Wildflower Mixtures - BS15: Butterfly and Bee Mixture
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Common Name |
Species Name |
Colour |
Flowering Time |
Height (cms) |
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Agrimony, Hemp |
Eupatorium cannabinum |
Pink / Mauve |
July - Sept |
100 - 150 |
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Bird's Foot Trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus |
Yellow |
May - October |
15 - 40 |
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Clover, Red |
Trifolium pratense |
Red / Pink |
May - Sept |
20 - 60 |
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Clover, White |
Trifolium repens |
White |
June - Sept |
15 - 20 |
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Foxglove |
Digitalis purpurea |
Dark Red |
June - August |
50 - 150 |
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Knapweed, Greater |
Centaurea scabiosa |
Red Purple |
June - Sept |
50 - 90 |
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Marjoram |
Origanum vulgare |
Pink |
July - October |
30 - 50 |
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Musk Mallow |
Malva moschata |
Mauve |
May - Sept |
20 - 80 |
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Oxeye Daisy |
Leucanthemum vulgare |
White |
May - Sept |
20 - 100 |
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Poppy, Field |
Papaver rhoes |
Red |
May - July |
50 - 70 |
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Sainfoin |
Onobrychis viccifolia |
Mauve |
July - Sept |
30 - 40 |
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Scabious, Field |
Knautia Arvensis |
Mauve |
July - Sept |
30 - 100 |
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Scabious, Small |
Scabiosa columbaria |
Mauve |
July - August |
20 - 60 |
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Vetch, Kidney |
Anthyllis vulneraria |
Pale Yellow |
May - October |
15 - 50 |
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Viper's Bugloss |
Echium vulgare |
Bright Blue |
May - October |
50 - 100 |
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Dwarf Sunflower |
Helianthus gracilentus |
Yellow |
July-August |
100cm |
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Meadow Cranesbil |
Geranium pratense |
Violet/Blue |
May-August |
40-60cm |
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Ragged Robin |
Lychnis flos-cuculi |
Pink |
May-July |
30-50cm |
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Purple Loosetrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
Purple |
June-August |
1-1.5m |
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Borage |
Borago officinalis |
Blue |
August-September |
60cm |
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Teasel |
Dipsacus fullonum |
Purple |
July-August |
60-200cm |
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Knapweed, Common |
Centaurea nigra |
Purple |
June-September |
40-70cm |
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Cornflower |
Centaurea cyanus |
Blue |
June-August |
30-60cm |
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Goatsbeard |
Aruncus dioicus |
White |
June |
30-90cm |
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Wild Clary |
Salvia verbenaca |
Blue/Violet |
June-September |
60-100cm |
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Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
White |
June - October |
20 - 100cm |
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Creeping Red Fescue, Strong |
Festuca rubra ssp rubra |
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7-10cm |
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Crested Dog's-tail |
Cynosurus cristatus |
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5-75cm |
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Sheep's Fescue |
Festuca ovina |
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5-60cm |
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Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass |
Poa pratensis |
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10-90cm |