BFS 3 – Floodplain Meadow Grassland Seed Mix
£31.62 – £120.96 inc VAT
Our floodplain meadow grassland seed mix is a highly diverse selection of UK native wildflowers and grasses. The 32 different species that make up the mix have been specially selected for their ability to withstand seasonal flooding. Based on the native plants that grow on traditional floodplains and water meadows, these wildflowers and grasses can happily grow in poor, wet soil, providing an important flower-rich resource for bees, butterflies and ground-nesting birds.
It is represented by the mesotrophic wet grassland NVC communities MG4, MG8 and MG9 and is a habitat of principle importance known as ‘Lowland Meadows’.
Suitable NVC Communities: MG4; MG8; MG9
Sowing Rate: 5g/m²
Contains: Wildflowers 20% (24 species) Grasses 80% (8 species)
N.B: All seeds specified in this mixture are subject to availability at the time of purchase.
Our floodplain meadow grassland seed mix is a highly diverse selection of UK native wildflowers and grasses. The 32 different species that make up the mix have been specially selected for their ability to withstand seasonal flooding. Based on the native plants that grow on traditional floodplains and water meadows, these wildflowers and grasses can happily grow in poor, wet soil.
Habitats sown with Floodplain Meadow Grassland seed provide a flower rich resource, which is important for a range of pollinators such as common carder bee, orange tip and small copper butterflies, as well as ground nesting birds such as snipe and skylark.
Floodplain meadows are often managed as traditional hay meadows. This means they are left un-grazed from spring, and a hay cut is taken by mid July to remove fertility and grazed thereafter. Floodplain meadows often contain variation in field topography such as ridge and furrow, which allows a greater diversity of species to establish in different hydrological conditions.
Suitable NVC Communities: MG4; MG8; MG9
Sowing Rate: 5g/m²
Contains: Wildflowers 20% (24 species) Grasses 80% (8 species)
N.B: All seeds specified in this mixture are subject to availability at the time of purchase.
The Mix contains the following species:
Wildflowers:
3% Achillea millefolium – (Yarrow)
6% Centaurea nigra – (Black knapweed)
5% Filipendula ulmaria – (Meadowsweet)
1% Galium palustre – (Marsh bedstraw)
3% Hypericum tetrapterum – (Square stemmed st john’s-wort)
3% Hypochaeris radicata – (Common cat’s-ear)
3% Lathyrus pratensis – (Meadow vetchling)
4% Leontodon autumnalis – (Autumn hawkbit)
7% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Ox-eye daisy)
5% Lotus corniculatus – (Common bird’s-foot trefoil)
4% Lotus pendunculatus – (Greater bird’s-foot trefoil)
2% Lychnis flos-cuculi – (Ragged robin)
8% Plantago lanceolata – (Ribwort plantain)
2% Primula veris – (Cowslip)
7% Prunella vulgaris – (Selfheal)
8% Ranunculus acris – (Meadow buttercup)
5% Rhinanthus minor – (Yellow rattle)
4% Rumex acetosa – (Common sorrel)
4% Sanguisorba officianlis – (Great burnet)
2% Silaum silaus – (Pepper saxifrage)
3% Stachys officianlis – (Betony)
3% Succisa pratensis – (Devil’s-bit scabious)
6% Trifolium pratense – (Red clover)
2% Vicia cracca – (Tufted vetch)
Grasses:
3% Agrostis stolonifera – (Creeping bent)
2% Alopecurus geniculatus – (Marsh foxtail)
3% Alopecurus pratensis – (Meadow foxtail)
4% Anthoxanthum odoratum – (Sweet vernal grass)
35% Cynosurus cristatus – (Crested dog’s-tail)
3% Deschampsia cespitosa – (Tufted hair grass)
45% Festuca rubra ssp. rubra – (Red fescue)
5% Holcus lanatus – (Yorkshire fog)
