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Wildflowers
Wildflower mixtures are becoming increasingly popular and are being used in a wide
variety of situations. To that end we have introduced a comprehensive range of wild flower
mixtures for most situations and soil types.
groGreen Wildflower mixtures have been designed using only the species most
commonly found in the natural habitats that the mixtures have been designed to replicate.
When trying to recreate a natural habitat the wild flowers that are being sown must be of local provenance. groGreen have collected seed from plants of local provenance and produced seed from these lots ensuring that our wild flowers can be certified as being of purely Scottish and/or British provenance.
groGreen Wildflower mixtures contain 80% Grasses and 20% Wildflowers
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groGreen Heritage
Heritage is a mixture containing wildflower seeds
of only Scottish Provenance. Parent seeds
were collected from varying natural habitats in
Scotland and have been multiplied for use within
this mixture.
groGreen Heritage is a general purpose mixture
for landscaping on a variety of soil types. |
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• Sheeps Fescue
• Chewings Fescue
• Crested Dogstail
• Browntop Bent
• Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
• Sweet Vernal Grass
• Wavy Hair Grass
• Scottish Provenance Ox-eye Daisy
• Scottish Provenance Lady’s Bedstraw
• Scottish Provenance Red Campion
• Scottish Provenance Self Heal
• Scottish Provenance Yarrow
• Scottish Provenance Meadow Buttercup
• Scottish Provenance Black Knapweed
• Scottish Provenance Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Scottish Provenance Devilsbit Scabious
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groGreen Heavy Soils
For general landscaping use on heavier, wetter,
clay soil types. groGreen Heavy Soils mixture contains
wildflowers of Scottish and British provenance. |
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• Chewings Fescue
• Crested Dogstail
• Browntop Bent
• Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
• Meadow Foxtail
• Sweet Vernal Grass
• Wavy Hair Grass
• Small Leaved Timothy
• Ox-eye Daisy
• Lady’s Bedstraw
• Red Campion
• Self Heal
• Yellow Rattle
• Meadow Buttercup
• Black Knapweed
• Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Meadowsweet
• Cats Ear
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groGreen Light Soils
Light Soils is a mixture of Scottish and British
provenance wildflowers for use in free draining
and sandy soils. The mixture is designed for
landscaping use and to thrive in drier conditions. |
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• Sheeps Fescue
• Chewings Fescue
• Crested Dogstail
• Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
• Browntop Bent
• Crested Hairgrass
• Ox-eye Daisy
• Yarrow
• St Johns Wort
• White Campion
• Lady’s Bedstraw
• Yellow Rattle
• Vipers Bugloss
• Self Heal
• Sheeps Sorrel
• Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Wild Pansy
• Field Scabious
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groGreen Wetlands
Wetlands is a mixture of Scottish and British
provenance wildflowers for use in wet areas
surrounding ponds, rivers and streams. Specie
have been selected for their tolerance of these
conditions and to replicate the naturally occurring
species found in this habitat type. |
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• Strong Creeping Red Fescue
• Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
• Meadow Fescue
• Yorkshire Fog
• Creeping Bentgrass
• Meadow Foxtail
• Tufted Hairgrass
• Wood Barley
• Red Campion
• Meadow Buttercup
• Ribwort Plantain
• Meadow Sweet
• Yellow Flag Iris
• Wild Carrot
• Black Knapweed
• Self Heal
• Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil
• Devils Bit Scaboius
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groGreen Corn Annuals
Corn Annuals is a mixture of Scottish and British
provenance Annual wildflowers. This mixture is easily
established and colours up very quickly in the first
year of establishment. Corn annuals may be
added to other wildflower mixtures to provide
good colour in the first year of establishment.
Contains 100 % Wildflowers. |
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• Corn Cockle
• Corn Chamomile
• Corn Marigold
• Field poppy
• Cornflower
• Night Scented Catchfly
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Wildflower Establishment and Management
Wildflowers if established and maintained properly can provide an attractive and low
maintenance option. However it is vital to the success of any area that the wildflowers are sown
and managed correctly. Below is a general guide to the establishment and maintenance of
wildflowers. Please contact us for more specific advice for your wildflower project.
Ground Preparation and Sowing
The most important part to attaining an attractive wildflower meadow. Ideally the soil should be
of low fertility and as sterile as possible to reduce competition from undesirable weeds and
grasses. No pre seeding fertiliser should be applied for this reason. To sterilise the soil the area
should be sprayed off to kill all plants and ideally sprayed a second time after working and
allowing time for any weed seeds in the soil to germinate. A fine tilth is not required, however
soil disturbance encourages a good soil to seed contact. Seeds should be sown on the surface
and lightly worked in. If possible the area should be rolled to give good contact and maintain soil
moisture and reduce soil erosion.
Meadow Management
By now you will have the beginning of an attractive wildflower area. It is important to manage
this area correctly to fully establish and encourage the wildflowers. Annual wildflowers will last
only one year, and will require re seeding every year until a seed bank of these specie builds up
in the soil. Even then you need to disturb the soil to encourage germination of these seeds.
Perennials take 2-3 years to fully establish and must be managed correctly in that time.
Cutting
The purpose of cutting is three fold, to reduce competition from grass specie, to encourage regrowth
of current plants and to promote growth of new seedlings from the fallen seeds of the
established plants.
Mixtures should be cut twice per year and it is important to remove all clippings after cutting.
Spring Cut
A cut down to approx 5 cm in the spring shall control grass specie and permit wildflowers to
thrive. The spring cut should be around March/April whenever sufficient growth has been
achieved. Remove all clippings.
Autumn Cut
Cut down to approx 5 cm around September/October once all flowering is complete and seed
has been set. Again, remove all clippings.
First Year Cut
An additional cut in the first year may be required to suppress grass growth, should grass growth
appear to be stronger than the wildflower plants it would be beneficial to cut down to 5-7 cm
and remove any clippings. |
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