Skip to the content Harlow Agricultural Merchants Ltd MENU Nectar Rich and Legume & Herb Rich Mixtures HAM (Harlow Agricultural Merchants) supply several Legume & Herb and Nectar Rich Mixtures that provide great benefits to wildlife and the surrounding environment, These mixtures create good habitat while proving a essential nectar food source for a vast range beneficial insect that include your butterflies and bumblebees. These can be sown in can be Sown either in Spring or Autumn and used as a field buffer strip, in awkward field corners or even in whole field situations. They can also be used as part as the Countryside stewardship agreement (CCS) Mid Tier, Higher Tier, ELS or HLS. Nectar Rich Bronze Nectar Rich Mixtures Pollen & Nectar with Grass (CSS Code GS4) SSMG Cocksfoot Festulolium Red Clover Sainfoin Timothy Birdsfoot Trefoil Winter Vetch Creeping Red Fescue Tall Fescue Tall Oat Grass Alsike Clover Black Medick Musk Mallow Oxeye Daisy Selfheal Yarrow Sheeps Burnet Sowing Rate 20kg/ha Pack size 10kg Flower Rich Margin Mixture (CSS Code AB8) Slender Red Fescue SSMG Chewings Fescue Crested Dogstail Hard Fescue Winter Vetch Sainfoin Browntop Bent Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Medick Red Clover Oxeye Daisy Wild Carrot Yarrow Red Campion (N) Ribwort Plantain Musk Mallow Selfheal Lady's Bedstraw Salad Burnet (N) Sowing Rate 16-20kg/ha Pack size 20kg (N) = Native species BGM 4 with Wildflowers & Fine Grass (CCS Code AB8) Creeping Red Fescue SSMG Chewings Fescue Hard Fescue Sainfoin Crested Dogstail Winter Vetch Browntop Bent Red Clover Alsike Clover Birdsfoot Trefoil Black Medick Yarrow Oxeye Daisy Wild Carrot Ribwort Plantain Sheeps Burnet Sowing Rate 16-20kg/ha Pack Size 20kg BGM 4 with Wildflowers & Fine Grasses Nectar Rich Bronze (CSS Code AB1) Sainfoin Winter Vetch Crimson Clover Alsike Clover Birdsfoot Trefoil Red Clover Lucerne Sowing Rate 12kg/ha Pack size 12kg Nectar Rich Gold (CSS Code AB1) Sainfoin Winter Vetch Alsike Clover Red Clover Birdsfoot trefoil Lucerne Black Knapweed Musk Mallow Sowing Rate 12kg/ha Pack size 12kg Annual Nectar Mixture Buckwheat Sainfoin Phacelia Crimson Clover Lucerne (inoculated) Red Clover Alsike Clover Sowing rate 10kg/ha Pack size 5kg Annual Nectar Mixture WF1 (CSS Code EE12, HE10) Sainfoin Red Clover Birdsfoot Trefoil Yarrow Winter vetch Black knapweed Lucerne Alsike Clover Black Medick Ox-eye Daisy Meadow Buttercup Red Campion Selfheal Wild Carrot Lady’s Bedstraw Field poppy Salad Burnet Suckling Clover Sowing Rate 5 -10kg/ha Pack size 1kg Butterfly & Bumblebee Mixture (CSS Code AB8, H10) Creeping Red Fescue SSMG Browntop Bent Hard Fescue Sheeps Fescue Lucerne (inoculated) Yorkshire Fog Hairy Vetch Birdsfoot Trefoil Kidney Vetch (N) Alsike Clover Tufted Hairgrass Ribwort Plantain Agrimony (N) Phacelia Red Campion (N) Musk Mallow White Campion (N) Oxeye Daisy Black Knapweed Field Scabious Selfheal Wild Carrot Field Pansy (N) Sowing Rate 16kg/ha Pack size 1kg (N) = Native species Legume & Herb Rich Mixtures Legume & Herb Rich Mixture (GS4) 25% Late Perennial Ryegrass 20% Festulolium 15% Timothy 10% SSMG 10% Creeping Red Fescue 10% Red Clover 5.6% Sainfoin 1.43% Lucerne (inoculated) 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil 1% Sheeps Burnet 0.5% Ribwort Plantain 0.25% Yarrow 0.2% Sheeps Parsley 0.02% Wild Carrot 100% Sowing rate 32 - 37kg/ha Pack size 20kg Herbal Meadow (GS4) 27% Late Perennial Ryegrass 20% Festulolium 11% Timothy 10% Red Clover 10% SSMG 7% Cocksfoot 5% Lucerne (inoculated) 4.5% Sainfoin 2% Birdsfoot Trefoil 1% Fenugreek 1% Perennial Chicory 0.7% Ribwort Plantain 0.5% Sheeps Burnet 0.25% Yarrow 0.05% Sheeps Parsley 100% Sowing rate 30 - 35kg/ha Pack size 20kg Mixed Herbs 26% Sainfoin 23% Sheeps Burnet 20% Ribwort Plantain 15% Sheeps Parsley 13% Chicory 3% Yarrow 100% Sowing rate Variable Pack size 1kg & 5kg Rapid Gain Mixture 49% Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 20% Perennial Chicory 15% Red Clover 10% White Clover 6% Ribwort Plantain 100% Sowing rate 20kg/ha Pack size 20kg Gromore Mixture 35% Late Perennial Ryegrass (T) 30% Ribwort Plantain 20% Red Clover 15% White clover 100% Sowing rate 20kg HerbMax 1 Light Land 20% Cocksfoot 15% Fojtan Tall Fescue Plus™ 15% Sainfoin 10% Timothy 10% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 6% Sheeps Burnet 5% Lucerne (inoculated) 5% Red Clover Blend 4% Ribwort Plantain 3% Birdsfoot Trefoil 2.5% Dual Purpose White Clover Blend 2.5% Alsike Clover 2% Sheeps Parsley 100% Sowing rate 32kg/ha Pack Size 10kg HerbMax 2 Medium to Heavy Land 16% Late Perennial Ryegrass 15% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 14% Timothy 12% Fojtan Tall Fescue Plus™ 8% Cocksfoot 6% Meadow Fescue 6% Red Clover Blend 6% Sheeps Burnet 4.5% Ribwort Plantain 4% Dual Purpose White Clover Blend 3.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil 3% Alsike Clover 2% Sheeps Parsley 100% Sowing rate 35kg/ha Pack size 10kg HerbMax 3 Conserve & Graze 20% Lofa Hybrid Ryegrass Plus™ 18% Late Perennial Ryegrass 16% Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass 14% Timothy 8% Chicory 8% Cocksfoot 6% Red Clover Blend 4% Plantain 4% Dual Purpose White Clover Blend 2% Alsike Clover 100% Sowing rate 30kg/ha Pack size 10kg Legume and herb-rich mixtures provide an abundance of productive grazing for livestock whilst providing habitat and food source for invertebrates and pollinators, supporting biodiversity. Grass offer lots of reliable bulk forage with the added benefits of Nitrogen fixing ability of legumes, reduces the need for artificial fertilisers, as well as increasing the protein content which directly enhances DLWG or milk production. Deep rooting herbs break through damaged soil structure providing livestock with access to vital nutrients and minerals. Herbs act as a natural anthelmintic, reducing reliance on wormers. Two Year Legume Fallow Mixtures Agreements starting on or before 1 January 2020 In the autumn, sow the with grass mixture at an overall seed rate of around 30 kilograms (kg) per ha, and retain for 2 years before re-establishment. Agreements starting on or before 1 January 2021 In the autumn, sow the flower rich mixture and retain for 2 years before re-establishment: Two Year Legume Fallow Mixture with Grass (AB15) * Agreements starting on or before 1st Jan 2020* 66% Late Perennial Ryegrass 15% Red Clover 10% Winter Vetch 7% Birdsfoot Trefoil 1% Yarrow 1% Oxeye Daisy 100% Sowing rate 30 - 40kg Two Year Legume Fallow Mixture Flower Rich (AB15) * Agreements starting on or after 1st Jan 2021* 50% Winter Vetch 15% Lucerne 15% Red Clover 10% Alsike Clover 5% Birdsfoot Trefoil 5% Black Medick 100% Sowing rate 15 - 20kg Darrell Clark Orders & Quotations Darrell.clark@harlow-ag.co.uk Ben Freeston Orders & Quotations Ben.freeston@harlow-ag.co.uk Site map Seeds Agchem Fertiliser Grain & Lab Contact Contact Harlow Agricultural Merchants Ltd Latchmore Bank Little Hallingbury Bishops Stortford Herts CM22 7PJ info@harlow-ag.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1279 658313 Location Map Satellite Keyboard shortcuts Map data ©2021 Terms of Use Report a map error © 2021 Harlow Agricultural Merchants Ltd Modern Slavery StatementPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyTermsSitemap Cookie Notice Find out more about how Accept Cookies