Flowering Lawn Seed Mix
Flowery meads were a big thing from the early Middle Ages - and who could blame our Norman ancestors for liking them, with or without unicorn? A flowering lawn looks lovely, it's great for biodiversity, and it saves on mowing. Whether you have to rely on serfs with scythes or your other half with a lawn mower, that can only be a good thing.
The wildflower species included here are selected to be suitable for gardens with neutral soils, and to flower at relatively low height. You can continue to mow your mead on the highest lawnmower setting throughout the summer and it will flower very happily if you like. Leave uncut or high cut islands in the middle of closer mown serpentine paths for a lovely effect which is half full on meadow.
The wildflower seeds in the mix are sustainably harvested from plants in the UK, so they not only have UK provenance, they also have British origin. There are more grasses than in our other mixes because - well - you're sowing a lawn. Unlike our other mixes too, sow at the slightly higher rate of 5g per square metre.
You can expect to receive your seed within five working days of placing an order.
Species making up over 4% of the mix are shown in bold.
% Wildflowers (by weight)
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Daisy Bellis perennis
Ladies Bedstraw Galium verum
Cats-ear Hypochaeris radicata
Smooth Hawkbit Leontodon autumnale
Rough Hawkbit Leontodon hispidus
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Cowslip Primula veris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
% Grasses
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Highland Bent Agrostis castellana
Chewings Fescue Festuca rubra commutata
Native Fescues
Crested dogstail Cynosurus cristatus
Sowing rate: 5 g per square metre, 20 kg per acre, 50 kg per hectare.
Supplier: All Things Rural