Meadow

 

Grasses:

Agrostis tenuis (common bent)

Festuca rubra (red fescue)

Poa pratense (smooth meadow grass)

 

Flowers:

*= specially recommended

Achillea ptarmica (sneezewort, p)

Alchemilla xanthochlora (lady’s mantle, p)

Anchusa arvensis (bugloss, a)

Anthriscus caucalis (bur chervil, a)

Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine)

Campanula glomerata (clustered bellflower, b)

Campanula rotundifolia (harebell, b)

Centaurea cyanus (cornflower, a)*

Centaurea nigra (common knapweed)*

Cynoglossum officinale (hounds tongue, b)

Daucus carota (wild carrot)*

Dipsacus fullanum (teasel, b)

Echium vulgare (viper’s bugloss, b)

Galium verum (lady’s bedstraw)*

Geranium pratense (meadow cranesbill)*

Knautia arvensis (field scabious)*

Narcissus lobularis (native daffodils)

Origanum vulgare (wild marjoram, p)

Papaver rhoeas (poppy, a)*

Plantago media (hoary plantain)*

Primula veris (cowslip, p)

Prunella vulgaris (self-heal, p)

Rumex acetosa (common sorrel)*

Tanacetum vulgare (common tansy, p)

Thalictrum flavum (yellow meadow rue, r)

Verbascum nigrum (dark mullein, b)

Verbascum thapsus (Great mullein, b)

Viola canina (heath dog violet)

Viola odorata (sweet violet)  [available from Kurt Berger]

Viola tricolor (heartsease)

 

Care:

Initially plants to be sown or plug planted.

Meadow to be mowed at the end of summer.

 

 

 

Key:

a= annual, b=biennial, r=rhizome or bulb, p=perennial.

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