Pond Side Plant Seed

Brighten up the edge of you pond or boggy parts of your garden with this delightful mix of plants. Flowers will include a mix of colours, including yellow, white, pink and purple varying in height from 2" - 79" (5 cm - 200 cm).

Plants included within the mix are:
Marsh Marigolds (Caltha palustris), Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis), Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris), Meadow Rue (Thalictrum flavum), Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), Water Avens (Geum rivale), Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus), Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus uliginosus), Common Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica),  Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica), Square Stem St John's Wort (Hypericum tetrapterum), Gipsy Wort (Lycopus europaeus), Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer), Browntop Bentgrass (Agrosotis capillaris), Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus), Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis), Pendulas Sedge (Carex pendula), Rough Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis), Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina), Soft Rush (Juncus fffusus), Sweet Vernal (Anthoxanthum odoratum),Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia caespitosa)

• Perennial seed mix.
• Can sow any time of the year onto a weed free area, although March / April or August / September are preferable.
• Mix the seed with two or three pudding basins of sand, peat or dry soil and sprinkle over moist or boggy ground and keep moist if weather is dry.
• Ideally this should be undertaken just before rain is expected for the seed to have contact with the soil. 
• No need to cover since these are naturally occurring seeds that are usually simply broadcast on the wind. 
• It is recommended that you cut to a height of 2" (5 cm) when it first reaches 5" (15 cm).
• Thereafter cut to approximately 3" (7.5 cm) in March / April, with a second cut when flowering is complete September - October. Remove all cuttings.
• Times for germination is variable and often is spread over four to five months.
• If growing in seed trays do not use bottom heat i.e. a propagator, they will best germinate given cold conditions ie 40° - 50°F (4 - 10°C).