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Dry/Sandy Soils Meadow
Black Medick

Black Medick

Dry/Sandy Soils Meadow Mixture

A typical mixture for free draining light sandy soils containing species that are deep rooting and selected to combat and tolerate the lack of moisture.

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
  • 1.0% Black Medick (Medicago lupulina) ~ May-Sep ~ 15-50cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.6% Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris) ~ May-Sep ~ 80cm ~ White
  • 1.0% Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) May-Aug ~ 15-35cm  ~Yellow
  • 1.6% Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) ~ May-Jul ~ 30-100cm ~ Pink
  • 0.4% Cowslip (Primula veris) ~ Apr-Jun ~ 10-30cm  ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-90cm ~ Lilac
  • 0.6% Hoary Plantain (Plantago media) ~ May-Jul ~ 15-45cm ~ Pink
  • 2.0% Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium verum) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 50-80cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.2% Musk Mallow (Malva Moschata) ~ Jul-Oct ~ 20-80cm ~ Pink
  • 1.6% Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 0.6% Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) ~ May-Sep ~ 5-50cm ~ Brown
  • 0.8% Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor ssp min) ~ May-Aug ~ 15-50cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.0% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 5-20cm ~ Purple
  • 1.6% Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-90cm ~ Blue
  • 1.0% Wild Carot (Daucus carota) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ White
  • 0.6% Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 20-50cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.0% Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) ~ Jun-Oct ~ 20-45cm ~ White
  • 20% of total mix            
Bladder Campion

Bladder Campion

Field Scabious

Field Scabious

Vipers Bugloss

Vipers Bugloss

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 8%     Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 8%     Chewings Fescue (Festuca rubra ssp commutata)
  • 16%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 20%  Sheeps Fescue (Festuca ovina)
  • 16%    Slender Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
  • 4%     Smaller Catstail (Phleum pratense ssp bertolonii)
  • 8%     Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass (Poa pratensis)
  • 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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