Meadow flowers

Last year we decided to plant pockets of perennial meadow flowers in the area we leave uncut each year. At the moment it is full of different types of grasses, Clover and Meadow Vetchling and is a haven for Meadow Brown butterflies and a myriad of other insects each year. It's an area  approximately 60 x 15m with small paths cut through to a bench at one end. It's one of my favourite places in the garden.  Last year I ordered a whole host of seeds from Emorsgate Seeds (www.wildseed.co.uk) a fantastic company who sent superbly packaged seeds with clear planting instructions. I was a little late ordering so did a small, but successful batch of autumn sowing; Lychnis, Plantain, Meadow Vetchling, Rannunculus, Yellow Rattle and Achillia.  All bar the Yellow Rattle germinated well and are now ready to plant out. Further seeds were sown this week but still got many more to do!

left to right​: The meadow in summer; Seedlings of Common Knapweed, Meadow Vetchling and Bird's Foot Trefoil; plugs of Sorrel  Lychnis and Plantain ready to go out.