Pond Edge Seed Mix

Please visit our sister site British Pond Plants if you want less seed than advertised here or if your intended purchases come to under our £100 basket minimum.

Pond Edge Seed Mix

This pond edge mix will produce a selection of ecologically appropriate native wildflowers for pond margins and river banks. Just to be clear, these are species which need wet conditions. If your pond has a liner and the area around it is relatively dry, just use a meadow mix.

The pond edge mix is the seed mix we used for our wildlife pond, together with our lovely collection of large plug plants.

We offer the mix either with or without grasses, and also offer less diverse collections of pond edge plants, without the grasses. With grasses it includes 30% native wildflower seed. Sow at 4g/metre with grasses, 1g/square metre if wildflowers only.

The wildflower seed has guaranteed UK origin and provenance and the grasses are certified.

If you're interested in smaller quantities you can find them here at our sister website. This mix is appropriate for smaller ponds.

30% native wildflower seed and 70% slow growing certified native grasses.

% Wildflowers (by weight)

1.0 Betony (Stachys officinalis)
1.0 Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
1.0 Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
1.0 Common Spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris*)
1.0 Cowslip (Primula veris)
1.0 Gipsywort (Lycopus europaeus)
2.0 Hedge Bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
1.0 Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum*)
2.0 Lady's Bedstraw (Gallium verum)
3.0 Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
2.0 Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
1.0 Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
1.0 Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
1.0 Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
1.0 Red Campion (Silene dioica)
1.0 Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolate)
1.0 Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
1.0 Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
1.0 Water Avens (Geum rivale)
1.0 Water-Plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)
1.0 Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris)
1.0 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
2.0 Yellow Flag Iris(Iris pseudacous)
1.0 Yellow Rattle (Rhinthus minor)

*This species is currently unavailable

70% Grasses
10.0 Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris)
25.0 Crested Dogstail (Cynosurus cristatus)
25.0 Slender-creeping Red-fescue (Festuca rubra) 
10.0 Meadow Fescue (Schedonorus pratensis or Festuca pratensis)

Sowing Rate: 3g per square metre, 12kg per acre.

Supplier : All Things Rural

We strongly recommend reading up on wildflower meadows before buying seed - see our resources section and brief guide to preparation and aftercare, which includes links to our "how to" blogs and video.

Although we test our seed and it has high germination rates, you need to be careful about initial care and establishing an annual regime. Don't be put off though - once you get the hang of it it's pretty straightforward.