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Meadow
Mix to Attract
Butterflies & Bees This
seed collection consists of 80% wild flower seeds and 20% grass seeds.
The mix has 27 varieties of perennial, biennial and annual wild
flower seeds and 10 varieties of wild grasses, which have been specially
selected to provide
food plants for bees, butterflies and caterpillars. They are suitable for growing on a range of soil types. All of the wild
flower seeds are of British native origin. The mix should be
sown at the rate of 5g per square metre. The mix will consist of
seeds from the
following:
Wild
Flowers:
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Lady's
Bedstraw
Galium verum
§
Bird's Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
§
Vipers Bugloss
Echium vulgare
§ Wild
Carrot
Daucus
carota
§ Meadow
Cranesbill
Geranium
pratense
§ Lesser Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
§
Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
§ Dark
Mullein
Verbascum nigrum
§ Oxeye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
§ Field
Scabious
Knautia
arvensis
§ Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
§ Wild Marjoram
Origanum vulgare
§ Devilsbit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
§
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
§
Perforated St John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
§ Kidney
Vetch
Anthyllis vulneraria
§ Meadow Vetchling
Lathyrus pratensis
§ Clustered Bellflower
Campanula glomerata
§ Wild Red Clover
Trifolium pratense
§ Small Scabious
Scabiosa columbaria
§ Hedge Woundwort
Stachys sylvatica
§ Betony
Betonica officinalis
§ Nettle Leaved Bellflower
Campanula trachelium
§
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
§
Common Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris
§ Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
§
Yellow Rattle
Rhinanthus minor
Grasses:
§
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
§
Meadow Barley
Hordeum secalinum
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Hard Fescue
Festuca trachyphylla
§ Crested
Dogstail
Cynosurus cristatus
§ Chewings
Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp commutata
§ Sweet Vernal Grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
§ Slender
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp litoralis
§ Quaking Grass
Briza media
§ Smooth
Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
§ Yellow Oatgrass
Trisetum favescens
If you would prefer wild flower seed
only without the grass seed, select Butterfly
Wild Flower Seed Mix
or Bee Wild Flower Seed Mix
from the Seed Collections page.
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