• O xe Eye Dai s i e s In virtually all mixtures, suppliers will add Oxe Eye Daisies, for they always germinate and their white flowers, with egg-yolk yellow centres, are instantly recognisable. But, they are a thug and by the end of July will have ‘gone over’ and their thuggish nature will suppress the wider variety of wild flowers that most aspire to. So be bold and insist on a mixture that excludes Oxe Eye. It will almost certainly ‘arrive’ by wind or be in the soil anyway, in which case germination is usually at a rate that is much more manageable and not so over bearing. v) Sowing Rates Sowing rates for wild seed mixtures are much lower than for conventional lawn and amenity grass mixtures (2-4g/m2 compared with 25-50g/m2), as the aim is slow and gentle. Don’t sow too thickly and if there’s a good grass sward already, maybe just use pure wild flower seed without any grass seed element. Annual mixtures: 3g/m2 W IL D FLO W ER MEADOWS : Appearances can be deceptive 9 Annual Mixtures Poppies Pink Campion Ox-eye daisies Cornflowers