Wildflower Conservation Mixtures, wild flower mixtures for the garden

Wildflower Conservation Seed Mixtures

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The mixtures have been formulated for various purposes and situations in the garden i.e. coastal wild flower mixture, easy and colourful mix, cottage garden mix, container and windowbox mix etc. Some of the mixes you will find have a similar name but they differ in wild flower seed in the mixture as some will be short to medium height while the other medium to tall height.

The following mixtures sown into a flower bed will bring a touch of the countryside into the garden along with the butterflies, bees and birds. Under the popular mixtures I have included the species included in the mixture as an example of the packet contents and cultural information, the species listed are suitable for the relevant conditions listed.
Most Mixtures are best sown between March to May or August to September/October dependant on mixture.
All mixtures are subject to availability.
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Symbols :- A = Hardy Annual, HHA = Half hardy Annual, B = Biennial, P = Perennial
Coverage quoted is a general guide

Ye Olde English Meadow Mixture 15 gram Ye Olde English Meadow mixture covers approx 3sq metres with wild flowers and grasses
Wild flower :- Birds foot Trefoil, Black Medic, Black Knapweed, Meadow Buttercup, Ox-eye Daisy, Common Vetch, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, White Campion, White Clover, Self Heal and Yarrow. Grasses :- Browntop Bent, Red Fescue, Crested Dogstail, Meadow Fescue, Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass and Yorkshire Fog.
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Cornfield Annuals with Grasses 15 gram Covers approx 3sq metres
Wild flower :- Corn Cockle, Corn Flower, Corn Marigold, Corn Poppy and Corn Chamomile. Grasses:- Red Fescue, Crested Dogstail, Sheep's Fescue, Browntop Bent and Smooth stalk meadow grass.
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Flowering Lawn Mixture 15gram Covers approx 3sq metres
A mixture of fine grasses and low growing wildflowers which can be maintained as a lawn from October to April and mown infrequently between flushes of wildflowers during the summer. Species include:- yarrow, ladies bedstraw, plantain, meadow buttercup, birds foot trefoil, white clover, selfheal, sorrel and salad burnet.
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The mixtures below are intended to be sown without grass into cultivated ground to create ornamental beds of wild flowers. They cannot be successfully over-sown into existing grass.

Basic 15 wildflower species More info
Low to Medium height Annual Biennial Perennial wildflowers. coverage 5sq. metre 100% wildflowers.
Contains a selection of the Top 15 most vigorous, competitive and attractive meadowland wild flowers. some species are of value as a source of food for butterflies, bees and other insects. Species include :-
Lady's Bedstraw, Birds-foot-trefoil, meadow buttercup, wild carrot, cowslip, oxeye daisy, dandelion, black medic, pignut, hoary and ribwort plantain, field scabious, selfheal, common and kidney vetch, yarrow.
Culture :- Best sown early March to late may or from 1st September to early October.
If used with a grass seed mixture, during the first year after sowing grass should be cut to 5-10cm and the cuttings removed. In following years cut in October after all the flower seeds have shed remove the cuttings.
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Attracting Bats into the garden More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5sq metre 100% wildflowers.
This mix contains a wide range of attractive Nectar rich Species of wild flowers, cultivated flowers and herbs. Many have night scented flowers that are particularly attractive to the night flying insects on which bats feed. Please note the mixture may not include all the following seeds.
Species ideal for attracting moths and insects for bats to feed on include :-
Wild flowers; Barberry, Campion Bladder, Centaury, Common Evening-primrose, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold, , Cornflower, Cowslip, Dames-violet, Dog-rose, Field Poppy, Fleabane, Foxglove, Goldenrod, Herb Bennet, Large Flowered Evening-primrose, Maiden Pink, Meadow Clary, Meadowsweet, Michealmas-daisy, Mullein, Night Flowering Catchfly, Nottingham Catchfly, Ox-eye Daisy, Red Campion, Red Clover, Red Valerian, Scentless Mayweed, Soapwort, Sweet-briar, Vipers Bugloss, White Campion, Wild Basil, Wild Wallflower and Yarrow.
Cultivated flowers; Brompton Stock, Night Scented Stock, Tobacco Plant, Ten-week Stock, Virginia stock all Mixed.
Herbs; Borage, Chives, Lemon Balm, Pot Marjoram, Sage, Spearmint.
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Beneficial Insects Wildflower Mixture More info
Wild flower and grass seed mixture :- Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5sq. metre
Contains a mixture of 75% colourful and attractive wild flowers and 25% grasses, selected for their value in creating habitats which encourage beneficial insects to colonise in your garden. these should include butterflies, bees, bumblebees, ladybirds, lacewings and moths. Sow 0.5 to 1 gram per sq metre
This packet contains a selection of 10 British Native Plants to grow from seed, selected for their value in creating habitats which encourage beneficial insects to colonise in your garden. for best results it should be sown in one area. In late summer choose an area of good weed free soil in a sunny position. Remove weeds and perennial weed roots and rake the surface to a fine tilth. The addition of 'forest bark' will improve the soil.
Scatter the seed evenly over the surface of the prepared seed bed and lightly rake in. Water as necessary throughout the growing season. Pull out any obvious garden weeds. Leave any dead vegetation over winter to provide shelter for beetles.
In the second season remove dead top growth and thin or transplant any species which threaten to crowd out the others. If ground cover is not complete apply a mulch of 'forest bark' between the plants.
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Best 3 Wildflower Annuals More info
100% Wild flower mixture :- Low to Medium Height Annuals coverage 5sq metre
Species include:-
Corn Marigold (chrysanthemum segetum) attractive to butterflies. Field Poppy (papaver rhoeas) attractive to bees and bumblebees. Corn Chamomile attractive to butterflies and bees. Scentless Chamomile or mayweed attractive to butterflies and bees. Together they make a spectacularly compatible and colourful combination which will rival the most showy mixtures of cultivated annual flowers.
Cultural Information :-
Best sown Late March to Mid-May or from early August to Mid-September
Select a sunny weed free site. Use Organic Fertiliser.
Sprinkle seed thinly onto a prepared seed bed, lightly rake in with a spring tined rake, firm with feet or roller. Water thoroughly with a fine sprayed hose or watering can. Keep the area well watered and weed free until seedlings are established. As the seedlings grow some thinning out will be required with as little root disturbance as possible, use the area as a source of plant material by transplanting the thinnings to other parts of the garden.
Maintenance of seed bed for the following year :-
During late August to mid september after all the seed has been shed, clear away the finished plants and remove any grass or weeds. Vigorously rake the surface of the soil to make a seed bed. Firm the soil and water thoroughly.
Keep the area well watered and free from grass and weeds until the seedlings establish.
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Best 6 Wildflower Annuals More info
100% wild flower mixture :- Low to Tall Height A. Coverage 5 sq metre. Sow 1-2g per sq metre
A mixture of 6 showy and colourful annual wild flowers which are exceptionally complimentary to each other when mixed together. Corn Chamomile and Scentless Mayweed, Corn Marigold and Field Poppy are commonly found cornfield arable flowers but not as frequently seen as they once were, especially in profusion. Corn Cockle and Cornflower are now rarely seen and in danger of becoming extinct. The decline in the population of all the species in the mixture is partly due to improved seed cleaning techniques but mainly due to increased use of more effective herbicides.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture into prepared ground, and is suitable for creating a permanent ornamental bed of annual plants.
Species include:-
Corncockle (Argostemm githago), Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum), Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Scentless Mayweed (Trileurospermum inodurum), White Campion (Silene alba).
Culture:-
Best sown either late March to mid-May, or from early August to mid-September. The different colours and flowering habits of the seven flowers in the mixture produce a uniquely showy and colourful combination.
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Bumblebee Conservation Mix
5 gram pkt Coverage approx 5 sq metre
Sow 0.5-1 grams per sq metre late summer/early autumn or spring, best sown in one area of the garden.
A 100% mixture of nectar rich wildflowers, flowering period during May to August. Blue Cornflower, Vipers Bugloss, Field Poppy, Red Dead Nettle, White Clover, Red Clover, Chrysanthemum Crown Daisy, Corn Marigold, Wild Clary, Foxglove, Groundsel, Red Cover, White Clover.
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Wildflower and Garden Butterfly Nectar Plants More info
Low to Medium Height A B P. coverage 5sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
A selection of both colourful wild flowers and popular garden flowers which are attractive to butterflies, bees and other insects as sources of nectar (food). Some species are also of value as food plants for certain caterpillars. Average Height 60cm
Sow 0.6 -1.2 gram per sq metre. 1st year flowers some species from summer to autumn, following years different species from spring to autumn.
Wild flower species include :-
Birds-foot-trefoil common, Bulbous Buttercup, Cats-ear, Wild (annual) and perennial Cornflower, Cowslip, Oxeye daisy, Dandelion, Feverfew, Hawkbit, Common and Greater Knapweed, Lady's Smock, Corn marigold, Wild marjoram, Ragged-Robin, Scabious, Sheeps-bit, melancholy thistle, Common and Kidney Vetch, Yarrow.
Cultivated garden flowers include :-
Mixed Calliopsis, Mixed annual Chrysanthemum, Coreopsis, Cornflower, Evening-primrose, goldenrod, Mixed Heliotrope, Mixed Honesty, Hyssop, Lavender, Mignonette, Mixed Scabious, Brompton and night scented Stock, Mixed Sweet Rocket, Annual and single mixed Sweet William, Red Valerian, Wallflower.
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Mixture for re creating a Cottage Garden More info
Low to Medium Height A B P. Sow 1-2 grammes per sq metre coverage 5sq. metre 100% mixture
The mixture is a combination of garden flowers, wild flowers and herbs typical of what would be seen in gardens in Victorian times.
An interesting combination of colourful, well known cultivated flowers, wild flowers and herbs.
The mixture contains plants of mixed height and flowering periods intended to create a permanent ornamental bed. The combination of plants is typical of what would have been growing in a Victorian cottage garden. After the first year, the annual and biennial flowers will have to be re-introduced into the bed each year to ensure that a succession of the species is maintained. It is possible to let the annuals and biennials go to seed, lift them when they have died back and shake them over the area to distribute the seed, remove all grass and weed from the area, then lightly rake the area.
Sow April to May Species include :-
Cultivated flowers; Aster, Cornflower, Daisy, Goldenrod, Helineum, Hollyhock, Honesty, Larkspur, Love-in-a-mist, Mignonette, Poppy, Sweet-rocket, Sweet-william and Valerian red.
Wild flowers; Campion, Cornflower wild, Cowslip, Oxeye Daisy, Forget-me-not field, Foxglove, Jacobs-ladder, Mallow, Mullein, Wild Pansy, Wild Poppy, Welsh Poppy, Purple-loosestrife, Ragged Robin and Vipers-bugloss
Herbs; Lemon Balm, Bergamot, Borage, Hyssop, Lavender, Pot Marigold.
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Wildflowers for a Countryside Garden mixture More info
Low to Medium Height A B P coverage 5-10sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
Biennials & perennials
Sow 1/2-1g per sq metre
Easy to grow and attractive native species, including many perennials plus 3 cultivated flowers: dames-violet (Sweet Rocket), Honesty and Red Valerian. A pleasure to have in your garden for their own sake as well as for the butterflies, bees, insects and birds they will attract. A balanced seed mixture of easy-to-grow and attractive species, including many perennials. A pleasure to have in your garden for their own sake as well as for butterflies, bees, insects and birds they attract.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture into prepared ground, and is suitable for creating a permanent ornamental bed.
Native wild flowers include :-
Black medic, cat's-ear, chicory, common birds-foot-trefoil, common knapweed, common sorrel, dandelion, field scabious, garlic mustard, greater knapweed, hemp-agrimony, lady's-smock, musk mallow and thistle, oxeye daisy, ragged-robin, red campion, red clover, sainfoin, selfheal, small scabious, sheeps sorrel, soapwort, spear thistle, teasel, white campion, wild marjoram, wild white clover.
Naturalised wild flowers include :- Dames violet, honesty, red valerian
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Colourful mixture of annual biennial and perennial wildflowers More info
100% Wildflower mixture :- Low to Medium Height A B P. coverage 5-10sq. metre Sow 1/2-1 gram per sq metre
Wildflower mixture of perennial, biennial and some annual wildflowers this mixture contains attractive wild flowers which are easy to grow. Some species are rich in nectar for butterflies, bees and other insects.
A balanced general purpose seed mixture of colourful annual, biennial and mainly perennial wild flowers of mixed heights and flowering periods from many different habitats. It contains a selection of Britain's most showy and attractive native plants, which flower abundantly and are easily grown. It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture into prepared ground, and is suitable for creating a permanent ornamental bed.
Species include :-
Lady's bedstraw, salad burnet, meadow buttercup, birds-foot-trefoil, red & white campion, wild carrot, scentless chamomile, cornflower, cowslip, oxeye daisy, foxglove, common and greater knapweed, mallow common and musk, corn marigold, wild parsnip, pignut, hoary plantain, common poppy, ragged robin, field and small scabious, selfheal, lesser trefoil, kidney vetch, yarrow, yellow rattle.
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Colourful Cornfield annual wild flower mixture More info
Low to Medium Height Flowers May to September coverage 5-10sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
Colourful range of native and naturalised British wild flowers, very pretty, easy to grow and flower very soon after sowing. Some will also provide lots of nectar for butterflies, bees and insects.
A balanced seed mixture of red, yellow, blue, purple and white hardy annual wild flowers. Flowering in 2½ to 3 months from a spring sowing. Some species such as cornflower, corn marigold chamomile and mayweed will also provide lots of nectar for butterflies, bees and other insects.
Species include :-
Field Poppy, Cornflower, Scentless and Scented Mayweed, Wild Pansy, Corncockle, Corn Marigold, Corn Chamomile and Long Headed Poppy.
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Wildflowers for a Garden Pond Edge More info
Medium to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
Sow 0.5 - 1 gram per sq metre. It will create a permanent mini habitat, as well as providing some butterfly and caterpillar food plants. The abundant vegetation will offer food and shelter to amphibians, birds and small mammals.
A balanced seed mixture of colourful mainly perennial, wild flowers of mixed heights and flowering periods. It contains a selection of attractive wild plants representative of those usually found growing on saturated soils such as marshy areas, margins of ponds, streams and ditches. It is intended for sowing without a grass seed mixture onto a prepared ground to create a permanent aquatic mini-habitat. As well as providing some butterfly and caterpillar food plants, the abundant vegetation will provide food and shelter for amphibians, birds and small mammals.
Species include :-
Angelica, Avens Water, Indian balsam, Birds-foot-trefoil, Bur-marigold, meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, Dame's-violet, Water Figwort, Common Fleabane, Gipsywort, Hemp-agrimony, Iris-yellow, Cuckooflower, Meadowsweet, Monkey flower, purple Loosestrife, Ragged Robin, St Johns-wort, Devils-bit Scabious, Selfheal, Sneezwort, Teasel, Tufted Vetch, Water-plantain, Marsh Woundwort.
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Conservation seed mixture of Hedgerow Plants More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5sq. metre
A 100% mixture of wildflowers to help create an area of plants rich in typical hedgerow wildflowers to attract butterflies and other insects. Sow 0.5 - 1gram per sq metre
A balanced seed mixture of colourful annual, biennial and perennial, native wild flowers of mixed heights and flowering periods. Specially formulated to help create an area of plants in your garden, rich in wild flowers to attract butterflies and other insects as well as the eye throughout the summer.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species include :-
Wood Avens, Hedge Bedstraw, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Betony, Red Campion, Rough Chevril, Meadow Cranes-bill, Cowslip, Oxeye Daisy, Dandelion, Foxglove, Common Knapweed, Common Mallow, Great Mullein, Garlic Mustard, St Johns-wort, Selfheal, Teasel, Hedge Woundwort and Yarrow.
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Herb Rich Grazing Mixture
10 gram pkt Coverage 1sq/m
A mixture formulated for Rabbits and Guinea Pigs.
A 100% herb rich mixture for Rabbits and Guinea Pigs and contains the following species:- Dandelion, Smooth Hawk beard, Chicory, Greater Plantain, Ribwort, Common Mallow, Dwarf Mallow, Birds-foot-trefoil, Red Clover, White Clover, Common Vetch, Kidney Vetch, Field Bind Weed, Hedge Mustard, Poppy, Sanfoin, and Garlic Mustard.
Sow up to 10gram per sq/m
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Honeybee conservation wild flower mixture More info
Low to Medium Height A B P. coverage 5sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
This mixture contains flowers of real horticultural merit. many rich in both nectar and pollen, which are known to be especially attractive to honeybees. By growing honeybee food plants in your garden, you are helping to support these important pollinators. Sow 0.5 to 1 gram per square metre during spring or autumn
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed.
Species include :-
Charlock, Chicory, Common Birds-foot-trefoil, Common Knapweed, Common Mallow, Common Toadflax, Corn Chamomile, Corncockle, Cornflower, Dandelion, Field Poppy, Foxglove, Great Mullein, Hedge Woundwort, Hemp-agrimony, Hogweed, Hound's-tongue, Large flowered Evening Primrose, Meadow Cranes-bill, Meadowsweet, Oxeye Daisy, Purple-loosestrife, Red Clover, Ribbed Melliot, Rough Hawkbit, Sainfoin, Teasel, Thrift, Vipers-bugloss, Wild Carrot, Wild Marjoram, Wild Parsnip, Wild White Clover, Yarrow and Yellow Rocket.
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Ladybird Mixture More info
5 gram pkt covers 2.5 sq metre 100% wildflower mixture
This mixture helps to make the garden a more favourable habitat for Ladybirds. It consists of wildflowers that attract insects the Ladybird feeds on, this will increase the number of beneficial insects into the garden. Ladybirds are natural predators of aphids (greenfly and black fly) and have large appetites. A mixture of the following wildflowers noted for attracting wildlife and insects to the garden.
Red Campion, White Campion, Cornflower, Poppy, Corn Marigold, Red Dead Nettle, Dandelion, Field Buttercup, Creeping Buttercup, Salad Burnet, Forget me not, Scented mayweed, Musk Mallow, St Johns Wort, Hawkbit, Hedge Geranium, Lady's Bedstraw.
Sow autumn and early spring, Scatter the seed evenly over the surface of the prepared seed bed and lightly rake in. Water as necessary throughout the growing season. Pull out any obvious garden weeds.
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The Living Garden wild flower mixture More info
Low to Medium Height A B P coverage 5sq. metre Sow 0.5-1 gram per sq metre
Sow 0.5 to 1 gram per sq metre A wildlife 100% wild flower mixture containing species well worth growing - for their own sake as well as for the butterflies, other insects, birds and animals they will attract.
A mixture of annual, biennial and mainly perennial wild flowers of mixed height, flowering period and colour, for a sunny position in the garden. It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species include :-
Birds-foot-trefoil, Common Poppy, Rock-rose, toadflax, Corn Chamomile, Cornflower, Cowslip, Dandelion, Field Scabios, Foxglove, Great Mullein, Harebell, Hemp-Agrimony, Kidney Vetch, Marjoram, Meadowsweet, Mignonette, Oxeye Daisy, Purple-loosestrife, Ragged Robin, Red Dead-nettle, Red Campion, Red Clover, teasel, Thrift, Vipers-bugloss, White Dead-nettle, Wild Candytuft, Wild Chamomile, Wild Pansy, Wild Thyme.
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Low-Growing wildflower mixture More info
Low Height A B P. coverage 5-10 sq. metres 100% wildflower mixture
Attractive, low-growing wildflowers, includes plants from a wide range of habitats. Sow 0.5 - 1g per sq metre
This mixture is ideal for creating an ornamental bed. Many of the species included are suitable for growing in a rock garden or at the edge of a border.
Species included :-
Birds-foot-Trefoil, Bugle, Campion, Celandine, centaury common, Cinquefoil Creeping, Cowslip, Dog-Violet, Fleabane, Harebell, Hawkweed, Oxlip, Pansy, Pimpernel, Primrose, Rock-Rose, St Johns Wort, Sheeps Bit, Speedwell, Wild Strawberry, Thrift, Thyme, Vetch and sweet Violet.
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Low to Medium Height Butterfly Nectar wildflowers More info
Low to Medium Height A B. coverage 5-10 sq. metre
Sow 0.5 - 1g per sq metre
A 100% mixture of beautiful wild flowers which are rich in nectar that attracts butterflies. Suitable for most garden soils
A balanced seed mixture of colourful annual, biennial and perennial, native wild flowers of mixed heights and flowering periods. Specially formulated for Butterfly conservation, it contains many beautiful wild flowers which are especially attractive to Butterflies as sources of Nectar (food). Some species are also of value as food plants for certain caterpillars.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species include :-
Ladies Bedstraw, Betony, Birds-Foot-Trefoil, Common Bugle, Meadow Buttercup, Wild Candytuft, Red Clover, Colt's Foot, Daisy, Oxeye daisy, Dandelion, dead-Nettle, Feverfew, Autumn and rough Hawkbit, Hawkweed, Knapweed, Corn Marigold, Wild Marjoram, Wild Pansy, Primrose, Ragged Robin, Common Rockrose, St Johns Wort, Small Scabious, Selfheal, Sheeps-Bit, Thrift, Common Toadflax, Lesser Trefoil, Kidney and Horseshoe Vetch, Sweet Violet, Yarrow.
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Medium to Tall Butterfly Nectar Wildflowers More info
Medium to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5-10 sq. metre   Sow 0.5 - 1g per sq metre 100% wildflower mixture
Formulated to help create a area of plants in your garden, rich in wild flowers particularly attractive to butterflies and other insects as sources of food. Some species are also of value as food plants for certain caterpillars. Species include :-
Greater Birds-Foot-Trefoil, Meadow Buttercup, Campion, cornflower, Oxeye Daisy, feverfew, Hemp-agrimony, knapweed Common & Greater, Wild Marjoram, Wild Mignonette, Wild Mint, garlic Mustard, Purple Loosestrife, Ragged-Robin, Scabious, Sow Thistle, Teasel, Red Valerian, Common Vetch.
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Wildflower mixture of Plants In Danger More info
Medium to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5-10 sq. metre   Sow 0.5 - 1g per sq metre
This 100% mixture contains a colourful and attractive selection of wild flowers representative of those once common, which have diminished rapidly due to unsympathetic land management or selective spraying, drainage, or the over-cutting of road-side verges.
Suitable for most garden soils it is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species include :-
Annuals; Corn Buttercup, Corn Chamomile, Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Wild Pansy, Common and Long Headed Poppy
Biennials; Goats-beard, dark and Greater Mullein, Common and Small Teasel, Vipers Bugloss
Perennials; Agrimony, Meadow Buttercup, Cowslip, Cranes-bill, Oxeye Daisy, Harebell, Hounds-Tongue, Brown Common and Greater Knapweed, Musk Mallow, Ragged Robin, Devil's Bit and Field Scabious, St johns-Wort, Common Toadflax.
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Wildflowers for Pond Edges More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5-10 sq. metre
This 100% mixture contains a selection of wild plants usually found growing on saturated soils such as marshy areas, margins of ponds, streams and ditches. Suitable for most wet and damp garden soils. 1st year some species flower from summer to autumn. Following years different species from spring to autumn.
Some species such as Hemp-Argimony, water Mint and Marsh Woundwort are value as a source of nectar for butterflies, bees and other insects. Greater Birds-foot-trefoil, Lady's-Smock and Tufted Vetch are valuable as both butterfly and caterpillar foods. It is intended for sowing without a grass seed mixture into prepared ground at the edge of garden ponds or in bog gardens to create a permanent aquatic habitat. With no limit to the availability of water, the vegetation will be plentiful enough to provide food and shelter for Amphibians, birds and small mammals. If a grass and wild flower area is required mix 0.5g of wild flower seeds with 2.5g of low maintenance grass seed mixture (or a non-rye grass lawn mixture) Sow at a rate of 3g per sq metre.
Species include:-
Angelica, Avens, Birdes-foot-Trefoil, Buttercup, Campion, Figwort, Fleabane, Hemp-Agrimony, Iris, Ladys Smock, Meadowsweet, Mint, Purple Loosestrife, Ragged Robin, Vetch, Woundwort.
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Wildflower mixture of Fragrant Flowers More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5-7.5sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
A selection of colourful and attractive native species well known for the fragrance of their flowers and/or the scents given off freely from their leaves. Apart from providing a fragrant garden the flowers may be used for ornamental, decorative or medicinal purposes. The mixture is intended for sowing without a grass seed mixture, to create a permanent ornamental bed. Species include:-
Catchfly, Cowslip, Campion, Clover, Dames-Violet, Dropwort, Evening Primrose, Foxglove, Honeysuckle, Knapweed, Marjoram wild, Meadowsweet, Meliot, Mullein, Pansy wild, Pink Deptford, Primrose, Soapwort, Thistle, Valerian, Violet, Wallflower wild, Yarrow.
When choosing your site, bear in mind the mixtures do not contain grass seed and are intended to be sown without grass into cultivated ground to create ornamental beds of wild flowers only. They cannot successfully be over sown into existing grass.
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Wildflower mixture with Fragrant Leaves More info
100% wild flower mixture :- Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5-10 sq. metre
A selection of colourful and attractive native wild flowers, well-known for the aroma of their leaves. Some leaves need to be rubbed or crushed before their aroma is evident, others only assume their full fragrance upon drying.
Not only providing a scented part of the garden some species are particularly valuable to butterflies, bees, hoverflies and other insects, as their flowers are sources of food (nectar) and/or pollen. The leaves of most of the species can be used to bring the gardens fragrance into the home in a number of ways - in pot-pourris, sweet bags, herbal moth bags and fragrant pillows; making herbal teas; enriching casseroles, salads, deserts and drinks.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared open ground, to create a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times. Apart from providing an aromatic garden the leaves may be used for ornamental, decorative or medicinal purposes. Species include :-
Wild Basil, Lady's bedstraw, Salad Burnet, Lesser Calamint, Corn and Lawn Chamomile, Sweet Cicely, Feverfew, Fennel, Gipsywort, Wild Marjoram, Marsh-mallow, Meadowsweet, Corn and Water Mint, Garlic Mustard, Ramsons, Wood Sage, Soapwort, sweet-briar, Tansy, Wild Thyme, Sweet Woodruff and Yarrow.
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Native Wildflowers for a Show Garden More info
Medium to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5 sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
It contains native flower species whose outstanding horticultural merits make them ideal subjects for a show bed or border. Many are the wild forms (or closely related species) of familiar and popular cultivated flowers. An attractive and colourful seed mixture containing a selection of exceptionally showy, medium to tall countryside wild flowers. It is particularly rich in tall biennials such as Foxglove, Evening-Primrose, Mulleins, Teasel, Vipers-Bugloss and Weld. In order to maintain a succession of either annual or biennial flowering plants from year to year, self seeding and establishment must be encouraged or fresh sowings will have to be made each year.
It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent Ornamental bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
If a grass and wild flower mixture is required, mix 0.75grams of wild flowers with 3grams of low maintenance grass seed mixture and sow at a rate of 3.75grams per square metre.
Species include :-
Campion red, corn and scentless Chamomile, Cornflower, Meadow Cranesbill, Oxeye Daisy, Evening-Primrose, Foxglove, Hounds-tongue, greater Knapweed, Musk Mallow, corn Marigold, Mullein, Poppy, Purple-loosestrife, Ragged-Robin, field Scabious, Soapwort, Teasel, Toadflax, Vipers-bugloss, Weld.
5 gram £2.95 Add to basket

50 gram £22.00 Add to basket

Tortoise Food Mixture More info
A mixture to produce a natural source of food for the tortoise. Sow a small enclosure, large area or raise in seed trays.
Sowing rate 100g 10sq metre on large areas allow plants to establish before light grazing, for smaller areas for a quick covering sow 50g per 1 sq metre.
Species Include:-
Dandelion, Smooth Hawks-beard, Nipplewort, Chicory, Smooth Sowthistle, Great Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Ribwort Plantain, Common Mallow, Musk Mallow, Dwarf Mallow, Shepherd's Purse, Hairy Bittercress, Wavy Bittercress, White Clover, Red Clover, Common Vetch, Sainfoin, Creeping Bell-flower, Hedge Mustard.
Culture:-
Sow early spring and early autumn. Successive sowings can be made throughout the growing season as long as water can be applied to the growing area.
Choose a weed free site of low fertility. Do not use fertiliser. Prepare a weed free and firm seed bed, thoroughly mix the mixture and apply evenly over the surface and lightly rake in. Sowing from early March to September roll or tread the soil lightly to firm soil around seeds, do not roll if sowing late autumn or early winter. It is best not to water the seed bed unless you can maintain the moisture level for at least 2 weeks, if this is not possible leave the watering to natures way, the seeds will then germinate when all the right conditions are met.
Ideally it is best to divide up the sown area so the tortoise will graze one area while the other areas have time to recover, do not let the vegetation be overgrazed otherwise some herbs/wildflowers may not recover. If vegetation becomes too tall shear or strim the area. If you only have a small garden consider growing the mixture in a tray or punnets just like cress from the supermarkets..
50g £8.50 Add to basket
100g £14.00 Add to basket

Wild Bird Garden   More info
Low to Tall Height A B P coverage 5-10 sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
A seed mixture of colourful annual, biennial and perennial, native wild flowers of mixed heights and flowering periods. It contains a number of species which are attractive to most seed eating birds and some butterflies and other insects. It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species include :-
Betony, Birds-foot-trefoil, cowslip, Corncockle, Cranesbill, Oxeye Daisy, Evening-primrose, Flax, Foxglove, Knapweed, Mallow, Marigold, Meadowsweet, Mullein, Parsley, Welsh Poppy, Ragged-Robin, Teasel, Vipers-bugloss.
5 gram £2.95 Add to basket

50 gram £22.00 Add to basket

Wildlife Garden 1 Wildflower mixture     More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. coverage 5 sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
This is a very colourful and ornamental mixture, which has been selected to be not only attractive to wild flower gardeners but also to butterflies, bees and birds. The mixture has been chosen to attract butterflies, bees and birds. With a mixture of colourful annual, biennial and perennial flowers of varying height and flowering periods your ensured a bright splash of colour every year. Sow them in clumps or dot them around your flower beds for attractive displays throughout the year. It is intended to be sown without a grass seed mixture onto prepared ground, and is particularly suitable for creating a permanent 'Ornamental' bed of plants with mixed heights and flowering times.
Species Include :-
Annuals; Common Poppy, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold, cornflower
Biennials; Foxglove, Great Mullein, Spear Thistle, Teasel, Vipers-bugloss
Perennials; Birds-foot-trefoil, Knapweed, Field Scabious, Meadow Buttercup, daisy Oxeye, Ragged Robin, Red Campion, Clover, Selfheal, Sainfoin, Soapwort, White Campion, Wild Marjoram, Yarrow
5 gram £2.95 Add to basket

50 gram £22.00 Add to basket

Wildflowers for Windowbox Containers & Pots   More info
Low to Medium Height A B P. coverage 5 sq. metre 100% wildflower mixture
Sow 1/2 to 1 gram per sq metre
An attractive and colourful mixture of low growing native wild flowers, suitable for growing outdoors in containers such as windowboxes, wooden tubs and terracotta pots. This selection will grown in a sunny position, will enable you to create a 'mini wild flower garden in a very small area.
Early flowering species like Cowslip and Primrose will die back after producing flowers but their places will be taken by later flowering species, especially spreading plants like Wild Strawberry and Red and Wild White Clover. Creeping plants like Scarlet Pimpernel and Birds-Foot-Trefoil can be encouraged to trail over the sides of containers. Dead heading plants as soon as they finish flowering, will cause most species to produce flowers for longer periods.
Species include :-
Low growing :- Bulbous Buttercup, Cowslip, Daisy, Field Forget-Me-Not, Harebell, Ivy-Leaved Toadflax, Kidney Vetch, Lawn Chamomile, Lesser Trefoil, Primrose, Red Clover, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sea Campion, Wild Pansy, Wild Thyme, Wild White Clover.
Medium to tall include :- Common Poppy, Corncockle, Cornflower, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold.
Ensure there are drainage holes in the containers, cover bottom with broken pots or small stones. Add a layer of bulky organic matter. Fill with a soil based potting compost, preferably one intended for house plants. Feed with liquid organic manure after the first few months. Water regularly, but avoid keeping the plants permanently wet.
5 gram £2.95 Add to basket

50 gram £22.00 Add to basket

Woodland edge and Hedgerow wild flower mixture    More info
Low to Tall Height A B P. 100% wildflower mixture coverage 5-10 sq metre
Sow 0.5-1 gram per sq metre. Containing attractive spring and early summer flowering species that are tolerant of shade and characteristic of most types found in open woodland, hedgerows and woodland-edge conditions throughout Britain. It is very suitable for shaded and semi-shaded areas of garden.
A rich and colourful mixture of the well known and attractive shade tolerant wild flowers, commonly found in deciduous woods, semi shaded places and hedgerows throughout Britain. It is intended to be sown without grass seed mixture.
Species include some or all of the following:-
Anemone, Avens, Betony, Bindweed hedge, Bluebell, Bryony, Burdock, Campion red, Celandine, Charlock, Chevril, Cleavers, Colts-foot, Comfrey, Cowslip, Cranes-bill, Daisy, Oxeye daisy, Dandelion, Dog-violet, Forget-me-not, Foxglove, Goats-beard, Gorse, Ground-ivy, Harebell, Hedge-parsley, Herb-Robert, Knapweed, Lords-and-ladies, Mallow, Meadowsweet, Mercury, Mullein, Garlic Mustard, Cow Parsley, Poppy, Primrose, Ramsons, Rose Burnet and Dog, St. Johns-wort, Scabious, Selfheal, Speedwell, Wild Strawberry, Teasel, Toadflax, Valerian, Vetch, Sweet Violet, Willowherb, Wood-sorrel, Woundwort and Yarrow
5 gram £2.95 Add to basket

50 gram £22.00 Add to basket

Bulk mixtures in 50g up to 1kg packets can be found on the next 3 pages >>

The plants listed in the mixtures above indicate which Wild Flowers grow where, all the plant seeds might not be included in the mixtures.

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Cultural information for 100% wild flower mixtures

For Mixtures that do not contain grass seed, they are intended to be sown without grass into cultivated ground to create ornamental beds of wild flowers only. They cannot be sown into existing grass.

In general, wild flowers respond well to fertile ground and to being fertilized like any other garden flowers. But grasses and weeds thrive on fertile soils and may adversely affect seed germination, establishment and subsequent growth.

Sowing time all year round with best results sowing either March to early May, or from August to September, for autumn establishment of most species.

Carefully prepare a fine, weed free seed bed. Take care to sow the seed evenly. Thoroughly mixing one part seed with nine parts dry sand (silica sand) makes it more easily distributed.

Rake the seed in lightly with a spring tined rake and firm the soil. Water with a fine spray to avoid disturbing the surface of the soil. Keep the area well watered and free from grass and weeds.

As the seedlings grow some thinning out will be necessary, especially with the more vigorous species. Use the area as a source of plant material by transplanting to other beds.

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The cultural information should be used as a guide only as climatic conditions vary, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed requires no cover.

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