Lowland Calcareous Grassland Seed Mix

Lowland Calcareous Grassland Seed MixLowland Calcareous Grassland Seed Mix This wildflower seed mix has been developed to support the creation of lowland calcareous grassland habitat (g2a) on free draining, lime rich soils such as chalk and limestone downland, slopes, and unimproved calcareous pastures. The mix is dominated by characteristic calcicolous wildflowers and fine, low vigour grasses, making it well suited to long term grassland restoration and Biodiversity Net Gain delivery.

Lowland Calcareous Grassland Seed Mix

This wildflower seed mix has been developed to support the creation of lowland calcareous grassland habitat (g2a) on free-draining, lime-rich soils such as chalk and limestone downland, slopes, and unimproved calcareous pastures. The mix is dominated by characteristic calcicolous wildflowers and fine, low-vigour grasses, making it well suited to long-term grassland restoration and Biodiversity Net Gain delivery. Species selection has been informed by NVC CG-series calcareous grassland communities.

The mix performs best under light grazing or low-intensity cutting. Final vegetation will vary depending on soil depth, fertility and management, with optimal results achieved where nutrient inputs are avoided and long-term low-intensity management is maintained.

✅ BNG-compliant
✅ Ideal for chalky and limestone soils
✅ 27 indicator species

Wildflower Species 

• Agrimony - Agrimonia eupatoria
• Betony - Betonica officinalis
• Bird's-foot trefoil - Lotus corniculatus
• Burnet saxifrage - Pimpinella saxifraga
• Clustered bellflower - Campanula glomerata
• Common rock rose - Helianthemum nummularium
• Common knapweed - Centaurea nigra
• Cowslip - Primula veris
• Dropwort - Filipendula vulgaris
• Devil's bit scabious - Succisa pratensis
• Eyebright - Euphrasia officinalis
• Field scabious - Knautia arvensis
• Greater knapweed - Centaurea scabiosa
• Hairy violet - Viola hirta
• Harebell - Campanula rotundifolia
• Hoary plantain - Plantago media
• Horseshoe vetch - Hippocrepis comosa
• Kidney vetch - Anthyllis vulneraria
• Lady's bedstraw - Galium verum
• Wild marjoram - Origanum vulgare
• Mouse-eared hawkweed - Pilosella officinarum
• Oxeye daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
• Common restharrow - Ononis repens
• Rough hawkbit - Leontodon hispidus
• Salad burnet - Poterium sanguisorba subsp. minor
• Wild thyme - Thymus drucei
• Dwarf thistle - Cirsium acaule

Grasses (6–8 species):

• Sheep’s fescue - Festuca ovina
• Upright Brome - Bromopsis erecta
• Yellow oat grass - Trisetum flavescens
• Tor grass - Brachypodium pinnatum
• Quaking grass - Briza media
• Hairy oat grass - Avenula pubescens

Note:

• This mix is ideal for chalky and limestone soils — avoid on neutral or acidic substrates.
• Many of these species are slow to establish but highly persistent and rewarding.
• Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) may be used if grass suppression is desired, though it’s less dominant on very thin calcareous soils.
• This mixture can be modified by adding or subtracting species.