Meadow mix for Chalky or Limestone Soils
Full description
A diverse range of species best suited to infertile chalky soil.
80% grasses and 20% wild flowers comprising:
(Click on the species name to see a photograph)
- Birdsfoot Trefoil
- Black Knapweed
- Burnet-Saxifrage
- Cowslip
- Dropwort
- Field Scabious
- Greater Knapweed
- Hoary Plantain
- Kidney Vetch
- Lady's Bedstraw
- Marjoram
- Meadow Buttercup
- Oxeye Daisy
- Rough Hawkbit
- Salad Burnet
- Selfheal
- Small Scabious
- Wild Basil
- Wild Carrot
- Wild Mignonette
- Yarrow
- Crested Dogstail
- Crested Hairgrass
- Sheep's Fescue
- Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- Smaller Cat's Tail
- Quaking Grass
- Yellow Oat-Grass
Sow at 4 grams per m².
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.
Please read our seeding advice for important information on how to prepare, seed and maintain a wildflower area.