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 |
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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 |