How to sow your seed mixture: Below is a handy seeding guide for small areas…and the species in your packet, the pack will cover 2 square meters it can also be sown into any prepared areas of bare soil, window boxes/ planters. Don’t be tempted to sow too heavily as the wildflowers need space to develop.
Sowing Instructions
Sow thinly on to a prepared (lightly cultivated) surface
Remove any aggressive perennials such as Docks or Thistles
Ideal sowing times are from March until the end of October, the seed will do well in most soil types but avoid areas that are waterlogged in the winter.
The soil will need to be lightly raked or scarified to create a shallow tilth.
Sow thinly and tread the seed in, do not rake the seed in, surface sowing gives far better results.
It may help to bulk the seed with used compost or sand to help spread the seed evenly.
Hand Sowing (for larger areas)
Seed Sowing rate 2/4 g/m2
Sow thinly on to a prepared (lightly cultivated) surface.
On small areas it is best to hand sow. Even mixing will avoid the smaller seed settling out.
Scatter the seed from a bucket, half in one direction (north- south) and the second half in the opposite direction (east-west), this helps to ensure an even distribution.
Take a small handful each step forward.
The aim is throw the seed in an arc from your up-turned hand, take a stride forward and repeat.
The technique is to throw the seed as hard as possible, (in practice this will be about 2 or 3 meters) this gives an even coverage.
Don’t watch the seed fall as you walk, keep looking forwards in a straight line.
For larger areas use canes to mark out the swath 2 or 3 meters wide.
Move the canes over to the next swath across the site.
If you can see the seed on the soil as you spread then it is likely you are putting it on too heavily.
DO NOT RAKE THE SEED IN…This is essential, the seed is small, raking in will bury the seed too deeply in the seedbed. The site can then be rolled once sown preferably with a roller or stomping the surface with your feet.
| Mount Vernon Mixture | % |
| Achillea millefolium Yarrow | 2.5 |
| Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed | 12 |
| Centaurea scabiosa Greater Knapweed | 2 |
| Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil | 2 |
| Daucus carota Wild Carrot | 7.5 |
| Galium verum Lady’s Bedstraw | 10 |
| Knautia arvensis Field Scabious | 7.5 |
| Leontodon hispidus Rough Hawkbit | 2 |
| Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy | 2.5 |
| Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil | 3 |
| Onobrychis viciifolia Sainfoin | 7.5 |
| Origanum vulgare Wild Marjoram | 1 |
| Plantago media Hoary Plantain | 3.5 |
| Poterium sanguisorba Salad Burnet | 10 |
| Primula veris Cowslip | 5 |
| Prunella vulgaris Selfheal | 5 |
| Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup | 5 |
| Rhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle | 11 |
| Scabiosa columbaria Small Scabious | 1 |
| 100 |
