Suitable for heavy soil containing lumps of clay that are generally hard to break up. Can be sown with separate Cornfield annuals as a nurse crop if flowering is required in the first season. Sow at 3-4 grams per square metre or 10-16 Kgs per acre.
Mixture specification
(all percentages by seed weight)
80% meadow grass:20% Wild flower
* Species marked with an asterisk are included on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list, designed to help gardeners and organizations find wildflower seeds and plants for pollinating insects such as bees.
*BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL Lotus corniculatus 0.5 % of mix
*BLACK KNAPWEED Centaurea nigra 2.4 % of mix
COMMON SORREL Rumex acetosa 1 % of mix
*COWSLIP Primula veris 1.2 % of mix
CRESTED DOGSTAIL (grass) Cynosurus cristatus 40 % of mix
*GREAT BURNET Sanguisorba officinalis 2.4 % of mix
HIGHLAND BENT (grass) Agrostis castellana 8 % of mix
*LADY`S BEDSTRAW Galium verum 1.2 % of mix
MEADOW BARLEY (grass) Hordeum secalinum 1 % of mix
*MEADOW BUTTERCUP Ranunculus acris 4 % of mix
*MEADOW-SWEET Filipendula ulmaria 0.1 % of mix
*OXEYE DAISY Leucanthemum vulgare 1 % of mix
*PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE Lythrum salicaria 1 % of mix
QUAKING GRASS Briza media 1 % of mix
*RAGGED ROBIN Lychnis flos-cuculi 0.5 % of mix
RED FESCUE (grass) Festuca rubra ssp. Commutata 10 % of mix
*SELF HEAL Prunella vulgaris 1.8 % of mix
SLENDER RED FESCUE (grass) Festuca rubra ssp. Pruinosa 15 % of mix
SMOOTH MEADOWGRASS Poa pratensis 2 % of mix
SWEET VERNAL GRASS Anthoxanthum odoratum 3 % of mix
*YARROW Achilla millefolium 0.5 % of mix
*YELLOW RATTLE Rhinanthus minor 2.4 % of mix
Clay Soil Mixture (80% grass/20% Wildflower)
- How to Sow: Sow onto a bare weedfree seedbed in Spring or Autumn at 3 to 4 grams per sq. metre (10-16 Kilos per acre) Maintain at a height of 3 to 4 inches for the first 2 seasons to allow space for the wildflower seedlings to develop.


