Field & Hedgerow Mixture

PREPARATION

OF SITE Prepare a weed free seed bed as for a lawn and firm the soil SOWING. Scatter the seed thinly. (Mixing the seed with a quantity of dry sand will help to spread it more evenly). Lightly rake over the soil and roll or firm the ground. Protect form birds with a net or black cotton. Water only in very dry weather and then soak the soil thoroughly. Sow ideally in March/April or August/September. MAINTENANCE. Cut down short in the Autumn and rake off debris. Flowrs will self seed and increase every year. This mixture will seed an area of approximately 8 square metres. This mixture contains a selection from the following list. Minimum 10 varieties. Nettle leaved Bellflower - Betony - Meadow Buttercup - Red Campion - White Campion - Wild Carrot - Chamomile - Cowslip - Foxglove - Hawkbit - Kanpweed - Corn Marigold - Meadowsweet - Black Medick - Mullein - Muskmallow - Ox-Eyed Daisy - Hoary Plantain - Red Poppy - St Johns Wort - Scabious Selfheal - Kidney Vetch - Yarrow.