Wildflower Seeds for Hertfordshire: Native Mixes for Chalk, Clay and the Chess and Lea Valleys Hertfordshire runs from chalk uplands in the west and north down to London Clay in the south, with a network of river valleys cutting alluvial strips through the middle. That geological range means there’s no single answer to “what wildflower
Wildflower Seeds for Surrey: Native Mixes for Chalk Downs, Greensand and Heathland Surrey packs an unusual amount of geological variety into a small, heavily wooded county. The North Downs run chalk from Farnham through Guildford, Dorking and Box Hill towards the Kent border. South of that ridge sits the Greensand, its sandy hills rising around
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Wildflower Seeds for Bristol: Native Mixes for Limestone Gorge, Urban Verges and the Avon Fringe Bristol is a compact county with an outsized wildflower story. The Avon Gorge, cutting through the city’s western edge, holds some of the rarest limestone flora in Britain — plants found nowhere else on Earth. Beyond the gorge, the city
Wildflower Seeds for Bedfordshire: Native Mixes for the Greensand Ridge, Chalk and Ouse Valley Clay Bedfordshire packs three genuinely different landscapes into a small county. The Greensand Ridge runs through the middle from Leighton Buzzard to Gamlingay, chalk downland rises in the south around Dunstable and Luton, and heavy clay dominates the Ouse valley to
Wildflower Seeds for the Isle of Wight: Native Mixes for Chalk Downland, Greensand and Clay The Isle of Wight packs a surprising amount of geological variety into 380 square kilometres. A central chalk ridge runs the width of the island from Culver Down in the east to The Needles in the west, with a second
Wildflower Seeds for Glamorgan: Native Mixes for the Heritage Coast, Gower and the Valleys Glamorgan is Wales’s most botanically varied historic county, and it shows in the ground itself. The Heritage Coast running from Penarth to Ogmore is built on Liassic limestone and shale, giving calcareous grassland found nowhere else in South Wales at this
Derbyshire is home to some of the best species-rich meadows in England, and choosing the right wildflower seeds is crucial for the success of your project. Local provenance means that the seeds come from wild-growing plants
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Wildflower Seeds for Suffolk: Native Mixes for East Anglia’s Most Varied County Suffolk is drier than almost any other English county — the driest, in fact, in many years. That low rainfall and the county’s varied geology produce a range of soil types and wildflower habitats that surprises many people unfamiliar with the region. The
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Wildflower Seeds for Norfolk: Native Mixes Across a Remarkable County Norfolk is one of the most ecologically varied counties in England, shaped by a complex geology that produces strikingly different landscapes within short distances. The chalk ridge running through mid-Norfolk from Hunstanton to Norwich underpins one of the finest chalk grassland landscapes in the country.
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Wildflower Seeds for Herefordshire: Native Mixes for the Welsh Marches Herefordshire sits in the heart of the Welsh Marches — a county of rolling red sandstone hills, wooded river valleys, and traditional farming landscapes that have changed less than most of England over the past century. It is one of the least densely populated counties
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Wildflower Seeds for Pembrokeshire: Native Mixes for the Far West of Wales Pembrokeshire is the most westerly county in Wales and one of the most ecologically distinctive in Britain. Its position at the tip of a peninsula jutting into the Atlantic gives it a climate unlike any other Welsh county — mild, wet, and relentlessly
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Wildflower Seeds for Cambridgeshire: Native Mixes for Fen, Chalk, and Clay Cambridgeshire presents one of the most dramatic contrasts in English wildflower ecology. The chalk ridge running south-west from Newmarket through Royston carries some of the finest calcareous grassland remaining in eastern England — thin, alkaline, flower-rich habitats where Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris) and Chalk
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