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Acid Soils Meadow
Musk Mallow

Acid Soils Meadow Mixture

Comprising of species naturally occuring on soils with a low Ph allowing production of a flowery habitat ona range of acid soils.

How much are wild flowers?

 %   Common Name   (Latin Name) Flowering  ~ Height in cm ~ COLOUR        

  • 0.8% Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 5-40cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Betony (Stachys officinalis) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm  ~ Purple
  • 0.2% Common Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 15-60cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.6% Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) ~ May-Jul ~ 30-100cm ~ Pink
  • 0.8% Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) ~ Jun-Oct ~ 20-80cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.6% Devils-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 20-80cm ~ Lilac
  • 1.0% Fragrant Agrimony (Agrimonia procera) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 50cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus uliginosus) ~ Aug-Oct ~ 5-15cm ~ Yellow
  • 2.0% Ladys Bedstraw (Galium verum) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 50-80cm ~ Yellow
  • 2.0% Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.6% Musk Mallow (Malva moschata) ~ Jul-Oct ~ 20-80cm ~ Pink
  • 1.2% Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 0.8% Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) ~ May-Jun ~ 30-80cm ~ Red
  • 0.8% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-90cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 20-45cm ~ Lilac
  • 0.6% Slender St.Johns Wort (Hypericum pulchrum) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 30-60cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 20-150cm ~ White
  • 1.8% Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 100-200cm ~ Purple
  • 1.0% White Campion (Silene alba) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ White
  • 0.6% Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Pink
  • 20% of total mix            
Common Toadflax
Common Catsear Sneezewort

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 10%    Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 10%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 32%  Sheeps Fescue (Festuca ovina)
  • 20%    Slender Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
  • 4%     Sweet Vernal (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
  • 4%     Wavy Hairgrass (Descyhampsia flexuosa)
  • 80% of total mix

For succesful Wild Flower Establishment ~ Click her for Guidelines

Wild flowers are sown at a rate of 5gm per square metre and are supplied in a one kilo pack ~ sufficient to sow 200 square metres. This is made up of 80% non competitive background grasses and 20% wild flowers as described above.

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