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Wetland/Water Edge
Devils-bit Scabious

Devils-bit Scabious

Wetland/Water Edge Meadow Mixture

A diverse selection suited to saturated soils, pond and stream edge and areas prone to periodic waterlogging.

How much are wild flowers?

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

  • 0.2% Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) ~ Jul - Sep ~ 30-80cm ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Devils-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) ~ Jul - Sep ~ 20-80cm ~ Lilac
  • 0.8% Gypseywort (Lycopus europaeus) ~ Jun - Sep ~ 100cm ~ White
  • 1.4% Greater Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus pendunculatus) Aug-Sep ~ 5-15 ~ Yellow
  • 0.2% Hemp Agrimony (Eupatroium cannabinum) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 100cm  ~ White
  • 1.6% Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris) ~ May-Sep ~ 30-100cm ~ Yellow
  • 2.8% Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 150cm  ~ White
  • 0.8% Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) ~ May-Oct ~ 20-100cm ~ White
  • 0.4% Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 50-100cm ~ Purple
  • 1.0% Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) ~ May-Jun ~ 30-80cm ~ Red
  • 1.2% Red Campion (Silene dioica) ~ May-Nov ~ 50-80cm ~ Red
  • 1.0% Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) ~ May-Sep ~ 5-50cm ~ Brown
  • 1.6% Self Heal (Prunella vulgaris) ~ Jun-Sep ~ 5-20cm ~ Purple
  • 0.4% Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 20-150cm ~ White
  • 0.4% Sq.St. St. Johns Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 30-60 ~ Yellow
  • 0.8% Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) ~ Jun-Aug ~ 100-200cm ~ Purple
  • 0.4% Water Avens (Geum rivale) ~ Apr-Jul ~ 60cm ~ Pink
  • 1.2% Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) ~ Jul-Sep ~ 150cm ~ White
  • 3.0% Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) ~ May-Aug ~ 15-40cm ~ Yellow
  • 20% of total mix            
Common Fleabane

Common Fleabane

Ribwort Plantain

Ribwort Plantain

Wild Angelica

Wild Angelica

Background Grasses

% Common Name (Latin name)

  • 10%    Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
  • 0.4%   Common Sedge (Carex nigra)
  • 18%    Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
  • 8%     Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis)
  • 0.4%   Pendulous Sedge (Carex pendula)
  • 8%     Rough Meadow-Grass (Poa trivialis)
  • 8%     Sheeps Fescue (Festuca ovina)
  • 27.2% 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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