WILD SEED PRODUCTION AT EMORSGATE

We have specialised for many years in the production of true native British wild flower and wild grass seeds, and we take pride in being able to supply seed which is both genuinely wild, and of top quality. To achieve this with confidence we carry out the entire process of seed production ourselves, from the initial collection of wild stock seed to the despatch of orders to our customers.

WILD STOCK COLLECTION

  We collect stock seed by visiting high quality, well documented, wild native populations and make hand collections of seed of individual species. Detailed records are maintained on the origin of all stocks, and increasingly we are propagating stocks from more than one origin for the species most used. Our aim is to be able, in time, to have available a range of ecotypes of the more important species, covering the regions of mainland Britain.

  Sufficient stock seed is collected to ensure a representative sample of the genetic variation in the wild population, and after 3-4 generations of seed production the stocks are replaced with fresh collections from the wild.

MULTIPLICATION

  Wild stock seed is used to plant up multiplication rows of 100-200 plants of each species. The seed produced by these short rows is harvested and is used to establish larger blocks of single species destined for commercial seed production.

Emorsgate Wild Seeds
Wild Flower Seed &
Wild Grass Seed
Growers & Suppliers

Regrettably we only
provide seed to
the UK market.