Sandro's Irish Wildflower Conservation Grade Seed Mixture:  

Range:  Wild Flower Mixtures  (Code GF)

Product Name: Small Garden Lawn Mix

Product Code:  GF01 

If purchasing this seed mix, print or save this page and keep it as your reference as the species and advice change occasionally

Description: 
GF01 contains well behaved species ideal for smaller gardens and formal wildflower lawns. 

This mixtures contains the most colourful of all the tidy species in our entire range and suits nearly every situation.  

This mixture is not intended for fertile soils as the resulting weeds or grass will smother it. 

Plant in full sun, where it will flower in the first year.

Dislikes very wet soil.

Requires only one cut pre year, but two or three cuts in second or subsequent years will make it more tidy for your garden and help it to flower more, cut to 4 inches.

In year 1, the first year of growth will be of the annual species, which grow taller than the growth of flora in the following years.

Mixture Specifications: 
Origin: 100% Native Irish Origin, Wildflower Seed Mixture.
pH range: Suits most garden soils.
Aspect: Sunny
Life Cycle: Contains Annuals, Biennials & Perennials. 
Height Range: 30cm - 50cm (80cm in year 1)
Flowering Period:  May to August.
Fertility Range: Will grow on any soil, the less fertile the soil, the smaller the growth, and less cutting will be required.
Wintergreen: Moderate 
Total number of seeds per gram: 1600 

Species List: This mixture contains wild Orchid seeds harvested from our own meadows. 
Birdsfoot trefoil, Black Meddick, Centaury, Corn Marigold, Corn Poppy, Cornflower, Corncockle, Cowslip, Devil's Bit Scabious, Eyebright, Kidney Vetch, Hawksbit, Lady's Bedstraw, Marjoram, Primrose, Scented Mayweed, Ribwort Plantain, Ox-eye Daisy, Red Bartsia, Ragged Robin,  Red Clover, Selfheal, Sorrel, St Johnswort, Yarrow, Yellow Rattle.

Red Campion will be discontinued in this from 2022 onwards.

in year two the oxeye will grow, each year it gets less and less, when it disappears

its time to rake the soil in your meadow after cutting and removing the years growth.

Seed Sowing Rates:  
Sowing rate: 1.5 grams per metre.

Nurse Crop: A nurse crop is not required