For Gardeners Wanting a Usable Lawn with Wildflowers
Nature’s Lawn is a mixture of lawn grasses and UK native perennial wildflowers that tolerate mowing. Nature’s Lawn offers versatile mowing heights, ideally ranging from 50mm to 150mm, to suit your preferences for lawn usability and biodiversity. By adding wildflowers to your lawn, you’ll attract pollinators like butterflies and bumblebees. Over time these flowers will self seed and increase their numbers to create a stunning natural lawn. To maximise the benefit of these f lowers we recommend raising the cut on your lawn and maybe in some areas cutting infrequently. Nature’s Lawn is drought and shade tolerant and does not require feeding. The grasses in this mixture are all slow growing comprising of: Strong Creeping Red Fescue, Chewings Fescue, Hard Fescue, Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass and Crested Dogstail.
The UK native wildflowers comprise of:
*Wildflower species are subject to availability.
Suitable for sowing lawns and to create a wildflower meadow.
Apply in Spring (March–May) or Autumn (September–October). Flowering will be from May to September - if sowing in autumn, flowers will not appear until following year.
Wildlife-friendly gardens
Natural lawns and informal spaces
Gardens with sun or partial shade
Low-maintenance lawn areas
Sustainable and eco-conscious gardening
How to sow a wildflower meadow
For the best visual impact and a higher ratio of flowers to grass, sow at the recommended rate. This allows wildflowers to establish successfully alongside grasses without being outcompeted.
Mowing & Management
ature’s Lawn offers exceptional versatility:
Short (50–75mm):
A neat, usable lawn with subtle wildflower interest
Medium (75–150mm):
Increased flowering and biodiversity
Long (150mm+):
A relaxed, natural look with maximum flowers
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