BFS 5 – Wetland & Pond Edge Wildflower Seed Mix

BFS 5 combines wetland wildflower species with grasses suited to permanently or seasonally wet ground, for use at pond edges, lake margins, stream banks, ditch sides and other low-lying spots that hold water.

Wildflowers make up 20% of the mix across 21 species, among them yellow flag iris, marsh marigold, ragged robin and purple loosestrife. The remaining 80% is six grass species, led by crested dogstail and slender CRF. Sow at 5g/m². Species availability can vary at the time of order.

Wildflower species (21)

• 6% Achillea ptarmica (Sneezewort)
• 2% Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
• 5% Carex acutiformis (Lesser Pond Sedge)
• 1% Eupatorium cannabinium (Hemp Agrimony)
• 9% Filipendul ulmaria (Meadow Sweet)
• 2% Hypericum tetrapterum (Square Stemmed St John’s Wort)
• 4% Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Flag Iris)
• 1% Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
• 4% Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy)
• 8% Lotus pedunculatus (Greater Bird’s-foot Trefoil)
• 5% Lychnis flos-cuculi (Ragged Robin)
• 4% Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
• 4% Lycopus europaeus (Gypsywort)
• 8% Plantago lanceolata (Ribwort Plantain)
• 8% Prunella vulgaris (Selfheal)
• 1% Pulicaria dysenterica (Fleabane)
• 8% Ranunculus acris (Meadow Buttercup)
• 2% Ranunculus flammula (Lesser Spearwort)
• 8% Rhinanthus minor (Yellow Rattle)
• 2% Scrophularia auriculata (Water Figwort)
• 8% Succisa pratensis (Devil’s Bit Scabious)

Grass species (6)

• 12% Agrostis capillaris (Common Bent)
• 6% Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail)
• 2% Anthoxanthum odoratum (Sweet Vernal Grass)
• 35% Cynosurus cristatus (Crested Dogstail)
• 5% Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass)
• 40% Festuca rubra ssp litoralis (Slender CRF)