Our enhanced meadow mixture delivers a diverse and vibrant display of native flowers while supporting a wide array of wildlife. With a 60/40 balance of meadow grasses to wildflowers by weight, it contains nearly double the flowering content of our general purpose mix — offering greater visual impact and ecological value.
The increased proportion of native wildflowers in our enhanced meadow mixtures means more blooms, more colour, and more seasonal interest. Whether you’re sowing a garden border, green space, or roadside verge, this blend will reward you with a dynamic display that softens hard landscaping and brings nature closer to home.
Alongside species found in our basic meadow mixture and general purpose meadow mixture, such as oxeye daisy, common knapweed, yellow rattle, and meadow buttercup, this enhanced mixture includes more ornamental species like musk-mallow, viper’s bugloss, and bird’s-foot trefoil which give a wider variety of flowering colour and attract pollinators throughout the growing season. These species not only enhance visual appeal but also increase food sources for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects — giving a significant boost to local biodiversity.
The mix is complemented by a reliable base of meadow grasses, including crested dog’s-tail, red fescue, and sweet vernal-grass, which help stabilise the soil, support overwintering insects, and create the ideal growing conditions for wildflowers to thrive naturally.
Our versatile general purpose meadow mixture has a range of applications including;
- Wildlife-friendly gardens & pollinator habitats.
- Green spaces in housing & commercial developments.
- Roadside verges & rewilding projects.
- Community meadows, schools & nature reserves.
- Carbon offsetting & conservation schemes.
This meadow mix is compliant with the following environmental stewardship schemes:
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): IPM2 Flower-rich grass margins, blocks, or in-field strips.
Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB8: Flower-rich margins and plots.
Why buy our enhanced meadow mix?
Our enhanced meadow mix performs well across a variety of soil types and is ideal for creating low-maintenance, high-impact naturalistic planting schemes with real environmental value.
% WILDFLOWERS
4 Centaurea nigra Common knapweed
1.8 Achillea millefolium Yarrow
2.8 Ranunculus acris Meadow buttercup
3 Medicago lupulina Black medick
2.8 Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain
2 Prunella vulgaris Selfheal
1.5 Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye daisy
2.2 Trifolium repens Wild white clover
2.5 Rhinanthus minor Yellow rattle
0.3 Agrimonia eupatoria Agrimony
2.2 Plantago lanceolata Red campion
3 Lotus corniculatus Bird’s-foot trefoil
2.1 Malva moschata Musk-mallow
1.8 Vicia cracca Tufted vetch
1 Echium vulgare Viper’s bugloss
4 Daucus carota Wild carrot
3 Silene latifolia White campion
% MEADOW GRASSES
4 Agrostis capillaris Common bent
2 Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet vernal-grass
15 Poa pretensis Meadow grass
22 Cynosurus cristatus Crested dog’s-tail
17 Festuca rubra Red fescue
Ground Preparation
Our enhanced meadow mix is best sown on sites with low to moderate fertility and minimal perennial weed issues. Proper preparation is key to success, so focus on weed control and creating a well-structured seedbed before sowing.
Start by removing weeds through repeated cultivation. Then, plough or dig the area and remove any surface vegetation. Follow this by harrowing or raking to create a fine tilth, and finally, firm the surface by rolling or treading.
Sowing Our Enhanced Meadow Mix
The best times for sowing are autumn or spring, but with adequate warmth and moisture, seeds can be sown at other times of the year. Seeds should be sown on the surface, either spread by hand or with a spinner. To ensure even distribution, divide the seed and ground into the same number of sections and sow one portion of seed in each section of ground. Do not bury or cover the seed—simply press it into the soil by treading or with a roller or to ensure good contact is made with the soil.
First-Year Management
Most wildflower and grass species found in meadow mixtures are perennial. Perennials take time to establish with some species coming to flower in year two. Shortly after sowing, annual weeds from the existing soil seed bank will likely emerge. While they may appear untidy, these weeds provide shelter for developing seedlings and support beneficial insects. They will naturally die off by the end of the first season.
Avoid cutting these annual weeds until mid-to-late summer, especially if Yellow Rattle is included in the mix or if cornfield annuals were used as a nurse crop. Around early August is a good time to cut, remove, and compost the growth. This will expose the developing meadow, which should then be kept short through mowing or grazing until the following March. Remove any persistent perennial weeds that become dominant, such as thistles and docks, by digging them out.
Ongoing Management
From the second year onward, management practices will shape the meadow’s characteristics, with soil fertility playing a role. Traditional meadow management typically yields the best results, centering around a main summer hay cut, followed by another cut in autumn and potentially a spring mowing or grazing.
To allow the sown species to flower, the meadow should remain uncut and ungrazed from spring until late July or August. After flowering, take a hay cut by using a scythe, strimmer, or tractor mower, reducing growth to about 50mm. Let the cuttings dry on-site for one to seven days to allow seed dispersal, then remove them.
At this point, you can also spread the cuttings to other areas of the meadow which lack species diversity.
Mow or graze the regrowth through late autumn and winter—keeping it at roughly 50mm—as this will help maintain the meadow’s structure. If necessary, another cut in early spring can further support healthy growth.
