Heavy Soil Wildflower Seed Mix

Overview

This colourful wildflower seed mix is ideal for hard to cope with clay, heavy & moisture retentive soils.

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.

The wildflowers are 100% native UK origin.

Wildflowers: 1 part 20%
12.5%	Oxeye Daisy
10%	Meadow Buttercup
10%	White Campion
2.5%	Betony
8%	Ribwort Plantain
2%	Birdsfoot Trefoil
10%	Selfheal
1.5%	Cats Ear
2%	Ragged Robin
5%	Yellow Rattle
5%	Meadow Sweet
7.5%	Common Vetch
2%	Meadow Vetchling
2%	St Johns Wort
2%	KidneyVetch
8%	Yarrow
2%	Dark Mullien
10%	Common Knapweed
1.5%	Autumn Hawkbit
2.5%	Common Sorrel
2.5%	Yellow Flag Iris
1.5%	Purple Loose-Strife

 

Grasses: 1 part 80%
35%	Slender Creeping Red Fescue
20%	Crested Dogstail
10%	Small Leaved Timothy
5%	Meadow Foxtail
5%	Sweet Vernal Grass
5%	Tufted Hairgrass
20%	Common Bentgrass

 

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Sowing months	February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October
Soil / site conditions	Clay, Heavy
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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