Irish Wildflower Seed Mixture: GF04 Cottage Garden

Irish Wildflower Seed Mixture:  Product Code:  GF04 Range: Wildflower Mixture  (Code GF)
Product Name: GF04 Cottage Garden Wildflowers
		Number of Species: 41
	Description:  GF04 is the very best of our easy to grow Garden Wildflower range suitable for any sunny to slightly shaded border. GF04 attracts butterflies in abundance.  Ideal against a wall or as a mini meadow, well behaved in a border, perfect for an island bed of wildflowers. This mixture is intended for gardener who starts with very clean soil and are prepared to deadhead the fading flowers to maintain long season flowering. This is the 'floweriest' mixture we have in our entire range and is mostly a well behaved mix for a perennial border or meadow.  Occasional thinning will be required and where favourite species are identified these can be transplanted or you can save the seed.  To add further interest I have added additional uncommon species, watch out for the rare Haresfoot Clover, a silver flowered native clover of seaside sandy soil.  Fleabane is a late flowering yellow daisy and is worth transplanting to a wetter spot. Native Irish Bluebell, (not the invasive non native form), Welsh poppy and Foxglove will all grow in the shade. Mixture Specifications:  Origin: Native Irish Origin, Wildflower Seed Mixture. pH range: Suits all soils, bar wet. Aspect: Sunny to light shade. Life Cycle: Contains Annuals, Biennials and Perennials. Height Range: 30cm - 180cm Flowering Period:  May to August. Fertility Range: Will grow on any soil, the less fertile the soil, the less cutting will be required. Wintergreen: Moderate  Total number of seeds per gram: 1080  This photograph is one day in the life of an ever changing meadow. For pictures of individual species open a new browser here Species List: Bluebell, Corn Chamomile, Corn Marigold, Corn Pansy, Corn Poppy, Corncockle, Cornflower, Cowslip, Devil's Bit Scabious, Feverfew, Field Scabious, Fleabane, Foxglove, Hedge Garlic Mustard, Kidney Vetch, Lady's Bedstraw, Lesser Knapweed, Marjoram, Scented Mayweed, Meadowsweet, Mullein, Opium Poppy, Ox-eye Daisy, Purple Loosestrife, Purple Toadflax, Ragged Robin, Red Campion, Sea Mayweed, St Johnswort, Water Avens, White Campion, Yarrow, Yellow Agrimony, Yellow Flag Iris, Yellow Rattle, Dames Violet, Hare's Foot Clover, Salad Burnet, White Bedstraw, Wild Carrot. more species may be added according to site conditions If you seek the botanical name of a species click here
	Seed Sowing Rates:   Normal sowing rates: Pure wildflowers - no grass no annuals: 1 to 1.5 grams per metre. Added annuals: 1 to 2 grams per metre. Added grass seed: 1 to 5 grams per metre (depending). Click here for Growing Instructions Grass seed or nurse crop requirement: Nurse Crop: A nurse crop is not required A General Description of Garden Flora Range:  The 'GF' Wild Flower range is designed to grow on soil in any Garden situation. If these mixtures are suitable for your situation, they offer good value and if given time, develop into a flora that will persist if properly maintained.  Wildflower growing is relatively new to horticulturists, please check our online Wildflower Growers Manual for further details. Product Warning: DBN recommends that this mixture is not for human or animal consumption. Click here for further details Your purchase: Contributes to DBN's work of creating crops of Conservation Grade - Native Origin Wildflora. You help us to inform and pay land-owners to manage native species and to assist DBN in handing on our heritage for another generation. By growing (some will be difficult) these and all other species, you directly help to conserve national and global Biodiversity and protect wildlife. You should also consider yourself as another Irish wildflower grower. Professional Ecologists: Our 'GF Range' is intended as a 'general' horticultural range of flora suitable across a wide range of Irish Gardens.
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