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Meadow for Birds
Your garden will become a wild and free aviary with this mix of 18 perennials including Perennial Flax, Wallflower, Lunaria, Soapwort, Alpine Forget-Me-Not, Silene plus many more. More
| 6g seed, plus buckwheat husks, to cover 3m x 1m or equivalent area. 120188-6G | £4.50 |
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One of my new obsessions is sowing and growing and then leaving the plants garden birds love, to run to seed for them to feast on. Your garden will become a wild and free aviary, a truly marvellous thing.
A mix of 18 different species including Perennial Flax, Wallflower, Lunaria, Soapwort, Alpine Forget-Me-Not, Silene plus many more.
| Type | Hardy Annual, Hardy Biennial, Hardy Perennial |
| Border Position | Ground Cover |
| Soil Type | Broad Tolerance |
| Scent | Unscented |
| Site | Full Sun |
| Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
| Height | 75cm (30in) |
| Spacing | 6g seed, plus buckwheat husks, to cover 3m x 1m or equivalent area. |
| Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Choose an area in a sunny spot, with well-drained soil. Clear area of any weeds and vigorous grasses, dig over if necessary and rake soil to form a fine seed bed in to which seeds will readily germinate. Shake the bag of seeds to mix well, the buckwheat husks help to disperse the seed evenly. Mark out several rows in a 30cm (12in) grid. Scatter the seed onto the surface and cover the seed with a layer of coarse sand, pressing the sand lightly, so the seeds will not blow away. The sand helps to distinguish the weeds from the flowers. If you think your soil might have weeds seeds in it, mulch deeply between the rows you have sown. Water with a fine spray to avoid disturbing the surface of the soil. Germination rates of various species will differ, some biennial/perennial varieties may not germinate until the following year. |
| Care Tips | Keep an eye out for weeds, and remove anything appearing between your marked lines, but otherwise just leave the meadow to get on with it - no thinning, no staking. Remove any weeds as they appear. An annual cut is recommended in late winter/early spring to let light in and encourage self-sowing. |
| Flowering | Early sowings will flower from June onwards, autumn sowings will flower from the following April. |
| Harvesting | Flower production: 3-4 months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
- Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
- Flowers/Harvest
Advice
We don't currently have additional advice on using / growing this particular product on our website, but if you do have a question that isn't answered on this page then please give us a call on 0345 092 0283 and we'll happily chat through any queries you may have, or email us at info@sarahraven.com. Please note all email replies are taking up to 10 working days.
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Meadow for Birds reviews
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Reviewed 30th December 2020 by Glenis Also purchased and grown by my daughter last year, most impressed. |
