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Wildflowers from Seed packetseeds.com offers you a range of three separate wildflower seed mixtures. Each 95p packet contains approximately 3 grams of seed, enough to sow 1 square metre at the recommended rate. Mixtures are balanced so that after germination you can expect similar proportions of each species. General Purpose standard mixture– use in open spaces Shaded Areas mixture—use under trees or in dark corners Butterfly mixture—use to encourage butterflies and other insects into your garden Sowing: Mixtures are to be sown at a standard rate of 3 grams per square metre. You can sow either in the Autumn or Spring, whenever the growing conditions are favourable. Sow your mixture onto a fine seedbed. Wildflowers prefer soils with low nutrient levels. The General Purpose mixture contains the following species: Achillea millefolium Yarrow Grassland Medium White Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Grassland Medium Purple Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Grassland Lime Medium/Tall Purple Daucus carota Wild Carrot Grassland Medium White Galium verum Lady's Bedstraw Grassland Dry Short/Medium Yellow Hypericum perforatum Common St Johns Wort Grassland Medium Yellow Knautia arvensis Field Scabious Grassland Dry Tall Lilac Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye Daisy Wasteland Medium/Tall White Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil Grassland Short/Prostrate Yellow Prunella vulgaris Self Heal Grassland Short/Medium Purple Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Grassland Medium Yellow |
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Lotus corniculatus (Birds Foot Trefoil)
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy)
Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) |
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The Shaded Areas mixture contains the following species: Achillea millefolium Yarrow Grassland Medium White Alliaria petiolata Garlic Mustard Woodland Medium White Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Grassland Medium Purple Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Grassland Lime Medium/Tall Purple Digitalis pupurea Foxglove Woodland Tall Purple Galium mollugo Hedge Bedstraw Grassland/ Short/ White Woodland Medium Geum urbanum Wood Avens Woodland Medium Yellow Prunella vulgaris Self Heal Grassland Short/ Purple Medium Silene dioica Red Campion Grassland Tall Red Stachys officinalis Betony Grassland Short Purple Teucrium scorodonia Wood Sage Woodland Medium Cream Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Grassland Dry Tall Yellow |
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Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove)
Centaurea nigra(Common Knapweed)
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow) |
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The Butterfly mixture contains the following species: Achillea millefolium Yarrow Grassland Medium White Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed Grassland Lime Medium/Tall Purple Knautia arvensis Field Scabious Grassland Dry Tall Lilac Leontondon hispidus Rough Hawkbit Grassland Dry Medium Yellow Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye Daisy Wasteland Medium/Tall White Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil Grassland Short/Prostrate Yellow Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Grassland Medium Yellow Scabiosa columbaria Small Scabious Grassland Tall Lilac Stachys officinalis Betony Grassland Short Purple Succisa pratensis Devils Bit Scabious Grassland Damp Medium Blue Growing: general advice on the sowing and growing of wildflower seeds. − Sowing can be at any time of year, but best results for germination if sown when high soil moisture conditions can be maintained. − Wildflowers can be sown with grass seed, but care should be taken since the grass can smother the wildflowers. − Clear ground of grass and weeds either by repeated turning of the soil or by treating with herbicide. − Avoid fertilisers - wildflowers thrive better in low nutrient soil conditions. − A fine tilth in the seed bed is better than a coarse tilth. − Broadcast the seed by hand, making this as uniform distribution as possible. − After sowing firm down the bed to press seed into the soil. − After establishment treat as a meadow - mow at the end of the season, remove the cuttings after leaving for a little while for the seeds to ripen and fall. |
