I found the ox eyed too tall yes in the wild locally they are only about 20cm.too much nutrition in the soil I suspect.
At home they have self sowed in paving and have still got over waist high. They are fine for a while them all flop over. I never see much wildlife on them. The bees don't seem to be interested but no doubt something is appreciating them. They don't last long, and I pull them out after flowering. The self seed like crazy and I like them. I need a load of cow parsley at home and I'll be happy.
It's great you have got yellow rattle to seed in grass. I hope it spreads.
The flower plot I'm writing about is an ex-tree pit on/in the pavement, so I'm going for low growing plants that won't flop on to the road or pavement, won't get mashed or get in the way. 30cm high is about the useful max. Currently purples/blues/whites/creams mostly for some coherence. Vetch might be good.
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