Meadow
Mixture
for Woodlands This
seed mixture
contains wild flower (20% by weight) and grass species
(80% by weight) able to
tolerate shade and is suitable for sowing in woodland areas.
They are adapted to growing amongst established trees where
shading has reduced light levels to below 50% of that in the open.
In very deep shade (ie where light levels are below 25% of that in the
open), grasses won’t grow, so only the wild flower component of the
mix need be sown - see Woodland
Wild Flower Seed Collection. All of the wild
flower seeds are of British native 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:
§
Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
§
Betony
Stachys officinalis
§ Red
Campion
Silene dioica
§
Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
§ Garlic
Mustard
Alliaria
petiolata
§
Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
§ Hedge
Bedstraw
Galium mollugo
§ Nettle-leaved
Bellflower
Campanula trachelium
§
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
§ Perforate
St John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
§ Ragged Robin
Lychnis flos-cuculi
§ Ramsons
(Wild Garlic)
Allium ursinum
§
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§ Wood
Avens
Geum urbanum
§
Wood Sage
Teucrium
scorodonia
Grasses:
§
Common
Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ False
Brome
Brachypodium sylvaticum
§ Tufted
Hairgrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
§
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
§ Sweet
Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
§ Wood
Meadow Grass
Poa nemoralis
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