A new wildflower seed mixture, specifically designed to produce a fast–establishing sward of UK–native wildflowers and meadow grasses has been launched by Germinal Amenity.
Formulated to produce the kind of quick and easy to establish meadow–type habitats required by modern, commercial landscaping projects, Germinal’s Everyday Meadow seed mixture contains a total of six grasses and 18 wildflowers. Each of the 24 species has been selected to complement each other and to produce the correct balance of colour, textures and aesthetics required by landscape architects and their clients.
Unlike most traditional meadow mixtures, which typically contain 80% grasses and 20% wildflowers, Everyday Meadow contains a ratio of 90% grasses to 10% wildflowers: by increasing the grass content and selecting only annual species of wildflowers, Everyday Meadow is faster to establish.
Everyday Meadow produces a denser habitat thanks to its ability to be sown at 15 g/m2. Compared to most meadow mixtures, which are usually sown at 5–10 g/m2, Everyday Meadow rapidly creates a thick, attractive canopy, thus enabling the landscape contractor to tick another job off their checklist without having to be overly concerned about sparse or slowly developing vegetation cover.
All 18 of the wildflower species in Everyday Meadow are indigenous to the UK and have been hand–selected for their native traits and disease and stress tolerant characteristics which make them perfect for urban, sub–urban and business park environments.
Everyday Meadow species content:
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Species
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Description
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Content (%)
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Festuca rubra rubra
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Strong Creeping Red Fescue
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30
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Festuca rubra commutata
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Chewings Fescue
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25
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Festuca rubra litoralis
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Slender Creeping Red Fescue
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20
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Poa pratensis
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Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
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10
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Agrostis capillaris
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Browntop Bent
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5
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Trifolium repens
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White Clover
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5
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Agrostemma githago
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Corncockle
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0.50
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Papaver rhoeas
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Corn Poppy
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0.50
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Silene alba
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White Campion
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0.25
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Silene dioica
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Red Campion
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0.25
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Centaurea cyanus
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Cornflower
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0.25
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Leucanthemum vulgare
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Oxeye Daisy
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0.25
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Digitalis purpurea
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Foxglove
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0.25
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Prunella vulgaris
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Self Heal
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0.25
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Chrysanthemum segetum
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Corn Marigold
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0.25
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Centaurea nigra
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Common Knapweed
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0.25
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Plantago lanceolata
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Ribwort Plantain
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0.25
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Ranunculus acris
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Meadow Buttercup
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0.25
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Sanguisorba minor
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Salad Burnet
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0.25
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Lotus corniculatus
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Birdsfoot Trefoil
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0.25
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Rhinanthus minor
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Yellow Rattle
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0.25
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Galium verum
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Lady’s Bedstraw
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0.25
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Achillea millefolium
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Yarrow
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0.25
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Vicia sativa
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Common Vetch
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0.25
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About us
Germinal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Germinal Holdings Ltd - the largest family owned British and Irish Forage & Amenity Seed Company.
Germinal provides a range of grass seed products and services designed to meet the specific requirements of the amenity industry. Customers include professional greenkeepers, turf growers, groundsmen, landscape contractors, golf course constructors, architects, agronomists and ecologists, all of whom deal directly with the only company selling British-bred turf grasses direct to the end user.
Buying direct from Germinal gives our customers access to first class technical advice and great value specialist turfgrass products through the “Grade A” grass seed mixture brand. Customers can also purchase from a range of fertilisers and adjuvants as well our extensive range of UK Native wild flower seed mixtures.
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