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This is our wild flower meadow mix which is best
suited for pond edges.
It is a mixture of 80% grass and 20% wildflowers . There are 10
different wild flowers in the mixture which will cope
with ground that is by the edge of water. Sow within
a couple of metres of the
waters edge.
The application rate is 4 grams per square metre or yard.
Once established, the aim is to have species of
different height ,
colour and appearance from May
through to August.
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Wild flower
species
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%
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Gypsy wort
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Lycopus
europus
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0.5
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Meadow buttercup
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Ranunculus
acris
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3.5
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Meadowsweet
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Filipendula
Ulmaria
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2.3
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Purple loosestrife
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Lythrum
salicaria.
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0.5
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Ragged robin
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Lychnis
flos
cuculi
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1.5
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Red campion
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Silene
dioica
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4.5
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Self Heal
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Prunella
Vulgaris
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4.5
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Teasel
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Dispascus
fullonum
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1.5
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Water avens
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Geum
rivale
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0.2
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Yellow Flag iris
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Iris
pseudocorous
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1.0
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Grass
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(20%)
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Meadow Foxtail
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4
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Crested Dogstail
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20
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Sheeps
Fescue
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26
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Meadow barley
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4
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Sl
creeping red fescue
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26
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100
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