Inter-row compact mixture
MP08729 - Ecosystems - Biodiversity
- Sowing periodAutumn
- Sowing periodSpring
- Life spanMulti-year
- HeightLow
- HeightMedium tall
- Flowering periodAutumn
- Flowering periodSpring
- Flowering periodSummer
Description
This perennial mixture of dwarf species is a beneficial blend designed to be sown in strips between or around fruit orchards. The flowering vegetation provides shelter for beneficial insects such as pollinators and predators. This mixture produces a low-growing vegetation so as not to interfere with harvesting and orchard maintenance.
Plant height: 20-40 cm
Flowering:
From summer when sown in spring
From spring in subsequent years
Composed of 6 annual and 11 perennial species.
Composition
| species | |
|---|---|
| Basket of Gold | Alyssum saxatile compactum |
| California poppy | Eschscholzia californica |
| Catmint | Nepeta racemosa |
| Chervil | Anthriscus cerefolium |
| Common Daisy | Bellis perennis |
| Coriander | Coriandrum sativum |
| German chamomile | Matricaria chamomilla |
| Love-in-a-Mist | Nigella damascena |
| Maiden pink | Dianthus deltoïdes |
| Meadow clary | Salvia pratensis |
| Mountain alyssum | Alyssum montanum |
| Parsley | Petroselinum sativum |
