I'm looking at seeds for various areas - the two urgent ones are the rabbit run, which I want mainly grass but with some healthy additions, and the garden lawn, which I'd like to oversow with a greater variety of wildflowers for the benefit of the bugs and butterflies AND the buns. The last one is the roof of the hobbit hole but that won't be ready for a while, and that needs to be a wildflower meadow with grass and flowers as an important source of food for wildlife and the buns throughout the year. There is also a patch that is more shaded but I'd like to try and seed that too, even if it is just grass.
But I'm struggling with reading the mixes, my brain just can't take it in and it's a bit overwhelming. Is anyone good with the names and can just tell me if the following are safe? Or if anyone could have a look at Meadowmania or Wildseed.co.uk and tell me which ones are safe for the buns and might be suitable for in their run? They all seem to have field or corn poppies in, but are these ok?
Native wildflower seed mix (thinking for the hobbit hole roof) - Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus Corniculatus) 0.1%, Betony ( Stachys Officinalis) 0.1% Corn Poppy (papaver Rhoeas) 1.8% Cornflower( Cenaturea Cyanus) 0.6% 0.5%, Field Scabious (Knautia Arvensis) 0.1%, Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium Verum) 1.0%, Lesser Knapweed (Centaurea Nigra) 2.0%, (Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus Acris) 0.1%, Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) 0.1%, Musk Mallow (Malva Moschata) 1.2%, Ox Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum Vulgare) 1.3 %, Ragged Robin (Lychnis Flos Cuculi) 0.02%, Red Campion (Silene Dioica) 2.0 %, Ribwort Plantain (Planatago Lanceolata) 1.6% , Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) 0.1%, Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba Minor) 1.6%, Self Heal (Prunella Vulgaris) 1.68%, Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) 0.1%, Common Sorrel (Rumex Acetosa) 0.1%, White Campion (Silene Alba) 2%, Wild Carrot ( Daucus carota) 1.4%, Yarrow, (Achillea millefolium) 0.6%, Yellow Rattle (Rhinanathus Minor) 0.4%. Browntop bent 4.4% Crested Dogstail 1.6%, Strong Creeping Red Fescue 28%, Chewings Fescue 24%, Slender Creeping Red Fescue 20%, Yellow oat Grass 1%, Sweet Vernal Grass 1%
Wildflower seed mix for lawns (for oversowing) - Yarrow 4%; Kidney Vetch 4%; Lady’s Bedstraw 12%; Common Catsear 3%; Rough hawkbit 4%; Oxeye daisy 8%; Birdsfoot Trefoil 10%, Ribwort plantain 8%; Cowslip 2%; Self heal 16%, Meadow Buttercup 12%; Common sorrel 17%
Seed mix for woodland areas - Betony ( stachys officinalis) 1.0% Bluebell Seed (Hyancith non Scripta) 2.0%, Common Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupotar) 2.0%, Hedge Bedstraw (Galium Mollugo) 1.0%, Hedge Garlic ( Alliaria Petiolata) 3.0%, Hedge Woundwort (Stachys Sylvatica) 0.5%, Herb Bennet (Geum Urbanum) 1.0%, Nettle Leaved Bell Flower (Campanula Trachnium ) 0.02%, Ragged Robin (Lychnis Flos Cuculi) 0.04%, Red Campion (Silene Dioica) 4.2%, Self Heal ( Prunella Vulgaris) 4.2%, Square St Johns Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum) 0.2%, Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis Odorta) 0.1%, Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis Cambria) 0.02%, Wild Foxglove (Digitalis Purpurea) 0.8%, Wood sage (Teucrium Scorodonia) 0.1%
Browntop bent 4.4% Crested Dogstail 1.6%, Strong Creeping Red Fescue 28%, Chewings Fescue 24%, Slender Creeping Red Fescue 20%, Yellow oat Grass 1%, Sweet Vernal Grass 1%
For the run I could just sow grass seed and then sow things like plantain within that myself, it's not a huge area so I think grass is the primary there, but should I just go for a hardwearing lawn type seed or something with a bigger mix? Help!!!
But I'm struggling with reading the mixes, my brain just can't take it in and it's a bit overwhelming. Is anyone good with the names and can just tell me if the following are safe? Or if anyone could have a look at Meadowmania or Wildseed.co.uk and tell me which ones are safe for the buns and might be suitable for in their run? They all seem to have field or corn poppies in, but are these ok?
Native wildflower seed mix (thinking for the hobbit hole roof) - Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus Corniculatus) 0.1%, Betony ( Stachys Officinalis) 0.1% Corn Poppy (papaver Rhoeas) 1.8% Cornflower( Cenaturea Cyanus) 0.6% 0.5%, Field Scabious (Knautia Arvensis) 0.1%, Lady’s Bedstraw (Galium Verum) 1.0%, Lesser Knapweed (Centaurea Nigra) 2.0%, (Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus Acris) 0.1%, Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) 0.1%, Musk Mallow (Malva Moschata) 1.2%, Ox Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum Vulgare) 1.3 %, Ragged Robin (Lychnis Flos Cuculi) 0.02%, Red Campion (Silene Dioica) 2.0 %, Ribwort Plantain (Planatago Lanceolata) 1.6% , Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus) 0.1%, Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba Minor) 1.6%, Self Heal (Prunella Vulgaris) 1.68%, Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) 0.1%, Common Sorrel (Rumex Acetosa) 0.1%, White Campion (Silene Alba) 2%, Wild Carrot ( Daucus carota) 1.4%, Yarrow, (Achillea millefolium) 0.6%, Yellow Rattle (Rhinanathus Minor) 0.4%. Browntop bent 4.4% Crested Dogstail 1.6%, Strong Creeping Red Fescue 28%, Chewings Fescue 24%, Slender Creeping Red Fescue 20%, Yellow oat Grass 1%, Sweet Vernal Grass 1%
Wildflower seed mix for lawns (for oversowing) - Yarrow 4%; Kidney Vetch 4%; Lady’s Bedstraw 12%; Common Catsear 3%; Rough hawkbit 4%; Oxeye daisy 8%; Birdsfoot Trefoil 10%, Ribwort plantain 8%; Cowslip 2%; Self heal 16%, Meadow Buttercup 12%; Common sorrel 17%
Seed mix for woodland areas - Betony ( stachys officinalis) 1.0% Bluebell Seed (Hyancith non Scripta) 2.0%, Common Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupotar) 2.0%, Hedge Bedstraw (Galium Mollugo) 1.0%, Hedge Garlic ( Alliaria Petiolata) 3.0%, Hedge Woundwort (Stachys Sylvatica) 0.5%, Herb Bennet (Geum Urbanum) 1.0%, Nettle Leaved Bell Flower (Campanula Trachnium ) 0.02%, Ragged Robin (Lychnis Flos Cuculi) 0.04%, Red Campion (Silene Dioica) 4.2%, Self Heal ( Prunella Vulgaris) 4.2%, Square St Johns Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum) 0.2%, Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis Odorta) 0.1%, Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis Cambria) 0.02%, Wild Foxglove (Digitalis Purpurea) 0.8%, Wood sage (Teucrium Scorodonia) 0.1%
Browntop bent 4.4% Crested Dogstail 1.6%, Strong Creeping Red Fescue 28%, Chewings Fescue 24%, Slender Creeping Red Fescue 20%, Yellow oat Grass 1%, Sweet Vernal Grass 1%
For the run I could just sow grass seed and then sow things like plantain within that myself, it's not a huge area so I think grass is the primary there, but should I just go for a hardwearing lawn type seed or something with a bigger mix? Help!!!