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Wildflower Seeds (Floral Lawn)

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Wildflower Seeds - Description

  • Low Growing Wildflowers
  • Create a Native Floral Pasture
  • Qty: 40 Grams
  • Coverage
    • Full Cover: 30m2
    • Light Cover: 50m2
  • 100% Irish Wildflowers
  • Mix Contains Annuals, Perennials & Biennials
  • This is Pure Seed (No Chaff in Seed Mix)
  • Did you know All our Wildflower Seed is:
    • Provenance Irish
    • Native & Naturlised Wildflora
    • No Imports, Varieties or Cultivars
    • Nor EU Forbes Are Used in our Wildflower Seed Mixtures
  • No Insecticides Used - Neonicotinoidee Free

Wildflower Seeds - Meadow Details

  • Height: Determined by soil fertility & number of cuts. Ranges from 10 - 80cm
  • Low fertility & cutting every 4 weeks keeps lawn short & colourful
  • Aspect: Sunny location
  • Soil: All soils
  • Flowering Period: May to August
  • See 'How to Grow' Tab for sowing & care instructions
  • Sowing Rate: 1 to 1.5g/m2

Wildflower Seeds - Seed Mix Includes:

  • Birdsfoot Trefoil, Black Meddick, Century, Corn Marigold Corn Poppy, Cornflower, Cowslip, Eyebright, Kidney Vetch, Lady's Bedstraw, Meadow Buttercup, Ox-eye Daisy, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Rough Hawksbit, Scented Mayweed, Selfheal, White Bedstraw, Yarrow

Wildflower Seeds - Uses

  • The floral lawn is an ideal seed mix for the wildlife enthusiast
  • Also suited to the low maintenance gardener
  • Require a lot less maintenance than a standard lawn
  • Can be sown with other low growing bulbs & plants such as:
    • Cyclamen, Crocus, Snowdrops, Muscari, Thyme & Chamomile
  • Seed mix has been chosen for use in gardens

Wildflower Seeds - Advantages

  • Low maintenance lawn alternative
  • Guaranteed Irish Wildflowers
  • Species chosen for low growing & low maintenance
  • Easy to manage - once established just cut every 4 weeks
  • Creates a 'neat & tidy' flowering lawn
  • Great value product

Wildflower Seeds - Basic Sowing Instructions

  • First you must prepare area to be sown
  • Do not sow directly into lawn, meadow or weedy soil
  • Apply weed killer. 2 or 3 applications may be necessary
  • Note: Please avoid chemical use in gardens as much as possible & follow organic practices to protect our wildlife
  • Wildflowers grow better on soils with a lower fertility. This allows them to out compete grass
  • When preparing area it's is best to NOT cultivate the area - as this will encourage further weed & grass germination
  • Sow seeds between March/April & August/September
  • Seeds will start to germinate 6 – 12 weeks after sowing
  • Meadow will start to flower 8 – 16 weeks after first sowing
  • This is Pure Seed (No Chaff in Seed Mix)
  • When sowing: Sow 1 square metre at a time - walk at a fast pace tossing the seeds as you go
  • Take great care to ensure an even seed distribution
  • After sowing, rake seed into soil to cover them & prevent birds from eating them
  • Water in seeds after sowing After sowing it is important to remove any weeds that grow

Floral Lawn - Cutting Instructions

  • In the first year, do not cut until August or September or later to allow the annuals to finish flowering, 
  • Then strim away the taller annual growth.
  • In year two, cut to maintain as a lawn. 
  • Year 3: You can now use a mower, (not mulch mower) to keep the meadow short
  • Aim to allow three main flowering periods from May to early June, from late June and July and again in Autumn. Between each flowering phase the lawn needs to be cut. 
  • Floral lawns will then on require cutting every 4 to 6 weeks when growth reaches 10cm or just before a flush of flower is finished
  • You should remove the cuttings. Set the mower to the highest setting, cut and then re-cut with the mower setting down to about 10cm. The aim is to keep the flora short and by regular cutting to encourage it to flower.
  • If using Mulching Mowers rake the soil very well at the end of the season to remove all the dead debris. 
  • Floral lawns should occasionally be allowed to flower every three years with the aim of allowing the species to set fresh seed. 
  • This will require leaving a 6 to 8 week gap, with no cutting in late May to July for spring species and sometimes in July to August for later flowering species

Floral Lawn - Maintenance

  •  WEEDING: Vigorous grasses should be spot weeded
    When ordering a floral lawn we can supply common bent grass and other fine grass species according to your soil type.
  • Gap creation: Each year you should consider gap creation
  • This is basically exposing bare soil throughout the meadow and re-seeding these areas to encourage a more dense floral display
  • You can re-seed with seeds you collected from the previous year or buy more seeds
  • Yellow rattle is the best choice for gap creation as it aids meadow establishment
  • If grasses are taking over, then heavier clumps of grass should be spot weeded out
  • If the grass growth is slow then you will only need to cut the meadow once each year in August or September
  • Ideally wait for flower heads to die back to maximise the number of seeds harvested at time of cutting
Very fast delivery...going to spread them this evening before rain forecast tomorrow....great service...can't wait for them to grow
Delighted with seeds.Cant wait to see what grows.As usual prompt delivery.Love shopping with GardenShop.Highly recommend.
My seeds arrived quickly, and look like good quality.
I have bought from this site before, and will happily buy again
Swift delivery - will sow in spring next year
Wildflower Seeds (Floral Lawn) bought and sown last May have come up nicely as described.
Thank you so much, fast delivery really happy with my purchase
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  • Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (5-7 Working Days)
    • Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
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  • ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
  • *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets