Lesser Knapweed
- Centaurea nigra
- Quantity: five per cent
Wildflowers
What we use
We have consulted with the National Wildflower Centre at the Eden Project to identify the best mix to suit the Cheshire landscape. Boston Seeds has been chosen as the main supplier of seed due to its extensive variety of native pollinators and mixes.
Wild carrot
- Daucus carota
- Quantity: three per cent
Meadowsweet
- Filipendual ulmaria
- Quantity: eight per cent
Lady's bedstraw
- Galium verum
- Quantity: 10 per cent
Hedge bedstraw
- Galium mollugo
- Quantity: five per cent
St Johns-wort
- Hypericum perforatum
- Quantity: one per cent
Oxeye daisy
- Leucanthemum vulare
- Quantity: five per cent
Bird's-foot-trefoil
- Lotus corniculatus
- Quantity: two per cent
Field scabious
- Knautia arvensis
- Quantity: five per cent
Musk mallow
- Malva moschata
- Quantity: three per cent
Viper's-bugloss
- Echium vulgare
- Quantity: five per cent
Cowslip
- Primula veris
- Quantity: three per cent
Meadow buttercup
- Ranuncunlus acris
- Quantity: 30 per cent
Red campion
- Silene dioica
- Quantity: 10 per cent
White campion
- Silene alba
- Quantity: five per cent
You can order the seed mix direct from Boston Seeds for your own gardens. Their website has some helpful guides on how to create a wildflower meadow in residential gardens.
