Heavy Land Operation Pollinator 50% Organic
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This heavy land Operation Pollinator has been designed for the clay soils where species such as Sainfoin can struggle to establish. The mixture will provide a valuable source of pollen and nectar for pollinators and other insects.
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Species breakdown in this mix
Red Clover
Red clover is one of the most popularly used true clovers in the UK. Once established it’s capable of rapid growth and shows reasonably good persistence up to three years, although ongoing breeding work is being carried out to increase plant persistence. The highest yielding strains of red clover are called 'double cut' varieties, normally providing quick regrowth after cutting and several flushes or cuts per season. The 'single cut' strains of red clover, notably the variety altaswede provide one large cut per season, flowering approximately 2-3 weeks later than the 'double cut' strains.
Late Flowering Red Clover
Red clover is one of the most popularly used true clovers in the UK. Once established it’s capable of rapid growth and shows reasonably good persistence up to three years, although ongoing breeding work is being carried out to increase plant persistence. The 'single cut' or 'late' strains of red clover, notably the diploid variety altaswede provide one large cut per season, flowering once per season, approximately 2-3 weeks later than the 'double cut' early strains.
Alsike Clover
Alsike clover is a short term perennial that fixes nitrogen. It is a true clover, not a hybrid as the name suggests. Compared to many annual clovers it can be the slowest to flower after a spring sowing.
Sweet Clover
Sweet clover (also known as yellow blossom) is a tall biennial plant. There are two forms, one white flowered and one yellow, with little difference between them. Once established it is aggressive, producing a large tap root and significant biomass.
Large Leaved White Clover
Clover is one of the most popular legumes in the UK, this species can be recognised by its creeping growth habit. Its creeping stolons help to fill in gaps in the sward, putting down roots at each node. White clover varieties can be categorised into small, medium and large leaf sizes. Generally the smaller the leaf size, the more persistent and prostrate the plant will be, the small leaf type will tolerate closer grazing from sheep and tends to sit lower at the base of the sward, the small and medium leaf varieties are used for grazing mixtures. Using mixtures of white clover varieties helps to ensure that at least one can tolerate and contribute to what ever management regime is being imposed at a given time. The larger leaf varieties are more upright and contribute to yield in cutting swards, but they are less persistent. Common large leaf varieties are Alice & Barblanca.
Large Leaved White Clover Species Guide 
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Crimson Clover
An annual legume and true clover, traditionally sown in the south east of England for over-winter sheep keep.
Yellow Trefoil / Black Medick
Yellow trefoil (also known as black medick) is a short lived annual/biennial legume, with a low growth habit making it a common choice for undersowing and soil improvement.
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Birdsfoot Trefoil
Birdsfoot Trefoil is a legume, it grows from a basal crown, with numerous stems that can vary from prostrate to erect in growth habit. In some parts of the country it is called the 'eggs and bacon' plant.
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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.
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.
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.
| Contents per Kg | % | kg | |
 | certified ORGANIC red clover | 40.0 | 0.400 |
| certified late flowering red clover | 3.0 | 0.030 |
| certified alsike clover | 20.0 | 0.200 |
| commercial ORGANIC sweet clover | 10.0 | 0.100 |
| certified white clover | 8.0 | 0.080 |
| certified crimson clover | 8.0 | 0.080 |
| certified yellow trefoil | 5.0 | 0.050 |
| certified birdsfoot trefoil | 5.0 | 0.050 |
| Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) | 0.2 | 0.002 |
| Red Campion (Silene dioica) | 0.4 | 0.004 |
| Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) | 0.4 | 0.004 |
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