Description
Hedgerow Meadow Mix (SCM4)
A tall mix of perennial and biennial and one annual (Yellow Rattle) wildflowers and grasses for areas of light shade beside hedges or walls or in woodland clearings. There are 18 wildflower & 5 grass species in this mix.
*Many wildflower plants are inedible &/or toxic, in particular, all parts of the Foxglove plant are toxic. This mix is available with or wihout Foxglove
Species | Common name | % |
20 |
% wildflowers | |
Alliaria petiolata | Hedge Mustard | 2 |
Campanula latifolia | Giant Bellflower | 0.2 |
Centaurea nigra | Common Knapweed | 2 |
Cruciata laevipes | Crosswort | 0.5 |
Digitalis purpurea* | Foxglove | 1 |
Geum urbanum | Herb Bennet | 2 |
Geranium sylvaticum | Wood Cranesbill | 2 |
Hypericum perforatum | St John’s Wort | 0.5 |
Knautia arvensis | Field Scabious | 1 |
Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox eye Daisy | 1 |
Primula vulgaris | Primrose | 0.2 |
Rhinanthus minor | Yellow Rattle | 1 |
Silene dioica | Red Campion | 2 |
Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort | 1 |
Stellaria holostea | Greater Stitchwort | 0.1 |
Teucrium scorodinia | Wood Sage | 1 |
Torilis japonica | Upright Hedge Parsley | 1.5 |
Vicia sepium | Bush Vetch | 1 |
80 |
% grasses | |
Agrostis capillaris | Common Bent (c) | 10 |
Cynosurus cristatus | Crested Dog’s Tail (c) | 10 |
Festuca rubra ssp commutata | Chewings Fescue (c) | 25 |
Poa nemoralis | Wood Meadow Grass (c) | 10 |
Poa pratensis | Smooth-stalked Meadow Grass (c) | 25 |
(C) = cultivated origin