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Ribbed Mellilot -melilotus officinalus – grows well on fertile soils in full sun. Because of its quick-growing and competitive nature, it is a useful plant to include in field margins and conservation headlands. In gardens it would look pretty within a sunny wildflower border. Ribbed Mellilot is a tall growing species with yellow flower spikes that appear from July to September. Ribbed Mellilot looks best growing with other wildflowers that bloom in mid-summer such as Oxeye daisies, Greater Knapweed, Meadow Cranesbills and Small Scabious.

How to grow Ribbed Mellilot Seeds
Ribbed Mellilot seeds should be sown in spring or autumn, either outside, where they are to flower, or in seed trays and covered lightly with compost. Ribbed Mellilot seeds are usually easy to germinate and the seedlings, which are quick to develop, can be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year.

To buy Ribbed Mellilot seeds
To purchase Ribbed Mellilot seeds, please select a quantity above and click add to cart. To ensure the best chance of success, we sell all of our wildflower seeds by weight, which ensures each wildflower seed packet contains a good quantity of seeds. The recommended sowing rate is 1 gram per square metre, and the number of Ribbed Mellilot seeds per gram is approx. 400. All of our Wildflower seed packets contain seeds of Native British provenance.


Summary
type - biennial,
colour - Yellow,
height - 175 to 200cms,
flowering months - July, August, September,
habitat - Bare, Open Ground (eg Arable field margins, disturbed, waste ground),