Wiltshire Calcareous Soils Meadow Seed Mix
Wiltshire Calcareous Soils Meadow Seed Mix
Origin: Broade Chalke, Wiltshire
Soil Type: Shallow lime-rich topsoil over chalk
Seeding rate: 3g per square metre
Wildflowers: grasses ratio: 78:10
Species mix: Please see below
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Wiltshire Calcareous Soils Meadow Seed Mix
This is a stunning meadow mix, typical of neutral to calcareous grassland. It's harvested from a meadow outside Broad Chalke, home of the Chalke Valley history festival, in the Cranborne Chase AONB.
The harvesters categorise it as being MG5b, leaning to CG3. It's characterised by its very high and diverse floral content, which contains some very lovely things indeed. Also a good quantity (3%) of one of our most beautiful grasses, Briza media, Quaking grass.
You can expect to receive your seed within five working days of placing an order, although this might vary according to demand. This mix is available in quantities of 1kg and upwards through our main website.
Typical Major Wildflower Species (78%):
Glaucous sedge Carex flacca
Meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris
Yellow rattle Rhinanthus minor
Black medic Medicago lupulina
Ribwort plantain Plantago lanceolata
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Fairy flax Linum catharticum
Red clover Trifolium pratense
Common knapweed Centaurea nigra
Hoary plantain Plantago media
Birdsfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Major Grasses (10%):
Bent Agrostis spp.
Quaking grass Briza media
Crested dogstail Cynosaurus cristata
Inert matter 12%
Other species are present in smaller quantities - details on request.
Other species are present in smaller quantities.
Supplier: Bright Seeds
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The seeds arrived promptly by royal mail and were well packaged ( no plastic or unnecessary frills appreciated).
There was an interesting mix of seeds which was not dominated by grass. We showed them yesterday in a relatively small area of the grounds after it had rained, we look forward to seeing what comes up.
We will let you know and hopefully send pictures. Thank you
Brilliant service from order to door
Beware of buying it as a present. The seed does not arrive in a separate package & it has a sticker on the front that tells you what's inside, which spoils the surprise.
Thank you for taking the time to review our service - it's always helpful for a small business to have feedback. I'm afraid we don't offer a gift wrapped option and generally feel it's a good idea to tell people what's in the packet they're buying.
British Wildflower Seeds
Really pleased to be able to source local wildflower seeds from this company. Their website is a fantastic resource in itself, with links to tutorials and factsheets. the seed I ordered arrived two days later, much of it sourced from meadows within twenty miles of us.