Meadow Mix Grass Seed

Our Meadow Mix is designed to create a wild meadow grassland area where perhaps you don’t want any wildflowers growing. Our Meadow Mix contains 8 different grass species that complement one another giving a wide lowering season. Once you’ve sown the seeds they should be left to grow out during the summer and then cut back in early autumn.

Protecting and restoring meadows and grasslands is essential to help fight climate change. Grasslands improve biodiversity, carbon storage and brings beauty back to our environment.

Mixture Contains:

✔ 5% Smaller Cat’s-tail
✔ 5% Bent Grass
✔ 5% Creeping Red Fescue
✔ 10% Crested Dogstail
✔ 10% Meadow Fescue
✔ 15% Timothy Grass
✔ 20% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
✔ 30% Sheep’s Fescue

Why Choose Grown To Be Wild’s Meadow Mix?

• Planting grasslands helps fight climate change
• Wildflower free mix
• Contains 8 different grass species
• High-quality Defra certified seed mix

 
More About the Mixture:

Smaller Cat’s-tail is a palatable grass suitable for grazing and haymaking. It is a cold-tolerant grass that remains green and will grow more in winter and early spring compared to other grass species. Cat’s-tail is a leafy perennial grass that tends to grow 6cm in length.

Bent Grass is a fine-leaved perennial that is very low maintenance. It is a vigorous turfgrass that forms a close, dense turf. Bent Grass has a high tolerance for cool and warm temperatures.

Strong creeping red fescue has creeping rhizomes. Rhizomes are a network of roots that live under the surface of the ground they typically grow horizontally, rather than vertically. Rhizomes often give the plant a higher chance of survival in tough environmental conditions. This species of grass has a more vigorous creeping habit than some similar species which helps to create a dense, hardwearing lawn. The shallow roots help it to remain green even in the driest of soils.

Crested Dogstail is often used in grasslands and meadows. In a meadow mix, Crested Dogstail helps produce a more balanced sward by moderating other grass species such as red fescue. It tolerates many soil types and can be sown at any time of the year, providing the soil conditions are suitable. The leaves are palatable making them good for grazing.

Meadow Fescue is one of the larger fescues that can be made into hay and it is a great grass for grazing. It can grow successfully on a wide range of soils that don’t need high temperatures for active growth and is very winter hardy.

Timothy Grass is probably the most important and flexible grass species which is used both environmentally and agriculturally. It is a very common species found in grasslands all over the UK.

Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass is common in meadows, pastures, and other grassy habitats. It flourishes on well-drained, well-structured soils and is one of the greenest grasses found growing in early spring. Smooth Stalked Mdeadow Grass is palatable and very nutritious for livestock.

Sheep’s Fescue is a drought-resistant grass, mainly found on poor, well-drained mineral soil. It is added to many seed mixtures for its drought-tolerant properties. It can also withstand heavy grazing and close cutting.