Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Price range: £11.65 through £204.00
Out of stock
New York
Standard – $15, delivery charge is free for orders over $50. For the same-day New York delivery service, please place your order before 2.00pm, Monday – Friday. For same-day New York delivery service on Saturdays, place before 10.00am.
Nationwide Delivery
Standard – $20. A next-day nationwide delivery service is available Tuesday – Saturday for orders placed by 2pm the previous day.
Each bouquet will arrive with flower care instructions. Please note, certain fragile products are available for a New York delivery only.
If you would like to order seed amounts of over 1kg then please email us for details at info@sotiaseeds.co.uk
Sow at approximately 1g per m2
To sow, scarify the grassy area by raking harshly, or sow it in areas that have been trampled by animals – the crucial thing is that it needs to have contact with the soil. Don’t cover the seed, just press it down with your feet or with a roller.
Young visitors to Mavisbank enjoyed hearing about the ‘vampire’ plant that sucks the goodness from the roots of grass and clover… Yellow Rattle.
This hemi-parasite of British grassland was for centuries an unwelcome sight on improved grassland as it weakens grass, reducing its vigour and spread…if however you want a species-rich grassland, with a diverse community of plants and animals then Yellow Rattle can be a valuable tool, as it opens up the sward of grass, allowing other plants light and nutrients to grow. It also acts upon clover, another vigorous plant that can overwhelm a grassland community.
