- Most popular for shaded areas
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Suitable for most soil types and will
also thrive out in the open
- Contains 41 native wild flowers and grasses at 75% wild flowers
This shade tolerant turf is happy in both sunny and shaded areas, it is basically a luxury version of my standard wild flower meadow turf with extra species added to handle shaded conditions.
Please note for orders under 15 square metres add £2 per square metre to the price shown below. Minimum order size 6m2.
Turf management:
At the end of every summer cut the year’s growth down to a couple of inches and clear the cuttings.
It is important to remove leaf fall off the wild flower turf at the end of the year, using a leaf blower is the easiest method.
For very dark shaded areas the best product to use would be my wild flower bulbs and rhizomes, click here to view these.
For details on how to lay and manage your turf click here
Turf weight: typical per m2 18kg or typical water saturated per m2 22kg
Approximate established height: between 30cm and 75cm – the height will be affected by your underlying soil’s fertility and the amount of shade
* I will send you my native Early Purple Orchid seed separately to sow over the surface once the turf is laid (simple instructions will be included with the seed packet).
| Wild flower content | Latin name |
|---|---|
| Autumn Hawkbit | Scorzoneroides autumnalis |
| Betony | Betonica officinalis |
| Bird's-foot trefoil | Lotus corniculatus |
| Cat's-ear | Hypochaeris radicata |
| Common Knapweed | Centaurea nigra |
| Common Sorrel | Rumex acetosa |
| Common Toadflax | Linaria vulgaris |
| Common Vetch | Vicia sativa ssp. segetalis |
| Cowslip | Primula veris |
| *Early Purple Orchid | Orchis mascula |
| Field Scabious | Knautia arvensis |
| Kidney Vetch | Anthyllis vulneraria |
| Lady’s Bedstraw | Galium verum |
| Meadow Buttercup | Ranunculus acris |
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense |
| Meadow Vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis |
| Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria |
| Musk Mallow | Malva moschata |
| Oxeye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare |
| Perforate St John's Wort | Hypericum perforatum |
| Pepper Saxifrage | Silaum silaus |
| Ragged Robin | Silene flos-cuculi |
| Red Campion | Silene dioica |
| Ribwort Plantain | Plantago lanceolata |
| Rough Hawkbit | Leontodon hispidus |
| Salad Burnet | Poterium sanguisorba |
| Sanfoin | Onobrychis viciifolia |
| Selheal | Prunella vulgaris |
| Spiny Restharrow | Ononis spinosa |
| Tufted Vetch | Vicia cracca |
| White Campion | Silene latifolia |
| Wild Carrot | Daucus carota |
| Wild Marjoram | Origanum vulgare |
| Wild Mignonette | Reseda lutea |
| Wild Red Clover | Trifolium pratense |
| Wood Sage | Teucrium scorodonia |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Yellow Rattle | Rhinanthus minor |
| Grasses | |
| Crested Dog's-tail | Cynosurus cristatus |
| Sheep's Fescue | Festuca ovina |
| Yellow Oatgrass | Trisetum flavescens |