| General purpose mixtures EM1,
EM2 and EM3 offer the best combination of colour,
reliability and cost for general landscaping. EM3 has the widest species range in this group, which is
useful when sowing onto soil where the conditions are not easily defined or vary across the site. The
grass specified with this mixture (EG1) is a simple
mixture of low growing grasses that gives a good open "flower-friendly" sward. This grass
mixture used alone has many applications in low maintenance naturalistic landscaping.
The typical composition of EM3 is as follows:
EM3 Special General Purpose Meadow Mixture
|
| % |
|
wild flowers
|
common name
|
|
0.5 |
|
Achillea millefolium |
Yarrow |
| 1.5 |
|
Centaurea nigra |
Common Knapweed |
| 0.5 |
|
Clinopodium vulgare |
Wild Basil |
| 0.5 |
|
Daucus carota |
Wild Carrot |
| 0.6 |
|
Filipendula ulmaria |
Meadowsweet |
| 0.4 |
|
Galium mollugo |
Hedge Bedstraw |
|
1.0 |
|
Galium verum |
Lady’s Bedstraw |
| 1.0 |
|
Knautia arvensis |
Field Scabious |
| 0.4 |
|
Leontodon hispidus |
Rough Hawkbit |
| 0.8 |
|
Leucanthemum vulgare |
Oxeye Daisy |
|
0.8 |
|
Lotus corniculatus |
Birdsfoot Trefoil |
|
0.4 |
|
Lychnis flos-cuculi |
Ragged Robin |
| 1.0 |
|
Malva moschata |
Musk Mallow |
| 0.6 |
|
Plantago media |
Hoary Plantain |
|
1.0 |
|
Primula veris |
Cowslip |
|
1.0 |
|
Prunella vulgaris |
Selfheal |
|
2.0 |
|
Ranunculus acris |
Meadow Buttercup |
|
1.0 |
|
Rhinanthus minor |
Yellow Rattle |
|
1.0 |
|
Rumex acetosa |
Common Sorrel |
|
1.5 |
|
Sanguisorba minor ssp minor |
Salad Burnet |
| 1.0 |
|
Silene dioica |
Red Campion |
| 0.5 |
|
Silene vulgaris |
Bladder Campion |
| 0.5 |
|
Stachys officinalis |
Betony |
| 0.5 |
|
Vicia cracca |
Tufted Vetch |
| % |
|
grasses
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
Agrostis capillaris |
Common Bent |
|
35.0 |
|
Cynosurus cristatus |
Crested Dogstail |
|
15.0 |
|
Festuca rubra ssp commutata |
Red Fescue |
|
25.0 |
|
Festuca rubra |
Slender Creeping Red Fescue |
| |
| |
|
