Which flowers are best for my meadow?

The following are some examples of good wildlife-friendly plants for your meadow. Make sure to check the pH of your soil before choosing a seed mix, as not all plants can grow in all soils.

Alkaline (calcareous) soils

Grasses

Wildflowers

Upright brome

Cowslip

Crested hair-grass

Greater knapweed

Quaking grass

Fairy flax

Crested dog's tail

Oxeye daisy

Yellow oat-grass

Wild thyme

Smaller cat's tail

Yellow rattle

Kidney vetch

Field scabious

Acidic soils

Grasses

Wildflowers

Common bent

Mouse-ear hawkweed

Meadow foxtail

Heath bedstraw

Smooth meadow-grass

Lesser stitchwort

Sweet vernal-grass

Rough/lesser hawkbit

Wavy hair-grass

Common sorrel

Heath grass

Tormentil

Selfheal

Devil's-bit scabious

Neutral soils

Grasses

Wildflowers

Sweet vernal-grass

Common knapweed

Crested dog's tail

Lady's bedstraw

Meadow fescue

Bird's-foot trefoil

Yellow oat-grass

Native red clover

Red fescue

Oxeye daisy

Common Bent

Yellow rattle

Field scabious

Meadow buttercup

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