Perennial Mixes

Perennial meadows provide beautiful intricate and naturalistic displays that carry on from year to year, without the need for repeated cultivation. While lacking the overwhelming flower-power of the annual meadows, our perennial meadows share the same characteristics of very long seasons of flowering and harmonious colour displays. Again, we mix native with non-native cultivated species to heighten visual effects. All mixes contain a small amount of appropriate annuals for first-year effect.
     
Please note that to aid establishment of the flowering plants our mixes do not contain grasses (although native grasses will come in of their own accord once the meadows are established). The first two mixtures both flower continuously from spring through to autumn. Mainly European species start the display, giving way in late summer to North American species to provide a rich climax to the season.

The suggested sowing rate is 1g per square metre

PICTORIAL MEADOWS PURPLE HAZE MIX

A colour-themed mixture of predominantly purple and blue, with billows of white for contrast. Main species include Columbine, Greater Knapweed, Field Scabious, Wild Carrot, Hedge Bedstraw, Meadow Clary, Perennial Cornflower, Perennial Flax, Oxe-eye Daisy, Purple Loosetrife, Purple Coneflower, Prairie Aster, Joe Pye Weed.

 PICTORIAL MEADOWS GOLDEN SUMMER MIX

Yellows and golds, with hints of orange and purple. Contains, amongst other species, Garden Yarrow, Perennial Black-eyed Susan, Lance-leaf Coreopsis, Lady’s Bedstraw, Yellow Oxe-eye, St John’s Wort, Greater Knapweed, Meadow Clary.

PICTORIAL MEADOWS NATIVE MEADOW MIX

A selection of very dependable native species that will succeed in a wide range of soils and conditions. Includes: Oxe-eye Daisy, Lady’s Bedstraw, Cowslip, Greater Knapweed, Black Knapweed, St John’s Wort, Flowering predominantly in June, July and August.

PICTORIAL MEADOWS WOODLAND EDGE MIX

A very free-flowering mixture to sow amongst shrubs, around new tree planting and in woodland edge situations. Includes Hedge Bedstraw, Red Campion, Oxe-eye Daisy and American Wood Aster.

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