Agricultural Herbs

A blend of perennial herbs suitable for improving the diversity existing paddocks, and providing additional vitamins and trace elements. 

• After sowing the mixture, paddocks should be grazed in rotation
• Improves the diversity of existing paddocks
• Increases the range of nutrients available to horses
• Contains: burnet, fenugreek, ribgrass, sainfoin, sheeps parsley and yarrow
• Sow at 0.5kg per acre. Pack size: 2kg

Borage is a nectar rich, annual flower which produces abundant amounts of easily broken down material that can be incorporated into the soil.

• Nectar rich helping to boost pollinator numbers to benefit future crops
• Rapid breakdown once incorporated into the soil, releasing accessible nutrients 
• Deep taproots break apart soil compaction helping improve drainage and aeration 
• Wide fibrous root network protects soil from erosion 
• Sowing rate: 12.5kg / ha

Chicory has a very deep tap root, making it suitable for sowing on dry soils. Often sown alongside a grass and clover mix to improve the soil structure and health.

• Perennial (Cichorium intibus), pale blue flower - 3-5 cms across, light/chalky soils
• Flowers: July - October
• Height: Can grow to 1.5m
• Sowing Rate: 5kg per acre. Pack size: 5kg 

Perennial. Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) has ribbed narrow leaves with brown flowers and cream anthers.

• Flower spikes to 60mms on long ridges stalks, rich in minerals
• Flowers: April - September
• Height: to 30cm tall
• Pack size: 1kg. Sowing rate: 4kg/acre  

Sainfoin is ideal as a long term cover crop in free draining soils, with strong drought resistance and tolerance of low nitrogen soils.

• A nitrogen fixing perennial legume with good drought tolerance
• Excellent high protein forage for horses being very palatable 
• Copes well with poor nutrient soils and drought conditions
• Sainfoin leys can be considered to last four years or more
• Sowing rate: 65-100kg / ha

Perennial (Sanguisorba minor), purple tinged small round flowers, smells of cucumber when crushed.

• Flowers: May - September.
• Height: 30cm.
• Sowing rate: 10kg per acre.

Perennial - (Petroselinum sativum) may struggle to survive under heavy grazing, very palatable.

• Flowers: July - September
• Height: Tall specie
• Sowing rate: various; foreign, untreated seed
• Pack size: 2 kilos

Perennial herb (Achillea millefolium) is very palatable and drought resistant.

• White aromatic flowers
• Flowers: June onwards
• Height: 40 - 60cms
• Sowing rate: 1kg per acre.