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 24 species in this mix.
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| Species | Common name | % |
| 100 | % wildflowers | |
| 29 | % annuals | |
| Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower | 17 |
| Glebionis segetum | Corn Marigold | 6.2 |
| Tripleurospermum inodorum | Mayweed | 6.2 |
| 16 | % biennials | |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Teasel | 5 |
| Echium vulgare | Viper’s Bugloss | 10 |
| Reseda luteola | Weld | 1 |
| 55 | % perennials | |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | 1 |
| Campanula glomerata | Clustered Bellflower | 1 |
| Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed* | 6 |
| Knautia arvensis | Field Scabious | 6 |
| Geranium pratense | Meadow Cranesbill | 5.5 |
| Geranium sylvaticum | Wood Cranesbill | 2 |
| Leontodon hispidus | Rough Hawkbit | 2 |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye Daisy | 2 |
| Origanum vulgare | Wild Marjoram | 0.5 |
| Prunella vulgaris | Selfheal | 6 |
| Silene dioica | Red Campion | 6 |
| Silene flos-cuculi | Ragged Robin | 3 |
| Silene latifolia | White Campion | 6 |
| Silene vulgaris | Bladder Campion | 2 |
| Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort | 0.5 |
| Trifolium pratense | Red Clover | 2 |
| Vicia cracca | Tufted Vetch | 1.1 |
| Vicia sepium | Bush Vetch | 2 |
*English wild but not Scottish wild origin
