Description
This mix has a selection of annual, biennial and quick growing perennial wildflowers to provide a short-lived patch of wildflowers that will provide a nectar source for moths and butterflies, bumblebees and honeybees. After 2 years you can leave the perennials to develop or re-sow. There are 22 species in this mix.
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| Species | Common name |
% |
| 100 | % wildflowers | |
| % annuals | 29 | |
| Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower |
12.6 |
| Glebionis segetum | Corn Marigold |
3 |
| Papaver rhoeas | Corn Poppy | 10.8 |
| Tripleurospermum inodorum | Mayweed |
3 |
| % biennials | 16 | |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel |
5 |
| Echium vulgare | Viper’s Bugloss |
10 |
| Reseda luteola | Weld |
1 |
| % perennials | 59 | |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
1 |
| Centaurea nigra* | Common Knapweed |
7 |
| Galium verum | Ladys Bedstraw |
7 |
| Knautia arvensis | Field Scabious |
2 |
| Lamium album | White Deadnettle |
1 |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy |
5 |
| Origanum vulgare | Wild Marjoram |
0.1 |
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain |
4 |
| Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal |
6 |
| Silene dioica | Red Campion |
7 |
| Silene flos-cuculi | Ragged Robin |
2 |
| Silene latifolia | White Campion |
7 |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort |
1 |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch |
2.5 |
| Vicia sepium | Bush Vetch |
2 |
*English not Scottish origin
