A mix of species was chosen explicitly for margins to provide more height and colour throughout the Summer. It will grow in more fertile soil, and some plants will reach over a metre in height. Ideally suited to attract birds, mammals, and invertebrates, it will complement a meadow and provide a habitat when the meadow is cut.
These plants are usually quite big so that you can sow them very sparingly. In the spring, it is advisable to sow into very short grass of bare soil, sow on the surface, and tread in. Some species will also take 2-3 years to flower.
After care: These can be left all winter as bird food such as the teasels and knapweeds or cut down once a year by the end of September ideally and or again by the beginning of May. Try to make a few bear patches made to promote some of the annual and biannual plants to regenerate again.
If you are planting a bank rather than a meadow, it may be good to incorporate a small packet of this seed into a meadow mix, as these species are generally not included in meadow mixes.
recommended sowing rate 1g/m or less. chart shows species per m/2
| % | 50% flowering species | 1g/m |
| 9.0 | YellowRattle | 16 |
| 4.5 | Campion | 8 |
| 4.5 | Foxglove | 8 |
| 1.3 | Salsify |
2.4 |
| 2.2 | Vipers bugloss | 4 |
| 1.8 | Teasel | 3.2 |
| 0.9 | Mullein | 1.6 |
| 3.5 | Yarrow | 24 |
| 3.1 | Bush vetch | 5.6 |
| 4.0 | Knapweed | 7.2 |
| 18.0 | Ribwort plantain | 32 |
| 3.1 | Betony | 5.6 |
| 9.0 | Oxeyed daisy | 16 |
| 1.3 | Evening Primrose, | 2.4 |
| 2.7 | Wild Carrot, | 4.8 |
| 0.9 | Common Sorrel | 1.6 |
| +10% | Vervain, Narrow-leaf hawkweed, autumn hawkbit,Catsear, rough Hawkbit | |
| 50% Grasses | ||
| 6.7 | Crested dog's-tail, | 20 |
| 6.7 | Slender red fescues, | 20 |
| 6.7 | Small Cat's-tail | 20 |
trace amounts of self heal, flax, hairy tare, pignut. < 1%