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Hedgerow/Light Shade Mix
Common Knapweed

Common Knapweed

Hedgerow/Light Shade Mixture

A Mixture tolerant of semi-shade and suitable for field boundary margins and clearings, bridle paths etc.

How much are wild flowers?

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

  • 1.6% Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-60cm ~ Yellow
  • 2.0% Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Purple
  • 1.0% Common St Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 30-90cm ~ Yellow
  • 1.0% Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Jun-Sep ~ 50-150cm ~Purple
  • 0.8% Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) ~ May-Aug ~ 90-125cm ~ White
  • 1.6% Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 100cm ~ White
  • 1.2% Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) ~ Jul-Aug ~ 30-100cm ~ Red
  • 0.6% Nettle Leaved Bellflower (Campanula trachelium) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 80cm ~ Blue
  • 0.6% Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 2.0% Red Campion (Silene dioica) ~ May-Nov ~ 50-80cm ~ Red
  • 0.4% Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) ~ May-Jun ~ 30-80cm ~ Red
  • 2.0% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 5-20cm ~ Purple
  • 0.4% Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 100-200cm ~ Purple
  • 0.6% Upright Hedge Parsley (Torilis joponica) ~ Jul-Aug ~ 80-100cm ~ White
  • 0.4% Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Pink
  • 1.0% White Campion (Silene latifolia) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ White
  • 0.4% Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) ~ Jul-Aug ~ 30-150cm ~ White
  • 1.6% Wood Avens (Geum urbanum) ~ May-Jun ~ 40-60cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) ~ Jun-Oct ~ 20-45cm ~ White
  • 20% of total mix            
Wild Basil

Wild Basil

Agrimony

Agrimony

Hedge Woundwort

Hedge Woundwort

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 4%     Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 16%    Chewings Fescue (Festuca rubra ssp commutata)
  • 12%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 16%    Sheeps Fescue (Festuca ovina)
  • 16%    Slender Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
  • 4%     Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia caespitosa)
  • 12%    Wood Meadowgrass (Poa nemoralis)
  • 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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