Germinal Wildflower Mix 2 : Flowering Meadow

Description

20% wildflowers, 80% ornamental grasses

Will produce a grassland meadow mix. The flora in this mixture is specially selected for its attraction and benefit to both bees and butterflies. Containing a mixture of both perennial and annual wildflowers along with the appropriate grass species. This mixture provides some flowers from April – September with the main flowering period being May – July.

Sowing rate      5 g/m2

Sowing Time     May to August

Sowing Depth   10 mm

Sowing Instructions

Create a fine friable seedbed down to 150 mm in depth. Carry out two equal sowings at right angles to each other and diagonally to main axis. Broadcast manually or use seed drill, rake level and roll. Ensure good seed to soil contact.

After sowing  

March/April: Cut to 70 mm if there is sufficient material (sward above 100 mm) no later than mid-April

August/September: Cut to 40 mm after flowering. In all cases remove clippings

Composition

0.4% COMMON KNAPWEED (Centaurea nigra) 0.9% CORN CHAMOMILE (Anthemis arvensis) 1.7% CORN MARIGOLD (Chrysanthemum segetum) 2.2% CORN POPPY (Papaver rhoeas) 4.2% CORNCOCKLE (Agrostemma githago) 1.6% CORNFLOWER (Centaurea cyanus) 7.5% CRESTED DOGSTAIL (Cynosurus Cristatus) 0.1% FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea) 0.3% LEO LOTUS CORNICULATUS (BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL) (Lotus corniculatus) 1.0% MEADOW BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus acris) 0.5% OXEYE DAISY (Leucanthemum vulgare) 2.0% RED CAMPION (Silene dioica) 1.4% RIBWORT PLANTAIN (Plantago lanceolata) 1.0% SALAD BURNET (Sanguisorba minor) 0.8% SELF HEAL (Prunella vulgaris) 35.0% SHEEPS FESCUE (Festuca ovina) 24.0% SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE (Festuca rubra litoralis) 1.0% SWEET VERNAL GRASS (Anthoxanthum odoratum) 5.0% TALL OAT-GRASS (Arrhenatherum elatius) 5.0% TENO (Phleum bertolonii) 2.5% TUFTED HAIR GRASS (Deschampsia caespitosa) 1.9% WHITE CAMPION (Silene alba)