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Bee and Butterfly Wildflower Seed Mix LWBP 100%

This rich variety of wildflowers will attract bees and butterflies. Using only the most nectar and pollen-rich species, this collection of bee friendly wildflower seeds is nothing short of a floral feast for our treasured pollinators. Brimming with a diverse range of annual and perennial wildflowers, including dozens of the RHS’s recommended ‘Plants for Pollinators’ - there's no better way to get your garden buzzing with life!

  • Contains 22 different native wildflower species and 4 naturalised 'super-pollinators' for maximum benefit to bees and butterflies
  • Wildflower seeds such as borage, sainfoin, white clover and red clover seeds
  • Flowers from May to October
  • Sowing Rate: 3 grams per sq/m.1kg covers 330sq/m

Mixture specifications, sowing instructions and maintenance can be found below.

Choose a packsize:
Mixture Specification
  Common Name Latin Name Quantity Flowers Height Type
1 Agrimony, Common Agrimonia eupatoria 1% Jun - Sep 50-150cm Perennial
2 Borage Borago officinalis 7% Aug-Sep 60-80cm Annual
3 Clary, Wild Salvia verbenaca 4% May-Aug 30-40cm Perennial
4 Clover, Red Trifolium pratense 3% May-Sep 20-60cm Perennial
5 Clover, White Trifolium repens 1% Jun-Sep 15-20cm Perennial
6 Corn Cockle Agrostemma githago 8% May-Aug 50-70cm Annual
7 Cornflower Centaurea cyanus 6% Jun-Oct 20-80cm Annual
8 Daisy, Ox-eye Leucanthemum vulgare 5% May-Sep 20-100cm Perennial
9 Foxglove, Wild Digitalis purpurea 3% Jun-Aug 50-100cm Biennial
10 Knapweed, Common Centaurea nigra 6% Jun-Sep 30-80cm Perennial
11 Knapweed, Greater Centaurea scabiosa 5% Jun-Sep 50-90cm Perennial
12 Loosestrife, Purple Lythrum salicaria 1% Jun-Sep 100-200cm Perennial
13 Marjoram, Wild Origanum vulgare 1% Jul-Oct 20-50cm Perennial
14 Meadow Cranesbil Geranium pratense 1% May-Aug 40-60cm Perennial
15 Musk Mallow Malva moschata 5% May-Sep 20-150cm Perennial
16 Poppy, Common Papaver rhoeas 5% May-Jul 50-70cm Annual
17 Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi 2% May-Aug 30-90cm Perennial
18 Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia 7% Jul-Sep 30-40cm Perennial
19 Scabious, Field Knautia arvensis 7% Jul-Sep 30-200cm Perennial
20 Scabious, Small Scabiosa columbaria 3% Jul-Aug 20-60cm Perennial
21 Teasel Dipsacus fullonum 1% Jul-Aug 100-200cm Biennial
22 Trefoil, Bird's-foot Lotus corniculatus 2% Jun-Aug 10-40cm Perennial
23 Vetch, Kidney Anthyllis vulneraria 2% May-Oct 15-50cm Perennial
24 Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare 2% May-Oct 50-100cm Biennial
25 Yarrow Achillea millefolium 5% Jun-Oct 20-100cm Perennial
26 Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor 7% Jun-Sep 20-50cm Annual

BSBP Mixture Contents

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Sowing Instructions

How to sow wildflower seeds

  • Remove all weeds and debris.
  • If the area has been overtaken by weeds, it is important to reduce the number of weeds in the soil.
  • It may be necessary to allow time for the first flush of weeds to germinate and then remove them before attempting to sow wildflowers.
  • Wildflowers prefer poor soil with low nutrients and if it is practical to do so you could remove any good quality topsoil.
  • Prepare the soil to a fine tilth.
  • Try not to disturb the soil any further as this may bring more weed seeds to the surface.
  • Most wildflower seeds are best sown February to April and late August to October, with the ideal time being autumn. Avoid hot summer months.
  • It is advisable to mix the wildflower seed with a carrier (dry sand) to assist with sowing. This will help in distributing the seed evenly over a large area.
  • Sow pure wildflower mixtures (100%) at a rate of 3g/m2
  • Sow wildflower with grass mixtures at 5 g/m2
  • It should not be necessary to rake the seed over as the light helps germination on many species.

 

A few weeks after sowing, the seeds will begin to germinate. If you are using a wildflower seed mixture the growth of the different flowers (and grasses if you have them in the mix) will vary, so if grasses start to emerge first there's no need to worry. 

 

  • Annuals will flower the same year if sown during the spring or the previous autumn.
  • Perennial wildflower species will establish during the first year of sowing and flower during the second year.

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