Flowers for sandy & silty soils
MP08789 - Specific - Soil & site conditions
- Sowing periodAutumn
- Sowing periodSpring
- Life spanMulti-year
- HeightLow
- HeightMedium tall
- Flowering periodSpring
- Flowering periodSummer
Description
This flowering mixture is designed to establish vegetation on sandy and clay-bearing, free-draining soils with a pH level often below 6.5.
Plant height: 20-50 cm
Flowering:
From summer onwards when sown in spring
From spring onwards in subsequent years
Composed of 2 annual and 14 perennial species.
Composition
| species | |
|---|---|
| Annual Baby's Breath | Gypsophila elegans |
| Baby blue-eyes | Nemophila insignis |
| Basket of gold | Aurinia saxatilis |
| Boreal chickweed | Cerastium biebersteinii |
| Bunny Tails | Lagurus ovatus |
| Candytuft | Iberis umbellata |
| Cape forget-me-not of Cape bugloss | Anchusa capensis |
| Clove pink | Dianthus plumarius |
| Crimson clover | Trifolium incarnatum |
| Flowering catchfly | Silene |
| Kidney vetch | Anthyllis vulgare |
| Maiden pink | Dianthus deltoïdes |
