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Wild Flower
Calendar
July
Fresh
Yellow Rattle Seed available -
Fresh Yellow Rattle seed will be sent out
from the end of July/beginning of August. Fresh seed has a higher
success rate than seed which has been dried for longer. Yellow
Rattle is a useful plant to introduce when creating a wild
flower meadow. It is semi-parasitic on the roots of plants,
especially grasses, & once established will reduce the vigour of the
original grass by up to 50%.
Many of the flowers from last
month will continue - some of them all summer long. Here
are some July Wild Flowers that we currently stock seeds for.
Warmer weather can lead to a growth of algae and
blanket weed in your pond as the temperature
of the water starts to rise and before the other plants in the pond have
re-established after the Winter. It will usually clear up within a
few weeks, but if not, barley straw can be used to inhibit the growth of
algae while the pond finds a natural balance. Biennial
Wild Flower
Seeds to flower next year can be sown now, but ensure that the
seeds/seedlings are not allowed to dry out over the Summer eg Evening
Primrose, Foxglove, Teasel.
Here are some July Wild Flowers
that we currently stock seeds for. Click on
the photograph to buy seeds available from the seed catalogue pages.
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