Economy seed mix for chalk or limestone soils with wild orchids
This mix contains the unique sought after wild flower species that my mixes are known for,
28 species in all, including Fragrant Orchid and Common Spotted Orchid, look through the list below to see the full range of beautiful chalk and limestone loving wild flowers I have included. This mix will provide you with a very long flowering season from April to mid-September or beyond. It contains a ratio of 20% flowers to grasses. It should be seeded at a rate of 3g per m2.
For areas smaller than 100sqm please see my ‘Luxury seed mix for chalk or limestone soils’ which you can view by clicking here.
This mix contains only perennial wild flowers which will survive and spread year after year by their root-stock and vegetative growth without the need for additional seeding. Being perennials expect the majority of flowering to occur from the second year after seeding and every year thereafter. If you wish for colourful flowering during the first year as well, then also purchase a quantity of my luxury annual mix or economy annual mix for your seeding area, equivalent to 10% of your total seeding area to add to this economy chalk and limestone mix and tell me if you wish me to mix these together for your convenience, alternatively consider my special luxury mix for chalk or limestone soils or my general purpose mix which both contain an annual inclusion to provide colourful first year flowering.
To view my instruction sheet on how to create a wild flower area using this mix, click here.
| Species | Latin name | Average number of seeds contained within a 333m2 seeding pack |
|---|---|---|
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 2,500 |
| Burnet Saxifrage | Pimpinella saxifraga | 2,100 |
| Clustered Bellflower | Campanula glomerata | 1,000 |
| Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra | 1,000 |
| Common Restharrow | Ononis repens | 600 |
| Common Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | 8,000 |
| Cowslip | Primula veris | 3,000 |
| Devil’s-bit scabious | Succisa pratensis | 1,000 |
| Dropwort | Filipendula vulgaris | 3,000 |
| Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis | 2,400 |
| Fragrant Orchid | Gymnadenia conopsea | 8,000 |
| Greater Knapweed | Centaurea scabiosa | 2,500 |
| Hoary Plantain | Plantago media | 1,000 |
| Kidney Vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria | 2,800 |
| Lady’s Bedstraw | Galium verum | 4,000 |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris | 2,500 |
| Musk Mallow | Malva moschata | 2,500 |
| Oxeye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare | 4,000 |
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon hispidus | 2,400 |
| Salad Burnet | Sanguisorba minor | 2,240 |
| Self Heal | Prunella vulgaris | 1,200 |
| Small Scabious | Scabiosa columbaria | 2,400 |
| Viper’s Bugloss | Echium vulgare | 1,750 |
| Wild Basil | Clinopodium vulgare | 2,500 |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota | 2,000 |
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare | 3,000 |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 3,000 |
| Yellow Rattle | Rhinanthus minor | 1,500 |
| Grasses | |
|---|---|
| Common Bent | Agrostis capillaris |
| Crested Dogstail | Cynosurus cristatus |
| Quaking Grass | Briza media (N) |
| Sheep’s Fescue | Festuca ovina |
| Slender Creeping Red Fescue | Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis |
| Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass | Poa pratensis |
| Strong Creeping Red Fescue | Festuca rubra ssp. rubra |
| Yellow Oat-grass | Trisetum flavescens |
I also have for sale seeds of some rarer individual species, such as other Orchids and Helleborines. They can be chosen from the ‘Rarities’/ ‘Additional Species’ page. Click here for details of the Additional Species.
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Price
£48.00 – £1,224.00 inc.VAT