Bees & Insects Meadow Mix
Full description
A mix which will attract a range of different bees, butterflies and other insects, such as this Hoverfly, as the flowers and grasses will provide nectar and be a source of food for butterfly larvae.
80% grasses and 20% wild flowers including the following species:
(Click on the species name to see a photograph)
- Black Knapweed
- Bladder Campion
- Common Red Poppy
- Cornflower
- Field Scabious
- Hoary Plantain
- Lady's Bedstraw
- Meadow Buttercup
- Meadow Cranesbill
- Oxeye Daisy
- Ribwort Plantain
- Rough Hawkbit
- Selfheal
- Viper's Bugloss
- Wild Red Clover
- Common Sorrel
- Yarrow
- Yellow Rattle
- Musk Mallow
- Cowslip
- Birdsfoot Trefoil
- Common Bent
- Sweet Vernal Grass
- Crested Dogtail
- Sheep's Fescue
- Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- Smaller Catstail
- Yellow Oat Grass
Sow at 4 grams per m². Do not be tempted to sow seed at double the recommended seeding rate because the grasses tend to germinate first and then there will not be sufficient space for the flower species to get established.
Seed is best sown in Spring or Autumn.
Perennial seed mixes take some time to get established, so it can be a good idea to sow Cornfield Annuals seed at the same time to give some colour in the first year.
Do read our seeding advice for important information on how to prepare, seed and maintain a wildflower area.