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Clay Soils Meadow
Cowslip

Cowslip

Clay Soils Meadow

Comprising of species usually found and adapted to growing on soils with a high clay content.

How much are wild flowers?

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

  • 1.0% Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 5-40cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.4% Betony (Stachys officinalis) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 1.8% Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 1.6% Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) May-Jul ~ 30-100cm ~ Pink
  • 0.4% Cowslip (Primula veris) ~ Apr-Jun ~ 10-30cm  ~ Yellow
  • 0.4% Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) ~ May-Aug ~ 15-30cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.6% Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium verum) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 50-80cm  ~ Yellow
  • 2.4% Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.2% Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-60cm ~ Blue
  • 1.2% Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 0.6% Pepper Saxifrage (Silaum silaus) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 80cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.6% Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) ~ May-Jun ~ 30-80cm ~ Red
  • 0.8% Red Campion (Silene dioica) ~ May-Nov ~ 50-80cm ~ Red
  • 1.6% Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) ~ May-Sep ~ 5-50cm ~ Brown
  • 1.8% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 5-20cm ~ Purple
  • 0.4% Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 100-200cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Wild Carot (Daucus carota) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ White
  • 0.8% Wild Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) ~ May-Sep ~ 10-30cm ~ Red
  • 0.8% Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) ~ Jun-Oct ~ 20-45cm ~ White
  • 20% of total mix            
Meadow Cransebill

Meadow Cranesbill

Red Campion

Red Campion

Tufted Vetch

Tufted Vetch

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 8%     Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 20%    Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra ssp rubra)
  • 30%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 2%     Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)
  • 20%  Slender Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
  • 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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