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Damp/Wet Soils Meadow
Betony

Betony

Damp/Wet Soils Meadow Mixture

A selection of species typically found coping and flourishing in damp, wet moisture retentive soils typical of many free draining loam and alluvial lowland meadows.

How much are wild flowers?

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

  • 0.6% Betony (Stachys officinalis) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 2.0% Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 0.8% Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) ~ May-Jul ~ 30-100cm ~ Pink
  • 0.8% Devils-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 20-80cm  ~Lilac
  • 0.8% Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 40-90cm ~ Crimson
  • 0.8% Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) ~ Aug-Sep ~ 5-15cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.6% Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium verum) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 50-80cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.6% Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~Yellow
  • 0.2% Meadow Cranesbill (Geranium pratense) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-60cm ~ Blue
  • 1.6% Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 0.4% Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) ~ May-Jun ~ 30-80cm ~ Red
  • 1.2% Red Campion (Silene dioica) ~ May-Nov ~ 50-80cm ~ Red
  • 1.6% Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) ~ May-Sep ~ 5-50cm ~ Brown
  • 2.4% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 5-20cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Sq.St. St. Johns Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-60cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 30-90cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) ~ Jun-Oct ~ 20-45cm ~ White
  • 1.6% Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) ~ May-Aug ~ 15-40cm ~ Yellow
  • 20% of total mix            
Ladys Bedstraw

Ladys Bedstraw

Great Burnet

Great Burnet

Yellow Rattle

Yellow Rattle

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 7%     Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 15%    Chewings Fescue (Festuca rubra ssp commutata)
  • 12%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 7%     Golden Oatgrass (Trisetum flavescens)
  • 4%    Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis
  • 15%    Sheeps Fescue (Festuca ovina)
  • 20%  Slender Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra ssp litoralis)
  • 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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