Dry Loamy Soil Wildflower Seed Mix

Overview

If your soil is dry and sandy these wildflowers have adapted well to these free-draining conditions that don’t require a lot of water. The colours are complementary yellows, purples and white with a touch of pink for sparkle.

This mixtures contains 20% wildflower seed to 80% grasses. This ratio helps to maintain a more natural healthy balance and allows the wildflowers to grow more easily.
This mix is 100% native UK origin.

Wildflowers: 1 part 20%
%	Seed	Latin Name	Height (cm)	Colour	Period
4	Autumn Hawkbit	Leontodon autumnalis	05-15	Yellow	Aug-Oct
7	Birdsfoot Trefoil	Lotus corniculatus	05-40	Yellow	June-Aug
10	Black Knapweed	Centaurea nigra	30-80	Purple	June-Sept
4	Bladder Campion	Silene vulgaris	80	White	May-Sept
9	Bulbous Buttercup	Ranunculus bulbosus	15-35	Yellow	May-Aug
8	Common Agrimony	Agrimonia eupatoria	30-60	Yellow	July-Sept
5	Cowslip	Primula veris	10-30	Yellow	April-June
8	Field Scabious	Knautia arvensis	30-90	Lilac	July-Sept
5	Lady's Bedstraw	Galium verum	50-80	Yellow	June-Sept
7	Musk Mallow	Malva moschata	20-80	Pink	July-Oct
7	Ox-eye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgare	20-100	White	May-Oct
5	Salad Burnett	Sanguisorba minor	30	Yellow	May-Aug
6	Wild Carrot	Daucus carota	30-100	White	June-Sept
7	Yarrow	Achilliea millefolium	20-45	White	June-Oct
8	Yellow Rattle	Rhinanthus minor	15-40	Yellow	May-Aug
100

 

Grasses: 4 parts 80%
%	Seed	Latin Name	Height (cm)
5	Browntop Bentgrass	Agrostis capillaris	10-70
15	Chewings Fescue	Festuca rubra ssp. Commutata	20-90
16	Crested Dogstail	Cynosurus cristatus	05-75
7	Golden Oatgrass	Trisetum flavescens	20-80
16	Sheep's Fescue	Festuca ovina	05-60
20	Slender Red Fescue	Festuca rubra ssp. Pruinosa	22-100
7	Smaller Catstail	Phleum p. ssp. Bertolonii	10-50
14	Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass	Poa pratensis	10-90
100

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Sowing months	February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Soil / site conditions	Dry, Loamy, Sandy
Sow rate	5g/m²
Area covered	10g pack = 2m² 25g pack = 5m² 50g pack = 10m²
How to sow	Sowing of Wildflower seeds can take place through most of the year (bar the depths of winter). But generally the most successful time is August to October (following natures natural cycle) and then by March to April. The best method to create a wildflower meadow is to sow on a freshly prepared seed bed. Prepare the seed bed by clearing all the weeds by hand or with glyphosate for perennial weeds, dig over and a rake soil to a fine tilth, tread or roll and then rake again. If the soil is very fertile remove the top 5-10cm of topsoil first. Broadcast the seed at a rate of 5g/sqm. (The seed can be mixed with sharp sand to ensure a more even spread.) Lightly rake the seed in and water carefully with a fine hose.
Care	Carefully water during dry weather, and keep on top of removing weeds until the meadow begins to establish. In the first year after germination cut sward to 5cm in Mar/Apr. (If seed sown in spring do 1st cut in May.) Then cut every 2 months or when the meadow reaches 15cms. Remove the grass and compost, this stops the meadow being swamped and helps keep the fertility down. The final cut will be Sept/Oct, all cuttings should be removed. Following years should see the wildflower meadow cut in Mar/Apr to 7.5cm and the second cut in Aug/Oct.

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