Annuals

Fresh seed from 2025 harvest available now for next day delivery. Produced from native UK seed and cleaned to an exceptionally high-standard of purity and germination. Order yours today ready to sow this autumn.

Yellow rattle seed is a vital addition to any wildflower meadow. By attaching itself to the roots of grass species and slowing its growth, it creates space for a wide range of wildflowe...

Borage is a strong, medium-height wildflower with bright blue flowers that attract masses of beneficial pollinators and insects. Commonly found in forest verges and natural meadows, Borage is an easy-to-grow annual. 

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 100

Evocative red annual, short to medium height, a lover of disturbed ground and agricultural soils if given a chance to flower. Replenishes its bright vermilion petals each day. Proving season after season to be one of our most loved, attractive prominent wildflower. Ideally requires a frost or chilling to help germination.

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: May - July
• Soil Requirement: Well-drai...

The delightful white daisy flowers of this annual wildflower were once a common sight in cornfields. It is now much rarer due to the widespread use of selective herbicides. It has a compact upright habit, ideal for use on borders that will leave a strong, sweet scent similar to apples. 

• Height: 20 - 30cm
• Flowers: May - July
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun

Glorious annual wildflower seeds are very like a single Chrysanthemum. A fitting addition to beds and borders giving an understated delicious fragrance and can be used as cut flowers. Prolific in its production of wildflowers. 

• Height: 15 - 45cm 
• Flowers: June - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 400

Once common in the cornfields of England, this wildflower has reddish-purple and solitary with undivided petals on a tall, furry stem. This wildflower seeds itself very prolifically and is related to other campions.

• Height: 60 - 120cm
• Flowers: June - August
• Soil Requirement: Sandy, well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 80

A once common annual weed of cornfields and waste places, now rarely seen. Bright blue wildflowers are produced on tall wiry stems with narrow leaves from June to August. Its fluffy formation is highly attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. 

• Height: 30 - 60cm 
• Flowers: June - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 200

A tall, bright yellow annual or biennial widely naturalised in coastal areas and beside railway lines. Originally from North America, its oil is used in various herbal remedies. The flowers open in the evening and are visited by a large number of Moth species.

• Height: 100 - 150cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, sandy
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial sha...

Tiny blue flowers that are perfect for attracting beneficial pollinators and insects. Easy to self-seed, this species will provide colour and essential pollen and nectar for years to come.

• Height: 30 - 40cm
• Flowers: April - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 4,000

A native biennial occasionally perennial, common in woodland leering, hedgerows and heaths. Foxglove has tall spikes of pinkish-purple bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are pollinated by bumblebees.

• Height: 50 - 150 cm 
• Prefers: Sun or partial shade
• Flowers: June - September
• Seeds per gram: 13,000

A native herbaceous biennial found on waste ground and in grassy places, mainly on sandy or chalky soil. It forms a rosette of whitish felt-like leaves with a tall spike of yellow flowers which are very attractive to bees and a food source for the caterpillar of the mullein moth.

Good for: Bees and food for the caterpillar of the mullein moth

Height: 30-200cm (1-6ft)

Prefers: Sun or part...

A scrambling biennial found in dry grassland often by the sea. The unusual yellow woolly flowers attract a multitude of butterflies and bees and it is the larval food plant for the Small Blue Butterfly.

• Height: 7 - 15cm
• Flowers: May - October
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Seeds per gram: 350

A beautiful native biennial commonly found in rough grassy areas close to the coast and sand dunes. The striking bright blue flowers are a favourite with bumblebees and day-flying moths.

• Height: 25 - 75cm
• Flowers: June - September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained 
• Light Requirement: Full sun 
• Seeds per gram: 230

A common annual or biennial plant of downs and roadsides, its leaves are a common sight in neglected vegetable gardens. The cultivated form provides the edible kitchen carrot.  When the wild carrot begins to fruit, it is at its most distinctive. The fruits have long spines which attach themselves to any passing animal. In the 16th century, it was known as a remedy for epilepsy and much later on i...

Yellow flowers of cornfields and open places. Perennial, small yellow flowers followed by burr-like seed heads. Formally appreciated for medicinal use by herbalists this wildflower thrives in a partial shade. 

• Height: 30 - 60cm
• Flowers: May - August
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Partial shade
• Seed per gram: 1,400