Wildflower Seeds (Irish Cut & Sow Mix)

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - Description

• Irish Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds
• Seed Mix With Yellow Rattle
• Pack Size: 40 Grams
• Sow into Existing Lawns (See how to Sow below)
• 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
• Coverage:
  • Dense Cover: 40m²
  • Light Cover: 75m²
  • Meadow Gaps: 150m²
• Irish Grown Wildflowers with Yellow Rattle
• Mix Contains Annuals, Perennials & Biennials
• This is Pure Seed (No Chaff in Seed Mix)
• No Insecticides Used - Neonicotinoidee Free

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - Species List

• Yellow Rattle
• Birdsfoot Trefoil, Black Meddick, Century, Cowslip, Devils bit Scabious,
• Meadow Buttercup, Field Scabious, Kidney Vetch, Lady's Bedstraw, Lesser Knapweed,
• Marjoram, Ox-eye Daisy, Red Clover, Ribwort Plantain, Smooth Hawksbit, Sorrel,
• St Johnswort, Wild Carrot, Yarrow, Iris.

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - Meadow Details

• Height: Ranges from 30cm to 160cm
• Flowering Time: Throughout the Summer (May to Sept)
• Maintenance Level: Easy
• Number of cuts per Year: Depends on desired height. For tall meadow cut twice yearly
• Full Cover Sowing Rate: 1 to 1.5g/m²
• Soil Type: Most soils. Not suited to wet & very low fertility soils
• Aspect: Sunny
• pH: Suits all soils.
• See How to Grow tab for sowing instructions
• Life Cycle of the Meadow: Contains Grassland Annuals, Biennials & Perennial
• Fertility Range: Will grow on any soil, the less fertile the soil, the less cutting will be required

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - How to Sow

1. Can be difficult to establish if careful preparation is not followed
2. Lawns need to cut back to bare soil level. 'zero grazed' levels. Grass roots will be under the soil waiting to grow
3. Weed out heavy glass clumps & swards
4. Weed out white clover, dock, thistle & couch grass
5. Once cut down to the 'scut' Rake/harrow the ground to scratch the surface, sometimes easier said than done,
6. Sow the seed as soon as you can, while the grass is below soil
7. Rake, Roll or press the seed into the ground.

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - Cutting

• Wait for grass to re-emerge, then cut down to 10cm to 14cm
• Cuts per year: 3 to 5 cuts per year depending on fertility

Cut & Sow Wildflower Seeds - Advantages

• Popular with county councils for use in parks, conservation areas & low maintenance sites
• Grow our grassland mix to create a colourful natural meadow
• Also looks great in long drifts next to manicured lawns
• Ideal for hard to cut sloping banks & road side verges
• Grants for growing wildflowers can be obtained as part of CAP Rural Development Plan
• Grassland meadow mix is great for attracting bees, butterflies & insects
• Diverse range of species increases your garden's biodiversity

Native Grassland Mix - Did you Know?

• 1 Hectare of wildflowers can store up to 15 ton of carbon from the atmosphere annually!