Meadow
Mixture
for Clay Soils This
seed mixture consists of perennial (apart from Yellow Rattle which
is an annual) wild flower
seeds (20% by weight) and wild grass species (80% by weight). It
contains a mixture of grasses and wild flowers that are adapted to
growing on soils with a high clay content. All of the wild
flower seeds are of British native wild origin. The grass seed is
of British native wild origin where possible (marked with W). The
seeds should be sown at the rate
of 4g per square metre. The mix will consist of
seeds from the
following:
Wild
Flowers:
§
Betony
Stachys officinalis
§
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§ Common
Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§ Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
§ Cowslip
Primula veris
§ Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§ Meadow
Buttercup
Ranunculus
acris
§ Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Pepper-Saxifrage
Silaum silaus
§ Ragged
Robin
Lychnis flos-cuculi
§ Ribwort
Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
§
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§ Wild
Red Clover
Trifolium
pratense
§
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
§
Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus minor
Grasses:
§
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ Meadow
Foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis
§
Smaller Catstail
Phleum bartolonii
§ Slender
Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
§ Sweet
Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
§ Quaking
Grass
Briza media
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