Cornfield Annuals

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