This mix contains the unique sought after wild flower species that my mixes are known for, 23 species in all, including Early Purple Orchid and Common Spotted Orchid, scroll further down this page to see the full range of beautiful 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% wild flowers to grasses. It is suitable for all soil types. It should be seeded at a rate of 3g per m2.

If you have a shaded area of your garden or a hedge bank that you wish to seed with wild flowers of a woodland nature, then this mix would be the one to choose. It is ideal for use along woodland rides and open glades which do not get heavy seasonal leaf fall upon it (as this would prevent the seeds from germinating and in such situations you should use my wild flower bulbs).

For areas smaller than 100sqm please see my ‘Luxury seed mix for woodland and shade’ 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. Woodland and shade habitats are not suitable sites for sowing my colourful annual wild flower mixtures which prefer more sunny conditions, the only other seed mix for use in these shaded conditions is my special luxury woodland and shade mix.

Please note: dark areas directly under trees, particularly Sycamore, Holly or Beech trees etc. can be too shaded to allow for the germination of seeds, if the area is largely bare ground beneath you must question why and assume it too dark and consider either letting more light in or using my wild flower bulbs or you can use my mature wild flower plant collections for woodland if there is enough light evidenced by other plants surviving at ground level (excluding the presence of ivy or plants from bulbs).

If you fancy sowing an individual woodland wild flower consider the beautiful native white Wood Anemone (view my blog on this flower by clicking here) or the yellow Lesser Celandine (view my blog on this flower by clicking here), both are good for shaded areas where little else grows, both of these species can form a wonderful carpet of colour. You can find these species within my ‘Individual Bulb species’ page which you can view by clicking here.

To view my instruction sheet for creating a woodland or shade wild flower area, click here.

For something nice to surround your wild flower area click here to see my ‘maintenance free fencing’ or as an alternative to seeding, consider using my ‘wild flower turf’.  For environmentally friendly pest deterrents I suggest you check out the products from the following company’s website by clicking here. For pretty wild flower jewellery check out my colleague Abby’s site on Etsy by clicking here (receive a 10% discount by entering code: WFLM10).

Species Latin name Average number of seeds contained within a 333m2 seeding pack
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria 400
Angelica Angelica sylvestris 4,500
Betony Betonica officinalis 6,000
Birds-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus 6,500
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta 2,880
Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii 20,000
Devil’s-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis 7,000
Early Purple Orchid Orchis mascula 20,000
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea 80,000
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata 6,400
Hairy St. John’s Wort Hypericum hirsutum 65,000
Hedge Bedstraw Galium album 16,000
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica 10,240
Herb Robert Geranium robertanianum 800
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria 10,000
Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium 24,000
Primrose Primula vulgaris 1,500
Wild Garlic (Ramsons) Allium ursinum 840
Red Campion Silene dioica 12,000
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris 17,600
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica 4,800
Wood Avens Geum urbanum 6,300
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia 15,000
Grasses
Common Bent Agrostis capillaris
Crested Dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Red Fescue Festuca rubra ssp. rubra
Sheep’s Fescue Festuca ovina
Slender Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis
Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass Poa pratensis
Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum
Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa
Wood Meadow Grass Poa nemoralis

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