Chalk & Limestone Soil Mixture

Quaking Grass

Quaking grass is a distinctive feature of meadows and grasslands, particularly those on chalky soils. It has an attractive panicle, the plant may be grown in gardens or dried as a decorative feature.

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Crested Hairgrass

Crested Hairgrass Species Guide

Sweet Vernal Grass

An early flowering grass, strongly scented with coumarin, when cut as part of a hay crop it is this plant that gives hay its sweet smell. It is an adaptable plant, found growing in a wide range of habitats, with a high stem to leaf ratio.

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Crested Dogstail

Traditionally a grazing grass, which helps to fill out the base of the sward. This compact tufted perennial is found in abundance in sheep pastures. It is not aggressive and grows well late into the season when other grasses are giving up. It has good winter greenness but is inclined to produce wiry stems if not cut or grazed.

Crested Dogstail Species Guide

Smaller Catstail / Small Timothy

A leafy perennial species found throughout the UK. It grows on low lands to foothills and can be found in old pasture and hedgerows. Normally thought of as a smaller, lower yielding relative of Timothy. Although valued as a forage plant for livestock, it can also form a useful compact turf.

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Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass

Found throughout the UK in meadows and traditional pastures. It is said to be one of the greenest grasses found growing in the early spring, and is an indicator of land that is well drained and in good heart. The species itself is palatable, and nutritional to livestock, often called one of the traditional 'sweet grasses'.

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Sheeps Fescue

The finest leaved and least aggressive fescue, it is found throughout the UK. It is hardy and drought resistant and will with-stand heavy grazing or close cutting, however it has a low forage yield. It is a useful species for providing a low growing, low maintenance green cover on difficult soils. It is one of the earlier fine fescues to flower in the spring.

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Red Fescue / Chewings Fescue

Also known as chewings fescue, this is a fine leaved, tufted grass. It is distinguished from creeping red fescue by its absence of creeping rhizomes. It remains dark green throughout most of the season.

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Sainfoin (native wildflower)

Sainfoin (native wildflower) Species Guide

Field Scabious

Field Scabious is a light blue/violet sometimes pink flower and has the special characteristic of being able to change colour, it grows from 30-90cm in height with beautiful single flowers.

Field Scabious Species Guide

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

Ladys Bedstraw

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

Ladys Bedstraw Species Guide

Kidney Vetch

The erect perennial herb can grow up to 30 cm in height. It has round clusters of flowers and can vary from pale yellow to fiery red in colour.

Kidney Vetch Species Guide

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

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

Birdsfoot Trefoil Wildflower

This is a common plant from the legume family, often found on drier soils, does not like the more acidic soils. Birdsfoot trefoil supports 132 different species of insect but is mainly pollinated by bees. Due to its red and yellow flowers it's sometimes called the 'eggs & bacon' plant.

Birdsfoot Trefoil Wildflower Species Guide

Meadow Crane's-bill

Meadow Crane's-bill Species Guide

Small Scabious

Small scabious is an attractive native perennial growing to 70cm and with a large, pale blue flower head, it is shorter, more slender and less hairy than Field scabious. The indervidual flowers that make up the flower head have 5 petal lobes. Small scabious is pollinated by a wide range of insects especially bumblebees and butterflies.

Small Scabious Species Guide

Agrimony

Spiky and yellow, this perennial plant grows in single stems up to 60cm in size. Agrimony seeds have hooked burs so therefore stick to passing animals/clothes and dispurse that way.

Agrimony Species Guide

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

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 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