
Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)10.00.100
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)10.00.100
Lesser Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)10.00.100
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)10.00.100
native Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) wildflower6.00.060
native ESSEX red clover6.00.060
Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris)6.00.060
White Campion (Silene latifolia)6.00.060
Ladys Bedstraw (Galium verum)6.00.060
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)6.00.060
Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)6.00.060
Red Campion (Silene dioica)6.00.060
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)4.00.040
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)4.00.040
Meadow Buttercup4.00.040