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Heavy Clay Soils 80/20 Meadow Mix
Price range: £19.50 through £2,136.00 inc VAT
Establishing a wildflower meadow on heavy clay is challenging — the soil holds water in winter, bakes hard in summer, and drains slowly. The Heavy Clay 80/20 mix addresses this with fine native grasses and a 20% wildflower component both selected specifically for clay-based conditions. The grass matrix improves ground stability and helps the mix handle the extremes clay soils present.
Suitable for garden meadows on London clay and similar heavy soils, farm margins on clay-heavy land, and amenity restoration where previous seeding attempts have failed. The mix builds insect habitat and provides seasonal colour as it establishes.
Sow at 5g per square metre into a thoroughly scarified, fine seedbed. Avoid sowing into waterlogged or compacted ground — clay must be workable before sowing. Early autumn sowing (August–September) works well, giving the mix time to stratify over winter. Expect steady establishment in year one with clear improvement from year two.
Sourced from UK meadows and partner farms. 100% British native species.
Alsike Clover, (Trifolium hybridum), Agrimony, Common, (Agrimonia eupatoria), Bedstraw, Lady’s, (Galium verum), Betony, (Stachys officinalis), Birdsfoot Trefoil, (Lotus corniculatus), Black Medick, (Medicago lupulina), Burnet, Salad, (Sanguisorba minor), Buttercup, Meadow, (Ranunculus acris), Campion, White, (Silene alba), Carrot, Wild, (Daucus carota), Clary, Wild, (Salvia verbenaca), Cowslip, (Primula veris), Daisy, Ox-eye, (Leucanthemum vulgare), Knapweed, Common, (Centaurea nigra), Knapweed, Greater, (Centaurea scabiosa), Meadowsweet, (Filipendula ulmaria), Plantain, Hoary, (Plantago media), Plantain, Ribwort, (Plantago lanceolata), Poppy, Common, (Papaver rhoeas), Ragged Robin, (Lychnis flos-cuculi), Ribwort Plantain, (Plantago lanceolata), Sanfoin, Scabious, Field, (Knautia arvensis), Self-heal, (Prunella vulgaris), Sorrel, Common, (Rumex acetosa), Vetch, Tufted, (Vicia cracca), Wild Carrot, (Daucus carota), Yarrow, (Achillea millefolium), Yellow-rattle, (Rhinanthus minor), Hard fescue, Slender Creeping red fescue, Timothy, Chewing’s fescue, Strong Creeping red fescue, Smooth-stalked meadow, Sheeps fescue, Tall oat, Meadow foxtail,
Ground Preparation
Sowing
Aftercare: Year 1 & Once Established
Flower Colours: Varied
Plant Height: up to 2 metres
Flowering Season: April to October
Setting: Heavy Clay Soils
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