YSJS4 Butterfly Meadow Seed Mix has been created for those who would love to encourage butterflies into the garden or meadow. The native wildflowers are both beneficial to the butterfly for nectar and food for their caterpillars. The meadow seed mix for butterflies will suit most soils.
Sowing rate 1-2g/m2, 6Kg per acre, 15Kg per hectare.
YSJS4 Butterfly Mix:-
Wildflowers
Latin
%
Colour
Flowers
Cm
Autumn Hawkbit
Leontodon autumnalis
5%
Yellow
July-October
15-50
Betony
Betonica officianalis
5%
Purple
July-September
25-60
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lotus cornicultus
5%
Yellow
May-September
15-40
Common Cats Ear
Hypochoeris radicata
5%
Yellow
May-September
30-50
Common Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
14%
Purple
June-September
30-60
Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
5%
Red/Green
April-August
50-80
Fleabane
Pulicaria dysenterica
1%
Yellow
July-September
30-60
Devils Bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
7.5%
Blue
July-October
30-90
Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
8%
Pale Blue
June-September
30-90
Greater Knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
8%
Purple
July-September
30-70
Hemp Agrimony
Eupatorium cannabinum
1%
Pink
July-September
60-120
Marjoram
Origanum vulgare
3%
Mauve
July-September
30-65
Rough Hawkbit
Leontodon hispidus
5%
Yellow
May-September
15-45
Self Heal
Prunella vulgaris
8%
Mauve
June-September
20-30
Small Scabious
Scabiosa columbaria
5%
Pale Blue
June-August
50-80
Tufted Vetch
Vicia cracca
5%
Purple
June-September
100-180
Wild Basil
Clinopodium vulgare
3%
Pink
July-August
25-75
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
6%
White
June-November
50-75
Birdsfoot Trefoil and Common Blue (Female)
Hemp Agrimony and Small Tortoise Butterfly
Devils Bit Scabious and Comma Butterfly
Marjoram and Silver Washed Fritillary Butterfly
Common Sorrel food plant for the Small Copper Caterpiller
Field Scabious and Silver Washed Fritillary Butterfly