Long Season Meadow Seed Mixture – 80% Grasses / 20% Wildflowers

From £12.50

Our most popular and very diverse mix of 29 native wildflower species and 10 species of grass. Three of the grass species are produced in the UK.  Essentially a combination of mixes with species suitable for a range of soil types, providing flowers through the entire season, from April to mid-September.

As well as attracting bees and butterflies, birds should also be drawn by the inclusion of Common Catsear, Rough Hawkbit and particularly the Knapweeds and Scabious.

Mix is 80% Grasses to 20% Wildflowers by weight.

Sowing Rate: Joel recommends 5g per square metre.

If you would like to order any other amount of seed mix, please message us on enquiries@wildyourgarden.com and we would be happy to quote this for you!

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Description

We have broken down below for you how the mix is made up.

Latin Name English Name Mix Composition  
Achillea millefolium Yarrow 3%
Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed 5%
Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed 3%
Daucus carota Wild Carrot 5%
Echium vulgare Viper’s Bugloss 2%
Galium verum Lady’s Bedstraw 6%
Geranium pratense Meadow Cranesbill 2%
Hypochaeris radicata Common Catsear 2%
Knautia arvensis Field Scabious 3.5%
Lathyrus pratensis Meadow Vetchling 2%
Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit 2%
Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy 5%
Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax 1%
Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil 4%
Malva moschata Musk Mallow 3%
Plantago media Hoary Plantain 2.5%
Primula veris Cowslip 3%
Prunella vulgaris Self Heal 7%
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup 5%
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup 5%
Rhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle 6%
Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel 5%
Scabiosa columbaria Small Scabious 3%
Silene dioica Red Campion 4%
Stachys officinalis Betony 3%
Succisa pratensis Devilsbit Scabious 2%
Trifolium pratense Wild Red Clover 2.5%
Verbascum nigrum Dark Mullein 1.5%
Vicia cracca Tufted Vetch 2%
29 Wildflower species 100%

 

Grass species
Latin Name English Name Mix Composition
Agrostis capillaris Common Bent 3%
Anthoxanthum odoratum (N) Sweet Vernal Grass 3%
Briza media (N) Quaking Grass 2%
Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dogstail 22%
Festuca Trachyphylla Hard Fescue 22%
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata Chewing’s Fescue 22%
Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis Slender Creeping Red Fescue 13%
Hordeum secalinum (N) Meadow Barley 1%
Poa pratensis Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass 10%
Trisetum flavescens Yellow Oatgrass 2%
10 Grass species 100%

Additional information

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