Wild Flower Mixture Information

The Mixtures

Mixture for re creating a Cottage Garden WFM 21054
Annuals, Biennials and Perennials
Approx weight 3 grammes
Sow 1-2 grammes per sq metre
Sow April to May
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 cottager's 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.
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.
Culture :-
Sow April to May in a prepared seed bed.
Choose a sunny weed free site, sprinkle the seed thinly on to a well prepared seed bed.
After sowing, rake the seeds in lightly, firm the soil with your feet or roller.
keep the seedlings well watered until they are established.
Thin as necessary (use thinnings for other parts of the garden).

Wildflowers for a Countryside Garden mixture WFM 21056
Biennials & perennials
Approx weight 2 grammes
Sow 1/2-1g per sq metre
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
Culture :-
Best sown late March to late May, or early August to mid September. If sowing after 1st June ensure seed bed is kept well watered.
If possible choose a weed free site with fertile soil. Organic or inorganic fertilizer can be used both before and after sowing.
Sprinkle the seed very thinly onto the prepared seed bed.
Lightly rake the seed in and firm and water thoroughly.
Keep seedlings well watered until they are established.
Thin the seedlings as necessary, using the thinnings for other areas of the garden.
Ensure the site is kept free from unwanted plants or grass.

Wildflower and Garden Butterfly Nectar Plants WFM 21058
Annuals, Biennials and Perennials
Average Height 60cm
Approx weight 2 grams
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 Bottercup, 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 nnight scented Stock, Mixed Sweet Rocket, Annual and single mixed Sweet William, Red Valerian, Wallflower.
Culture :-
Best sown Late March to May or from 1st September to mid October.
Select a weed free site of low fertility. Do not use Fertilizer.
Cultivate the ground to produce a very fine weed free seed bed, tread or roll the soil to firm.
Mix the seed thoroughly (with 9 parts dry sand to aid even distribution) and broadcast evenly.
Lightly rake the seed in to ensure the seed comes into contact with the moisture of the soil.
Thin out as necessary.

Colourful mixture of annual biennial and perennial wildflowers  WFM 21060
Created for newcomers to wild Flower gardening
Annuals, biennials and perennials
Appros Weight 2 grammes
Sow 1/2-1 gram per sq metre
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.
Culture :-
Sow either late March to early May or late August to mid September in a sunny weed free site with fertile soil. Balanced organic or inorganic fertiliser can be used both before and after sowing.
Cultivate the ground to prepare the finest seed bed possible. If necessary tread or roll to get a firm seed bed. Sprinkle the seed thinly and evenly onto the bed. Lightly rake in with a spring tined rake, firm the soil.
Keep the seedlings, young plants well-watered. Thin as required using thinnings as a source for plant material for other areas of the garden. Ensure the site is kept free of unwanted plants and grass.

Colourful Cornfield annual wild flower mixture  WFM 21062
Flowers may to September
Average Height 60cm
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.
Cultivation :-
Best sown in autumn or early spring. Choose a sunny position free from weeds.
Sprinkle seeds very thinly (mixing with dry sand helps), onto poor soil, gravel or even crushed rubble.
Firm with the feet or a roller after sowing but do not cover seed. Water very lightly and thin the seedlings untill they are 20cm apart.
At the end of summer, give the plants a good shake as you pull them up, the seed that falls will germinate and flower the following year.
Ideal places to sow this mixture :-
As a mini cornfield in the garden, at the front ot a flower border, for colour and nectar. As a block in a veg patch to attract pollinators and predators. Along the edge of gravel paths and drives. On ugly piles of demolition rubble. With wild flower meadow seeds, to give colour in the first season. Around the edge of dull city car parks schoolyards and play areas.

Cut Flower wildflower mixture   WFM 21066
Approx weight 3 grammes
Sow up to 1 gram per square metre
Selected mixture of wild flowers with some ornamental wild grasses.
Sow without grass seed mixture onto prepared open ground.
Species included :-
Agrimony, Wild angelica, Red Campion, Hedge and lady's bedstraw, Common buttercup, Wood avens, Yellow rattle, Salad burnet, Daisy, Oxeye daisy, Autumn hawkbit, Wild plantain, Common sorrel, Devils bit scabious, Greater and common knapweed, Teasel, Mullein, Cornflower, Corncockle
Wild Grasses included :-
Wavy hair grass, Yorkshire fog, Crested dogs tail, Sweet vernal grass, Meadow foxtail
Culture :-
Sow either late March to early May or late August to mid September in a sunny weed free site with fertile soil.
Cultivate the ground to prepare the finest seed bed possible. If necessary tread or roll to get a firm seed bed. Sprinkle the seed thinly and evenly onto the bed. Lightly rake in with a spring tined rake, firm the soil.
Keep the seedlings, young plants well-watered. Thin as required. Ensure the site is kept free of unwanted plants and grass.