Seeds for Bee mix
Posted on 25th November 2022 at 21:04
Bees are short of habitat and therefore food can be scarce. Seeds for Bees is a mix of 19 species of flowers that attract bees and other pollinators. The flowers are nectar rich and designed to be a banquet for the bees. The flowers grow in succession so give along flowering period. The species included are:
This specially selected mixture is versatile, They are tolerant of a range of conditions such as different soil types (clay, sand, loam) and environmental conditions such as full sun and shade.
Full sowing instructions are included. Just the thing to encourage youngsters to get active outside preparing the soil, planting and watching the flowers grow and attract insects. Just the job for adults too who want jolly up an area of garden into a low maintenance flower patch. They work just as well in pots, planters and troughs.
Cornflower - Centaurea cyanus
Chamomile - Anthemis arvensis
Forget-me-not - Myosotis arvensis
Pansy- Viola arvensis
Field or Common Poppy - Papaver rhoeas
Corncockle - Agrostemma githago
Corn Marigold - Glebionis segetum
Ladys Bedstraw; - Galium verum
Meadow Buttercup - Ranunculus acris
Campion; Red - Silene dioica
Campion; White - Silene latifolia
Wild Carrot - Daucus carota
Ribwort Plantain - Plantago lanceolata
Selfheal - Prunella vulgaris
Sorrel; Common - Rumex acetosa
Kidney Vetch - Anthyllis vulneraria
Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
Yellow-Rattle Or Hay-Rattle - Rhinanthus minor
Common or Hardheads Knapweed - Centaurea nigra
Bird's-foot-trefoil - Lotus corniculatus
Salad Burnet - Sanguisorba poterium
Common Vetch - Vicia sativa
Oxeye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Best planted in the spring for a summer show. Planted in the Autumn seeds will germinate early the next spring. Let the flowers run to seed. Cut the heads off and leave them on the ground (swathing) and they will reseed for further years a flowers.
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