Mixed Wildlife Attracting Annuals Seed Mix

Description

Blended to appeal to a wide range of insects, this colourful mix will attract wildlife including butterflies and bees, who feed on the pollen, and will also produce seed heads to providing food for wild birds.
Quick and easy to grow, this mix is ideal for creating a natural-looking meadow to attract pollinating insects into your garden. Perfect to get kids interested in gardening or for time-strapped gardeners who want results without the effort!
A collection of hardy and half-hardy annuals, these wildflowers also make ideal flowers for cutting so you can bring colour into your home too either in a vase or as part of a mixed bouquet.
Never before has it been so important to protect pollinators such as bees, and this wildflower mix is ideal to encourage them into your garden. Bees are invaluable for pollinating a whole range of plants and especially useful for kitchen gardens to enable the formation of many fruits and vegetables. Take a look at our bee book for more details on these fascinating insects.
This dazzling mix of some of our best-known annual flowers will give your garden a bright show of colour. The mix contains a selection of these varieties*:
Aster – Callistephus chinensisBorage – Borago officinalisCalifornian Poppy – Eschscholzia californicaCanary Grass – Phalaris canariensisCoreopsis – Coreopsis tinctoriaCorn Cockle – Agrostemma milasCorn Marigold – Chrysanthemum segetumCornflower – Centaurea cyanusCrimson Clover – Trifolium incarnatumDill – Anethum graveolensField Poppy – Papaver rhoeasFlax – Linum usitatissimumGilia – Gilia capitataLarkspur – Delphinium ajacis & Delphinium consolidaLavender – Lavandula angustifoliaOregano – Origanum vulgarePhacelia – Phacelia tanacetifoliaPhlox – Phlox drummondiiPurple Viper's Bugloss – Echium plantagineumVetch – Vicia sp.Yellow Mustard – Sinapis hirtaZinnia – Zinnia elegans
*NB, due to seasonal availability, we cannot guarantee all varieties will be included in each individual packet.
Growing to 120cm (48in). Sow outdoors, March-May directly where they are to flower. Flowers June – October.
Supplied as 0.5g seed to cover up to 0.5sqm. Native grown seed not taken from the wild
CAUTION: Harmful if eaten