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Brief Guide:
Sow early- late Spring for a colourful
Summer/Autumn
display
Sowing Rate:
3- 5 grams per square metre
250 grams covers a minimum of
50 square metres
Native Cornfield Annuals (of which)
40%
Corn Cockle
Agrostemma githago
20%
Corn Marigold
Chrysanthemum segetum
20%
Field Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
10%
Corn Chamomile
Anthemis arvensis
10%
Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus |
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Additional Information:
Historically annual wildflowers established amongst
spring sown cereals until the introduction of modern intensive farming methods promoted 100% clean crops for maximum returns. The wildflower seeds
would have been disturbed and brought to the soils surface during cultivations
prior to spring wheat, oats or barley being sown. The robust cereal crop supported the more delicate wildflower plants which bloomed during the summer and set seed before the crop was harvested. During harvest the wildflower seeds would drop to the ground
which was then cultivated incorporating the next generation of seeds back into the topsoil
where they remained dormant until once again disturbed by cultivation. This mixture
should ideally be early - late spring sown on to a sunny, well prepared and weed
free seedbed to emulate the aforementioned conditions.
For further information on
Wildflowers
see our Grass Matters
forum
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