A mixture of robust wildflowers for arable field margins and other areas where soil fertility is high. An ideal habitat for small mammals, birds, amphibians etc. which in turn attract birds of prey eg. Barn Owls. After the first year the mixture can be left uncut and allowed to form a tussocky structure. 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.
*AGRIMONY Agrimonia eupatorium 2 % of mix
*BLACK KNAPWEED Centaurea nigra 0.6 % of mix
COCKSFOOT (grass) Dactylis glomerata 15 % of mix
*COMMON ST JOHN`S WORT Hypericum perforatum* 0.5 % of mix
*COMMON VETCH Vicia sativa ssp.nigra 2 % of mix
CRESTED DOGSTAIL (grass) Cynosurus cristatus 20 % of mix
*GREATER KNAPWEED Centaurea scabiosa 1 % of mix
*HEDGE BEDSTRAW Galium mollugo 1.5 % of mix
*MEADOW CRANESBILL Geranium pratense 0.5 % of mix
MEADOW FESCUE (grass) Festuca pratensis 10 % of mix
MEADOW FOXTAIL (grass) Alopecurus pratensis 5 % of mix
*OXEYE DAISY Leucanthemum vulgare 1.6 % of mix
*RED CAMPION Silene dioica 2.1 % of mix
RED FESCUE (grass) Festuca rubra ssp. Rubra 10 % of mix
RIBWORT PLANTAIN Plantago lanceolata 2.1 % of mix
*SELF HEAL Prunella vulgaris 1 % of mix
TALL FESCUE (grass) Festuca arundinacea 10 % of mix
*TEASEL Dipsacus fullonum 1 % of mix
TUFTED HAIRGRASS Deschampsia cespitosa 5 % of mix
*TUFTED VETCH Vicia cracca 1 % of mix
*UPRIGHT HEDGE PARSLEY Torilis japonica 1.5 % of mix
*WILD CARROT Daucus carota 1.1 % of mix
*YARROW Achilla millefolium 0.5 % of mix
YORKSHIRE FOG (grass) Holcus lanatus 5 % of mix
Fertile 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.


