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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| Contents per Kg | % | kg | |
 | Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) | 12.0 | 0.120 |
| Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) | 12.0 | 0.120 |
| Lesser Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) | 10.0 | 0.100 |
| Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) | 10.0 | 0.100 |
| native Sainfoin (Onobrychis viicifolia) wildflower | 8.0 | 0.080 |
| native ESSEX red clover | 8.0 | 0.080 |
| Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) | 6.0 | 0.060 |
| White Campion (Silene latifolia) | 6.0 | 0.060 |
| Ladys Bedstraw (Galium verum) | 6.0 | 0.060 |
| Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) | 6.0 | 0.060 |
| Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) | 5.0 | 0.050 |
| Red Campion (Silene dioica) | 5.0 | 0.050 |
| Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) | 4.0 | 0.040 |
| Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) | 2.0 | 0.020 |
Ladys Bedstraw
This is a weakly stemmed, sprawling species, when cut is has a notable sweet smell.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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