PRO FLORA 13

    Species rich lawn and landscape 

    With demand for improved biodiversity on all major landscape projects, increasing the species count in what can be the largest soft landscaped surface of the scheme can sometimes be overlooked. Pro Flora 13 provides the  answer. A species rich lawn mixture of UK native origin wild flowers and fine leaved low growing grasses suited to a varied management regime in terms of cutting height and frequency. This flexibility allows mowing every couple of weeks at 75-100mm in a more intensively managed area, right through to a conventionally managed species rich grassland receiving just one or two cuts a year. The greater amount of time between cuts, the greater the number of species will flower and provide additional benefits to pollenating insects.

    Sowing rate: 5-10g/m2

    % COMMON NAME SPECIES HEIGHT (CM) COLOUR PERIOD
      20% WILD FLOWERS        
    2 AUTUMN HAWKBIT LEONTODON AUTUMNALIS 30-50 YELLOW AUG OCT
    3 BLACK MEDICK MEDICAGO LUPILINA 15-50 YELLOW MAY SEPT
    2 BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL LOTUS CORNICULATUS 5-40 YELLOW JUNE AUG
    7 BULBOUS BUTTERCUP RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS 15-35 YELLOW MAY AUG
    2 COMMON CATS EAR HYPOCHAERIS RADICATA 15-60 YELLOW JUNE SEPT
    1 COMMON MOUSE EAR CERASTIUM FONTANUM 10-60 WHITE APRIL NOV
    1 COWSLIP PRIMULA VERIS 10-30 YELLOW APRIL JUNE
    1 FIELD PANSY VIOLA ARVENSIS  10-39 YELLOW VIOLET APRIL OCT
    7 HOARY PLANTAIN PLANTAGO MEDIA  5-30 LILAC MAY AUG
    8 KIDNEY VETCH ANTHYLLIS VULNEARIA 15-30 YELLOW MAY AUG
    11 LADY’S BEDSTRAW GALIUM VERUM 50-80 YELLOW JUNE SEPT
    14 MEADOW BUTTERCUP RANUNCULS ACRIS 30-100 YELLOW MAY SEPT
    2 NATIVE RED CLOVER TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE 20-60 RED PURPLE MAY OCT
    2 NATIVE WHITE CLOVER TRIFOLIUM REPENS 20-50 WHITE MAY OCT
    9 OXEYE DAISY LEUCANTHERMUM VULGARE 20-100 WHITE MAY OCT
    2 ROUGH HAWKBIT LEONTODON HISPIDUS 20-40 YELLOW JUNE SEPT
    14 SELFHEAL PRUNELLA VULGARIS  5-20 PURPLE JUNE SEPT
    5 SORREL RUMEX ACETOSA 30-100 PINK MAY JULY
    7 YARROW ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM 20-45 WHITE JUNE OCT
    100          
      80% GRASSES        
    4 BROWNTOP BENT AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS 10-70 - -
    27 CRESTED DOGSTAIL CYNOSURUS CRISTATUS 5-75 - -
    25 SHEEPS FESCUE FESTUCA OVINA 5-60 - -
    20 SLENDER CREEPING RED FESCUE FESTUCA RUBRA LITORALIS 20-100 - -
    5 SMALL TIMOTHY PHLEUM BERTOLONII 10-50 - -
    15 SMOOTH STALKED MEADOW GRASS POA PRATENSIS 10-90 - -
    4 SWEET VERNAL ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM 10-100 - -
    100