Wild Flower Range
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Barts Flora 1 Cornfield Annuals
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) Colour 30 60-120 Purple 20 30-60 Blue
Period
Corn Cockle Corn Flower
Agrostemma githago Centaurea cyanus
June Aug June Aug
Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum 15 15-45
Yellow June Oct
Corn Poppy
Papaver rhoeas
5 30-60
Red June Sept
White Campion Corn Chamomile
Silene alba
10 60-90 White 20 15-50 White
May Sept June July
Anthemis arvensis
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
20 15-90
Crested Dogstail Sheeps Fescue Browntop Bent Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Cynosurus cristatus
24 40
5-75 5-60
Festuca ovina
Agrostis castellana
8
10-70
Poa pratensis
8
10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 2 Acid Soils
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Betony
Stachys officinalis Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra Hypochaeris radicata Digitalis purpurea Agrimonia procera
6 30-80 Purple
June Sept
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Common Cat’s Ear
4 5-40
Yellow June Aug
7 30-80 Purple
June Sept
1 15-60
Yellow June Sept
Foxglove
4 50-150 Purple
June Sept
Fragrant Agrimony Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil Lady’s Bedstraw Meadow Buttercup
10 -
Yellow June Aug
Lotus uliginosus
4 50-60
Yellow June Aug
Gallium verum Ranunculus acris
10 50-80 10 30-100
Yellow June Sept Yellow May Sept
Ox-eye Daisy Ragged Robin Sheep Sorrel
Leucanthemum vulgare
5 20-100 White
May Oct
Lychnis flos-cuculi Rumex acetosella Succisa pratensis Achillea ptarmica Rumex acetosa
4 30-80 2 30-100
Red May June Pink May June
Devils Bit Scabious
3 20-80 Lilac 4 20-150 White
July Sept July Sept May July June Aug June Oct
Sneezewort
Sorrel
4 30-100
Pink
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
10 100-200 Purple 8 20-45 White
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium Rhinanthus minor
Yellow Rattle
4 15-40
Yellow May Aug
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm) 10 10-70 5 10-100 20 5-75 5 20-100 40 5-60 20 22-100
Agrostis castellana
Sweet Vernal
Anthoxanthum odoratum Cynosurus cristatus Deschampsia flexuosa
Crested Dogstail Wavy Hair-grass Sheeps Fescue
Festuca ovina
Slender Red Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 3 Damp Loamy Soils
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) 2 5-15
Colour
Period
Autumn Hawkbit
Leontodon autumnalis
Yellow Aug Oct
Betony
Stachys officinalis Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra
5 30-80 Purple
June Sept
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Rough Hawkbit
5 5-40
Yellow June Aug
10 30-80 Purple
June Sept
Leontodon hispidus Tragopogon pratensis Sanguisorba officinalis Ranunculus acris Geranium pratense Lathyrus pratensis Leucanthemum vulgare
2 20-40 4 30-60 3 40-90 10 30-100
Yellow June Sept Yellow June Sept Red June Sept Yellow May Sept
Goatsbeard Great Burnet
Meadow Buttercup Meadow Cranesbill Meadow Vetchling
4 30-60 Blue
June Sept
2 80-100
Yellow May Aug
Ox-eye Daisy
6 20-100 White 14 5-20 Purple
May Oct
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris Rumex acetosa
June Sept May July June Aug June Oct
Sorrel
4 30-100
Pink
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
12 100-200 Purple 8 20-45 White
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium Rhinanthus minor
Yellow Rattle
9 15-40
Yellow May Aug
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent Chewings Fescue Crested Dogstail Golden Oat Grass Meadow Foxtail Sheeps Fescue Slender Red Fescue
Species
% Height (cm) 5 10-70 13 20-90 16 5-75 11 20-80 7 30-120 16 5-60 20 22-100
Agrostis castellana
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata
Cynosurus cristatus Trisetum flavescens Alopecurus pratensis
Festuca ovina
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
12 10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 4 Calcareous Soils
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Betony
Stachys officinalis Lotus corniculatus Silene vulgaris Linaria vulgaris
6 30-80 Purple
June Sept
Birdsfoot Trefoil Bladder Campion Common Toadflax
7 5-40 4 80 4 50-90 9 15-35 3 10-30
Yellow June Aug
White
May Sept
Yellow June Oct Yellow May Aug Yellow April June
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus
Cowslip
Primula veris
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa
5 50-90 Purple
July Aug May July
Hoary Plantain Kidney Vetch
Plantago media
5 15-45 6 15-30 6 50-80 7 30-100
Pink
Anthyllis vulneraria Gallium verum Ranunculus acris
Yellow May Aug Yellow June Sept Yellow May Sept
Lady’s Bedstraw Meadow Buttercup
Ox-eye Daisy Small Scabious
Leucanthemum vulgare Scabiosa columbaria
4 20-100 White 4 20-45 Lilac 10 100-200 Purple 8 30-100 White 2 30-60 Purple
May Oct June Aug June Aug June Sept July Sept
Tufted Vetch Wild Carrot
Vicia cracca
Daucus carota
Wild Marjoram Origanum vulgare
Wild Mignonette
Reseda lutea
4 20-50 4 100 2 120
Yellow June Aug
Dropwort
Filipendula vulgaris Verbascum nigrum
White
June Aug
Dark Mullein
Yellow June Oct
Common Name Browntop Bent Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass Crested Dogstail Golden Oat Grass Quaking Grass Sheeps Fescue Slender Red Fescue Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Species
% Height (cm) 5 10-70 19 10-90 17 5-75 7 20-80 1 15-75 20 5-60 23 22-100 5 10-50
Agrostis castellana
Poa pratensis
Cynosurus cristatus Trisetum flavescens
Briza media Festuca ovina
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Smaller Cat’s-tail Upright Brome
Phleum bertolonii Bromopsis erecta
3 40-120
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 5 Wet Loamy Soils
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Betony
Stachys officinalis Centaurea nigra Lycopus europaeus Succisa pratensis Lotus uliginosus Erigeron acer Stachys palustris Ranunculus acris Thalictrum flavum Filipendula ulmaria
8 30-80 Purple 6 30-80 Purple 3 30-100 White 4 20-80 Lilac
June Sept June Sept July Sept July Sept
Black Knapweed
Gipsywort
Devil’s Bit Scabious Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil Hemp Agrimony Marsh Woundwort Meadow Buttercup
5 5-15 4 100
Yellow Aug Oct
White
July Sept July Sept
5 70-90 Purple
12 30-100
Yellow May Sept Yellow July Aug
Meadow Rue Meadowsweet Ox-eye Daisy
6 80
6 50-150 White 7 20-100 White 4 5-100 Purple
June Aug May Oct July Sept
Leucanthemum vulgare
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria Lychnis flos-cuculi Achillea ptarmica
Ragged Robin
3 30-80
Red May June
Sneezewort
4 20-150 White
July Sept
Square Stemmed St. John’s Wort
Hypericum tetrapterum
4 30-60 6 60-120 13 15-40
Yellow July Sept Yellow May July Yellow May Aug
Yellow Flag-iris Yellow Rattle
Iris pseudacorus Rhinanthus minor
Common Name Browntop Bent Chewings Fescue Common Sedge Crested Dogstail Meadow Barley Meadow Foxtail Pendulas Sedge Sheeps Fescue Slender Red Fescue Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass Sweet Vernal Tufted Hair-grass Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
4 10-70 12 20-90
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata
Carex nigra
3
300
Cynosurus cristatus Hordeum secalinum Alopecurus pratensis
15 5-75 5 20-80 6 30-120
Carex pendula Festuca ovina
2
180
16 5-60 20 22-100 11 10-90 5 10-100
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Poa pratensis
Anthoxanthum odoratum Deschampsia cespitosa
1
-
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 6 Dry Loamy Soils
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name Autumn Hawkbit Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Bladder Campion
Species
% Height (cm) 3 5-15 7 5-40
Colour
Period
Leontodon autumnalis
Yellow Aug Oct Yellow June Aug
Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra
10 30-80 Purple
June Sept May Sept
Silene vulgaris
4 80 9 15-35 8 30-60 6 50-90 4 10-30
White
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus Common Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Yellow May Sept Yellow July Sept Yellow June Oct Yellow April June
Common Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris Primula veris Knautia arvensis Gallium verum Malva moschata
Cowslip
Field Scabious Lady’s Bedstraw
8 30-90 Lilac
July Sept
6 50-80 8 20-80
Yellow June Sept
Musk Mallow Ox-eye Daisy Salad Burnet Wild Carrot
Pink
July Oct May Oct
Leucanthemum vulgare
7 20-100 White
Sanguisorba minor
5 30
Yellow May Aug
Daucus carota
6 30-100 White 3 20-45 White
June Sept June Oct
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium Rhinanthus minor
Yellow Rattle
6 15-40
Yellow May Aug
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm) 5 10-70 15 20-90 16 5-75 7 20-80 16 5-60 20 22-100 7 10-50
Agrostis castellana
Chewings Fescue Crested Dogstail Golden Oat Grass Sheeps Fescue Slender Red Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata
Cynosurus cristatus Trisetum flavescens
Festuca ovina
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
Smaller Cat’s-tail Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Phleum bertolonii
Poa pratensis
14 10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 7 Hedgerow & Light Shade
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Betony
Stachys officinalis Aquilegia vulgaris Digitalis purpurea Verbascum thapsus Hypericum hirsutum Galium mollugo Alliaria petiolata Stachys sylvatica Malva moschata
7 30-80 Purple 5 100 Purple 6 50-150 Purple
June Sept May June June Sept
Columbine Foxglove
Greater Mullein
4 40-200 5 40-100 8 100
Yellow July Sept Yellow July Aug
Hairy St. John’s Wort
Hedge Bedstraw
White
June Sept May Aug
Hedge Garlic
10 90-125 White
Hedge Woundwort
8 30-100
Red July Aug
Musk Mallow Nettle Leaved Bellflower
4 60
Pink
May Aug
Campanula trachelium
4 80
Blue
July Sept
Common St. John’s Wort
Hypericum perforatum
4 30-120
Yellow June Sept
Red Campion
Silene dioica
11 50-80
Red May Nov
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris Torilis japonica Geum urbanum
11 5-20 Purple 6 80-100 White
June Sept July Aug
Upright Hedge Parsley
Wood Avens Wood Sage
3 40-60 4 20-30
Yellow May June Yellow July Sept
Teucrium scorodonia
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent Chewings Fescue Crested Dogstail Sheeps Fescue
Species
% Height (cm) 5 10-70 15 20-90 20 5-75 20 5-60 15 22-100 5 20-200 20 15-90
Agrostis castellana
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata
Cynosurus cristatus
Festuca ovina
Slender Red Fescue Tufted Hair-grass Wood Meadow Grass
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa Deschampsia cespitosa
Poa nemoralis
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 8 Legacy (General Purpose, Country Meadow)
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) 5 5-15
Colour
Period
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Black Medick Common Vetch Meadow Buttercup
Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra Medicago lupulina
Yellow Aug Oct
8 30-80 Purple
June Sept
5 15-50
Yellow May Sept
Vicia sativa
5 20-45 Purple
April Sept
Ranunculus acris Malva moschata
7 30-100
Yellow May Sept
Musk Mallow Ox-eye Daisy
4 60
Pink
May Aug May Oct
Leucanthemum vulgare Plantago lanceolata
12 20-100 White
Ribwort Plantain Red Campion
12 5-50 8 80
Brown May Sept Red May Sept
Silene dioica
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
13 5-20 Purple 15 30-100 White 6 20-45 White
June Sept May Sept June Oct
White Campion
Silene alba
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
7 10-70
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
18.5
15-90
Crested Dogstail Meadow Fescue Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Cynosurus cristatus Festuca pratensis
21 5-75
28.5
30-120
Poa pratensis
25 10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 9 Heritage
Wild flowers: 1 part 10%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria 4.3
50-80
Yellow June Aug
Betony
Stachys officinalis Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra
2.05 2.05 4.05
30-80 Purple
June Sept
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Common Vetch Corn Cockle Corn Feverfew
5-40
Yellow June Aug
30-80 Purple 20-45 Purple
June Sept April Sept June Aug April Nov June Sept June Sept June Sept May July
Vicia sativa
8.8
Agrostemma githago
9 60-120 Purple
Matricaria perforata 4.05
10-80 10-30 30-60
White
Cowslip
Primula veris Papaver rhoeas Digitalis purpurea Galium mollugo Plantago media Sanguisorba minor Ranunculus acris Malva moschata
1.25 2.25
Yellow April June
Field Poppy
Red
Foxglove
0.7 2.6 1.5
50-150 Purple
Hedge Bedstraw Hoary Plantain Lady’s Bedstraw Meadow Buttercup Musk Mallow Ox-eye Daisy Ragged Robin St. John’s Wort Red Campion Ribwort Plantain Salad Burnet
100
White
15-45 50-80 20-90
Pink
Gallium verum 2.6
Yellow June Sept Yellow May Sept Yellow May Sept
6.1
4.05 30-100
4.05
20-80
Pink
July Oct May Oct May June
Leucanthemum vulgare
2 20-100 White
Lychnis flos-cuculi
0.5
30-80
Red
Hypericum perforatum 0.35 30-100
Yellow June Sept
Silene dioica
2.55
60-80
Red
May Nov
Plantago lanceolata Onobrychis viciifolia Prunella vulgaris Daucus carota Salvia verbenaca Pastinaca sativa
5.1
5-50
Brown May Sept
Sainfoin Selfheal
9 50-60
Pink
May Aug June Sept June Sept May Sept
2.55
5-20
Purple
Wild Carrot Wild Clary Wild Parsnip
1.7 5.1 5.1
30-100 White
80
Blue
150
Yellow May Sept
White Campion Wood Avens
Silene alba
3.05 30-100 White
May Sept
Geum urbanum 2.6
40-60
Yellow May June
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
1 20-45
White
June Oct
Grasses: 9 parts 90%
Common Name Sweet Vernal Grass Meadow Foxtail Crested Dogstail Slender Red Fescue Browntop Bent Sheeps Fescue Chewings Fescue Wood Meadow Grass
Species
% Height (cm)
Anthoxanthum odoratum Alopecurus pratensis
1
10-100 30-120 10-90 22-100 10-70 5-75
2.8
Cynosurus cristatus
8.75
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
8
Festuca rubra litoralis Agrostis castellana
15.08
9.37
Festuca ovina
20 20
5-60
Festuca rubra commutata
20-90 15-90 10-60 20-80
Poa nemoralis
7 4 2 2
Saltmarsh Grass Yellow Oat Grass
Puccinellia distans Trisetum flavescens
Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa trivialis
20-100
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 10 Country Meadow (General Purpose Plus Annuals)
Wild flowers: 1 part 10%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) 2 5-15
Colour
Period
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Black Medick Common Vetch
Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra Medicago lupulina
Yellow Aug Oct
8 30-80 Purple
June Sept
4 15-50
Yellow May Sept
Vicia sativa
5 20-45 Purple 8 60-120 Purple
April Sept June Aug
Corn Cockle
Agrostemma githago
Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum 7 15-45
Yellow June Oct
Corn Poppy
Papaver rhoeas Ranunculus acris Malva moschata
3 30-60 5 30-100
Red June Sept Yellow May Sept
Meadow Buttercup
Musk Mallow Ox-eye Daisy
4 60
Pink
May Aug May Oct
Leucanthemum vulgare 12 20-100 White
Ribwort Plantain Red Campion
Plantago lanceolata
10 5-50 5 30-100
Brown May Sept Red May Sept
Silene dioica
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
13 5-20 Purple 10 30-100 White 4 20-45 White
June Sept May Sept June Oct
White Campion
Silene alba
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses: 9 parts 90%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
7 10-70
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
18.5
15-90
Crested Dogstail Meadow Fescue
Cynosurus cristatus Festuca pratensis
21 5-75
28.5
30-120
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
25
10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 11 Woodland & Heavy Shade Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm)
Colour
Period
Bluebell
Hyacinthoides non-scripta 12 50
Blue
April June
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris Scrophularia nodosa Digitalis purpurea Stellaria holostea Hypericum hirsutum
4 100 Purple
May June
Figwort
3 50-85
Red June Sept
Foxglove
8 50-150 Purple
June Sept April Jun
Greater Stitchwort Hairy St. John’s Wort
2 50
White
6 40-100 7 100 3 100
Yellow July Aug
Hedge Bedstraw Hemp Agrimony Meadowsweet Nettle-Leaved Bellflower
Galium mollugo Erigeron acer
White White
June Sept July Sept June Aug
Filipendula ulmaria
6 50-150 White
Campanula trachelium
4 80
Blue
July Sept
Red Campion Wood Avens Wild Angelica Wood Sage Wood Vetch
Silene dioica
13 50-80 4 50-70 10 150 6 20-30 12 130
Red May Nov Yellow June Aug
Geum urbanum Angelica sylvestris Teucrium scorodonia
White
July Sept
Yellow July Sept Pink June Aug
Vicia sylvatica
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
5 10-70
Chewings Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. commutata
15 20-60
Crested Dogstail Sheeps Fescue
Cynosurus cristatus
20 5-75 20 5-60
Festuca ovina
Slender Red Fescue
Festuca rubra ssp. pruinosa
15 22-100
Tufted Hair-grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
5 20-200 20 15-90
Wood Meadow Grass
Poa nemoralis
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 12 Water Margin & Pond Edges
Wild flowers: 1 part 20%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) 2 30-80
Colour
Period
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Yellow July Sept
Gipsy Wort
Lycopus europeus
6 100
White
June Sept
Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil Hemp Agrimony Marsh Marigold Marsh Woundwort
Lotus uliginosus
6 5-15
Yellow Aug Sept
Erigeron acer Caltha palustris Stachys palustris Thalictrum flavum Filipendula ulmaria Lythrum salicaria Lychnis flos-cuculi Achillea ptarmica
4 100 2 100
White
July Sept July Sept July Sept
Pink
9 70-90 Purple
Meadow Rue Meadowsweet
8 80
Yellow July Aug
15 5-150 White 5 50-100 Purple
June Aug July Sept
Purple Loosestrife
Ragged Robin
9 30-80
Red May June
Sneezewort
7 20-150 White
July Sept
Square Stemmed St. John’s Wort
Hypericum tetrapterum
6 30-60
Yellow July Sept
Water Avens Yellow Flag-iris
Geum rivale
3 60
Pink
April July
Iris pseudacorus
18 15-40
Yellow May Aug
Grasses: 4 parts 80%
Common Name Browntop Bent Common Sedge Crested Dogstail Meadow Foxtail Pendulas Sedge Rough Stalked Meadow Grass Sheeps Fescue
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
5 10-70
Carex nigra
0.5
300
Cynosurus cristatus Alopecurus pratensis
20 5-75 10 30-120
Carex pendula
0.5
180
Poa trivialis
7 20-100
Festuca ovina
38 5-60 4 10-100 15 20-200
Sweet Vernal
Anthoxanthum odoratum Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hair-grass
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
Barts Flora 110 (Economy General Purpose Plus Annuals)
Wild flowers: 1 part 5%
Common Name
Species
% Height (cm) 3 5-15
Colour
Period
Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Knapweed Black Medick Common Vetch
Lotus corniculatus Centaurea nigra Medicago lupulina
Yellow Aug Oct
8 30-80 Purple
June Sept
4 15-50
Yellow May Sept
Vicia sativa
5 20-45 Purple 7 60-120 Purple
April Sept June Aug
Corn Cockle
Agrostemma githago
Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum 7 15-45
Yellow June Oct
Corn Poppy
Papaver rhoeas Ranunculus acris Malva moschata
3 30-60 5 30-100
Red June Sept Yellow May Sept
Meadow Buttercup
Musk Mallow Ox-eye Daisy
4 60
Pink
May Aug May Oct
Leucanthemum vulgare 12 20-100 White
Ribwort Plantain Red Campion
Plantago lanceolata
10 5-50 5 30-100
Brown May Sept Red May Sept
Silene dioica
Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris
13 5-20 Purple 10 30-100 White 4 20-45 White
June Sept May Sept June Oct
White Campion
Silene alba
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Grasses: 19 parts 95%
Common Name Browntop Bent
Species
% Height (cm)
Agrostis castellana
7 10-70
Red Fescue
Festuca rubra
18.5
15-90
Crested Dogstail Meadow Fescue Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
Cynosurus cristatus Festuca pratensis
21 5-75
28.5
30-120
Poa pratensis
25 10-90
Pack size: 1kg Sowing rate: 5g/sq.m Sq.m coverage: 200sq.m
WILD FLORA MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 2012
MIXTURE SELECTION It is important that the correct mixture is selected to coincide with the soil type and drainage characteristics of each site. SITE PREPARATION The aim is to produce a firm, weed-free tilth to promote healthy germination. Subsoils often provide weed-free areas with a low nutrient status and are therefore suitable for wild flora planting. It is occasionally necessary to remove the topsoil in areas of high fertility (this can be sold to raise revenue) as these soils tend to promote the growth of more vigorous grasses and pernicious weeds.To remove docks, thistles, nettles and weed grasses, the site should be treated with a systemic herbicide (following the manufacturer’s instructions) prior to seed bed cultivation. SUMMARY a. Cultivate site and allow to remain fallow, if practical b. Treat with herbicide or SOWING Sowing can take place throughout most of the year, providing a good tilth can be prepared. However, the months of March/April and August/September are generally the most suitable. a. Mix seed – regularly mix to ensure even species distribution b. Drill/broadcast – calibrate sowing device c. Rate – 5 g/m 2 mixtures with grass or 0.5 – 1.0 g/m 2 pure wild flower mixtures d. Sand – bulk up small seeding rates with 4 parts silica sand to one part seed by weight e. Raking/harrowing – mix seed into soil (depth approx 0.5cm) f. Ring roller – use Cambridge roller to firm seed bed WILD FLOWER FIRST YEAR MAINTENANCE The requirement in the first year is to control weeds and reduce competition from grasses. Cut the sward to a height of 5cm every two months or when the sward reaches 15cm. Remove all cut material to avoid smothering the sward. Where persistent weeds are a problem, spot treat with herbicide or dig-out. FUTURE MAINTENANCE c. Remove topsoil d. Cultivate to 10cm e. Create a surface tilth The sward should be well established after the first 12 months and contain a diverse range of species. Cut to 7.5cm during March/April and remove cuttings. The second cut should take place at the end of the flowering season during August/September (the flowering period may alter slightly according to climatic conditions). Remove all cuttings or use as hay. The site may require further cuts in the autumn period to remove untidy growth in an extended growing season. MAINTENANCE SUMMARY FIRST YEAR First cut 5cm March/April (spring seeding 1 st cut in May) Cut every 2 months or when sward reaches 15cm Final cut September/October Remove all cuttings FUTURE YEARS First cut 7.5cm March/April (if necessary) Second cut 7.5cm August/October Remove all cuttings CORNFIELD ANNUALS Make the first cut in early March and a second cut once the flowering period is over – September/October. Harrow autumn or spring to regenerate annuals.
For further information please contact us on:- Tel: 01243 784 171 Fax: 01243 775 747 Email: agri@bartholomews.co.uk
Golden Cross Office: Tel: 01825 872 697 Email: goldencross@bartholomews.co.uk
Website: www.bartholomews.co.uk
We aim to supply the mixtures as per specifications above. Occasionally suppliers of some species and varieties run out and it may be necessary to subtitute or increase percentages accordingly.
Head Office: Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd Portfield Chichester West Sussex PO19 7TT Tel. +44 (0) 1243 784 171 Fax. +44 (0) 1243 775 747 Email. agri@bartholomews.co.uk Website. www.bartholomews.co.uk Golden Cross: Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd Deanland Road Golden Cross Near Hailsham East Sussex BN27 3RP Tel. +44 (0) 1825 872 697 Fax. +44 (0) 1825 872 850
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