Whipsnade Zoo
Mixture Content:
Wildflower Meadow & Field Margin:
| Common Name | % |
| Black medic | 1.5 |
| Browntop bent | 10 |
| Red clover | 2 |
| Cocksfoot | 10 |
| Crested dog's-tail | 10 |
| Lesser knapweed | 1 |
| Lady's bedstraw | 0.5 |
| Meadow foxtail | 2.5 |
| Ox-eye daisy | 1 |
| Sanfoin | 5 |
| Selfheal | 1 |
| Sheep's fescue | 12.5 |
| Strong creeping red fescue | 15 |
| Tall fescue | 20 |
| Tall oatgrass | 5 |
| Bird's-foot trefoil | 2 |
| Yarrow | 1 |
BS4: Loam & Alluvial Soils Mixture:
| Common Name | Species Name | % | Colour |
Flowering Time |
Height (cms) |
|
Bird's foot trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
5 |
Yellow |
May - October |
15 - 40 |
|
Black medic |
Medicago lupilina |
6 |
Yellow |
May - October |
15 - 50 |
|
Meadow buttercup |
Ranunculus acris |
5 |
Yellow |
May - Sept |
30 - 100 |
|
White campion |
Silene alba |
4 |
White |
May - October |
50 - 100 |
|
Cowlsip |
Primula veris |
3 |
Deep Yellow |
April - May |
15 - 30 |
|
Dandelion |
Primula veris |
3 |
Yellow |
April - Dec |
15 - 50 |
|
Goat's-beard |
Tragopogon pratensis |
9 |
Pale Yellow |
May - July |
20 - 60 |
|
Greater knapweed |
Centaurea scabiosa |
9 |
Red Purple |
June - Sept |
50 - 90 |
|
Common knapweed |
Centaurea nigra |
5 |
Red Purple |
June - Sept |
30 - 80 |
|
Lady's bedstraw |
Galium vernum |
3 |
Yellow |
June - Sept |
50 - 80 |
|
Common mouse-ear |
Cerastium fontanum |
1 |
White |
April - July |
15 - 30 |
|
Ox-eye daisy |
Leucanthemum vulgare |
3 |
White |
May - Sept |
20 - 100 |
|
Pignut |
Conopodium majus |
2 |
White |
May - July |
20 - 30 |
|
Hoary plantain |
Plantago media |
2 |
Green / Brown |
May - Sept |
15 - 45 |
|
Ribwort plantain |
Plantago lanceolata |
6 |
Green / Brown |
April - Sept |
15 - 50 |
|
Ragged robin |
Lychnis flos-cuculi |
2 |
Pinkish Red |
May - August |
30 - 90 |
|
Burnet salad |
Sanguisorba minor |
10 |
Browny Red |
June - Sept |
15 - 50 |
|
Selfheal |
Prunella vulgaris |
3 |
Violet Blue |
June - Sept |
15 - 30 |
|
Common sorrel |
Rumex acetosa |
5 |
Brown |
May - July |
30 - 100 |
|
Wild carrot |
Daucus carota |
4 |
White |
June - October |
30 - 100 |
|
Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
1 |
White |
June - October |
20 - 100 |
|
Yellow rattle |
Rhinanthus minor |
9 |
Pale Yellow |
June - Sept |
25 - 50 |