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Yellow Rattle Seeds

Botanical Name: Rhinanthus minor

Traditional Native Wildflower
Helps Suppress Vigorous Grasses
Encourages A Diverse Wildflower Meadow
Loved By Pollinating Insects

150 seedsSKU: 39256

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Create a more diverse wildflower meadow with this traditional British native, often known as the 'meadow maker'. Yellow Rattle is semi-parasitic on vigorous grasses, helping to reduce their growth and create more space for other wildflowers to flourish. Its cheerful yellow blooms were traditionally said to signal that the hay was ready to cut, while the ripe seeds make a distinctive rattling sound inside their pods.

Key information

Botanical Name: Rhinanthus minor

Genus: Rhinanthus

Plant Class: Hardy Annual

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: 50

Colour: Yellow

Habitat: Upright

Position: Full Sun

Attractive to: April, March, May, October, and September

SOW OUTDOORS March-May or September-October, thinly and directly into short grass or a prepared flowering position, 0.5cm/quarter-in deep. Allow 45cm/18in between rows and thin seedlings to 15cm/6in apart. Autumn sowing generally produces the best germination, as the seeds benefit from a period of cold weather. Allow the seed pods to ripen and shed their seeds naturally if you want plants to return the following year.

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