Flowermeadow - 15g. (100g) Turfline

Price: Same as Bauhaus in April 2024 (also sold at Jem & Fix, etc.)

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Here’s what Turfline says on their website:

Turfline Flower Meadow attracts bees and butterflies. Turfline® Flower Meadow. A perennial pollen- and nectar-rich flower mix that attracts bees, butterflies, and other insects. Developed in collaboration with the beekeepers' association.

You get the best results with Turfline Flower Meadow on nutrient-poor soil without weeds. We do not recommend sowing the flower meadow directly into an existing lawn.

Maintenance: Normally, Turfline Flower Meadow should only be mowed once a year – in late summer after the main blooming. Mow to a height of approximately 10 cm. The cut material should be removed from the area. The flower meadow should never be fertilized.

The mix consists of perennial flower seeds and a corn cob granulate to ensure even distribution of the very small flower seeds.

Contains: Pot marigold, Cornflower, Viper's Bugloss, field Poppy, Alpine Forget-me-not, Wallflower, common corn-cockle, Oxeye Daisy, Dianthus sweet William, baby's breath, flax, Honesty, Sibella Carmin, Delphinium, Foxglove, garden candytuft, Yarrow, Borage, common pink.

Looking inside the seed bag:
No surprises here, it looks just like the seeds mentioned. Quite a lot of marigold, flax, and cornflower. It’s about 15% seeds and 85% corn cob granulate.

Comment:
Most of the plants in this mix are not native to Sweden and won’t survive in a flower meadow when managed properly as a meadow. This could absolutely become a beautiful flowerbed, but it is wrong to call it a meadow or expect it to become a true flower meadow. There are no grass seeds that should be in a genuine meadow seed mix.

Turfline is a Danish company, and the seeds are definitely not grown in Sweden.

Only the cornflower, field poppy, and delphinium (if it's the wild version) grow wild in Sweden of the annual seeds, and they are, as mentioned, not meadow plants, but weeds that bloom nicely in the first year.
Yarrow (if it’s an unhybridized variant) is a common meadow plant that can handle meadow management, often the one you have in your lawn if it’s just herbs and not grass. Viper's bugloss can survive in some areas with meadow care for several years and is found wild in Sweden.