EM18 St. Catherine Mixture
(limestone grassland)
Wild meadow mixtures are harvested directly from wild sites and are therefore more variable than our other mixtures.  Based on several years of analysis we present the main composition by seed number of species present in a typical harvest.  The actual composition of each harvest will vary and will include small amounts of a wide range of species that do not appear in the analysis.  Because ancient meadows are a finite and precious  resource, seed supplies from these sources are limited and we are only able to offer these mixtures subject to harvest and availability.

 

EM18 St Catherine Mixture is harvested from calcareous grassland high above St Catherine valley, just north of Bath and on the southern tip of the Cotswolds.  The fields are small unimproved hay meadows on thin droughty soils over limestone.  EM18 has a very high flower seed content and a wide range of native flower and grass species and is suitable for sowing on most lime rich soils.

 

The typical composition of EM18 is as follows:

 

EM18 St. Catherine Mixture (limestone grassland)
%  

wild flowers
(% seed by number)

common name
2.0   Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed
1.3   Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawksbeard
3.0   Hypochaeris radicata Cat’s-ear
2.0   Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit
14.6   Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy
2.0   Linum catharticum Fairy Flax
0.1   Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil
1.0   Medicago lupulina Black Medick
1.0   Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain
0.6   Primula veris Cowslip
1.0   Prunella vulgaris Selfheal
3.0   Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup
0.6   Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup
20.3   Rhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle
0.3   Tragopogon pratensis Goat’s-beard
1.3   Trifolium pratense Red Clover
%    

grasses & sedges
(% seed by number)

  
5.0   Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal-grass
0.3   Briza media Quaking Grass
7.5   Bromopsis erecta Upright Brome
15.0   Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dogstail
6.0   Festuca ovina Sheep’s Fescue
3.0   Festuca rubra Red Fescue
1.0   Holcus lanatus Yorkshire Fog
8.1   Lolium perenne Perennial Ryegrass
 
 

 

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