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Limestone grassland meadow near Rutland Water with cowslips and grazing sheep

Wildflower Seeds for Rutland: Native Mixes for England’s Smallest County

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Wildflower Seeds for Rutland: Native Mixes for England’s Smallest County Rutland packs two genuinely different soil stories into just 382 square kilometres. Free-draining Jurassic limestone dominates the east of the county, around Ketton, Clipsham, Pickworth and Greetham, historically quarried for building stone and now expressed as some of the East Midlands’ best surviving calcareous grassland.

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Rockingham Forest former ironstone quarry meadow in Northamptonshire with wild orchids

Wildflower Seeds for Northamptonshire: Native Mixes for Ironstone, Limestone and Clay Vale

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Wildflower Seeds for Northamptonshire: Native Mixes for Ironstone, Limestone and Clay Vale Northamptonshire sits on Jurassic bedrock that gives the county three genuinely different growing grounds. Ironstone uplands run through the northwest around Daventry and Kettering’s fringes, giving local buildings their distinctive orange-brown colour. Limestone dominates the Rockingham Forest country in the northeast, between the

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South Downs inland chalk grassland meadow in West Sussex with wild orchids

Wildflower Seeds for West Sussex: Native Mixes for the South Downs, Weald and Coastal Plain

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Wildflower Seeds for West Sussex: Native Mixes for the South Downs, Weald and Coastal Plain West Sussex runs from chalk in the south to heavy clay in the north, with a lighter coastal plain and greensand band in between. The South Downs cross the county from Brighton’s edge westward to Chichester, thin and free-draining. North

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South Downs coastal chalk grassland meadow in East Sussex with wildflowers and grazing sheep

Wildflower Seeds for East Sussex: Native Mixes for the South Downs, High Weald and the Levels

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Wildflower Seeds for East Sussex: Native Mixes for the South Downs, High Weald and the Levels East Sussex divides into four genuinely different landscapes. The South Downs run chalk along the county’s southern edge, from Lewes through Seaford towards Eastbourne. North of that, the High Weald’s sandstone ridges and clay valleys cover most of the

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A traditional neutral grassland meadow in the Wye Valley in Monmouthshire with green-winged orchids and common spotted orchids flowering in short grass, with wooded valley slopes behind.

Wildflower Seeds for Monmouthshire: Native Mixes for the Wye Valley, Vale of Usk and Gwent Levels

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Wildflower Seeds for Monmouthshire: Native Mixes for the Wye Valley, Vale of Usk and Gwent Levels Monmouthshire packs an unusual amount of geological variety into a relatively small county. Old Red Sandstone dominates the Black Mountains fringe and the Vale of Usk, giving free-draining, slightly acid-to-neutral ground. The Wye Valley’s limestone slopes around Chepstow and

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Purple pasque flowers blooming on a Hertfordshire chalk grassland bank in spring, with short downland turf and a wooded skyline behind.

Wildflower Seeds for Hertfordshire: Native Mixes for Chalk, Clay and the Chess and Lea Valleys

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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

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North Downs chalk grassland meadow in Surrey with wildflowers

Wildflower Seeds for Surrey: Native Mixes for Chalk Downs, Greensand and Heathland

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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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Purple heather and yellow gorse flowering together on the sandy, acidic ground of Bedfordshire's Greensand Ridge, with birch woodland edge behind.

Wildflower Seeds for Bedfordshire: Native Mixes for the Greensand Ridge, Chalk and Ouse Valley Clay

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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

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Wildflower Seeds for Norfolk: Native Mixes Across a Remarkable County

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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 Cambridgeshire: Native Mixes for Fen, Chalk, and Clay

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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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Wildflower Seeds for Lincolnshire: Native Mixes Across England’s Largest County

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Wildflower Seeds for Lincolnshire: Native Mixes Across England’s Largest County Lincolnshire is the second largest county in England, and its sheer scale produces a landscape of real ecological diversity. The chalk Wolds running north from the Humber through Louth to Caistor carry calcareous grassland of genuine conservation importance. The Lincoln Edge — the limestone ridge

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