Brief Guide: Sow mid spring to late summer into a well prepared seedbed

Sowing Rate: 5- 10 grams per square metre (20.00 kg per acre)

20.00 kg covers 2000- 4000 square metres

 

80% Meadow Grass Seeds   35% certified Hard Fescue festuca ovina   20% certified Crested Dogstail  cynosurus cristatus   20% certified Fine Fescue festuca rubra litoralis   10% certified Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass poa pratensis     10% certified Smaller Catstail phleum pratense bertolonii     5% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris

20% Native Annual & Perennial Wildflower Seeds
Common Knapweed centaurea nigra Musk Mallow malva moschata Corn Cockle Agrostemma githago Ladies Bedstraw galium verum Meadow Buttercup ranunculus acris Ribwort Plantain plantago lanceolata Betony betonica officialis Ox-eye Daisy leucanthemum vulgare Tufted Vetch vicia cracca Wild Foxglove digitalis purpurea Hay Rattle rhinanthus minor Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum Yarrow achillea millefolium Common Sorrel rumex acetosa Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas Sheeps Sorrel rumex acetosella Corn Chamomile Anthemis arvensis Ragged Robin lychnis flos cuculi Birdsfoot trefoil lotus corniculatus Cornflower Centaurea cyanus Cats Ear hypochoeris redicata

Additional Information:
For a real chance of successful wildflower meadow establishment on acidic soils then only the most suitable species must be sown. Unlike other soil types where flower and grass species may survive outside of their normal habitat, acidic soils are far less forgiving.  This is by no means the most flamboyant wildflower seed mixture but it will display reasonable colour and together with the non-competitive companion grass will persist for many years. Most wildflower species take 6 - 12 months to fully establish before flowering so we have included some native annuals for a little first year colour.
For further information on Wildflower Meadows see our Grass Matters site