BFS 14 – Brownfield Site Wildflower Mix (Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land) – 80% Flora

Brownfield land keeps coming under pressure from development, yet undeveloped sites can support Open Mosaic Habitat on Previously Developed Land (OMHPDL), a habitat of principal importance for priority invertebrates and reptiles. This brownfield site wildflower mix is designed to help recreate that habitat: 80% flora against the 20% you get in a standard meadow mix.

The mix suits a wide range of free-draining substrates, often of post-industrial origin. It combines ephemeral species that colonise bare ground with tall biennials that add structure to the sward. Perennial wildflowers and two grasses then establish the permanent meadow.

Sow at 3g/m². The mix is 80% wildflowers (20 species) and 20% grasses (2 species).

N.B: All seeds specified in this mixture are subject to availability at the time of purchase.

Species in this mix

Wildflowers:
6% Centaurea cyanus – (Cornflower)
1% Centaurium erythraea – (Common centaury)
8% Centaurea nigra – (Black knapweed)
5% Daucus carota – (Wild carrot)
2% Echium vulgare – (Viper’s bugloss)
1% Hieracium pilosella – (Mouse-ear hawkweed)
1% Hypericum perforatum – (Common St John’s Wort)
2% Hypochaeris radicata – (Common cat’s-ear)
9% Leucanthemum vulgare – (Oxeye Daisy)
2% Linaria vulgaris – (Common toadflax)
4% Lotus corniculatus – (Common bird’s-foot trefoil)
7% Maticaria recutitia – (Scented mayweed)
8% Medicago lupulina – (Black medick)
3% Reseda luteola – (Weld)
5% Rumex acetosella – (Sheep’s sorrel)
5% Silene alba – (White campion)
4% Silene vulgaris – (Bladder campion)
2% Trifolium arvense – (Hare’s-foot clover)
3% Trifolium pratense – (Red clover)
2% Vicia cracca – (Tufted vetch)

Grasses:
15% Festuca ovina – (Sheep’s fescue)
5% Festuca rubra ssp. rubra – (Red fescue)