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Irish Wildflower Seed Pack 3
Irish Wildflower Seed Pack 3
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The best way to improve biodiversity and to attract local bees and other insects is to grow native wildflowers. We have a selection of the best native wildflower seeds, including those best suited to attracting bees and butterflies.
The Butterfly and Bee 100% Wildflower Seed Mix for instance, has all the plant seeds you’ll need to attract these insects to your backyard, garden, or any other part of your home. The same goes for our Traditional Irish Wildflower mix, which has all the fresh-smelling wildflowers native to Ireland and attracts a pretty long list of insects.
A few of our most popular seed mixes include the Low Growing 100% Wildflower seed mix, Shaded Areas, 100% Wildflower seed mix, and a few others like the Yellow Rattle. Every one of these seeds is easy to grow and does not require any special care or routine to help them grow.
Once planted, they tend to grow on autopilot as long as they are watered and receive adequate sun. However, their best feature is the fact that they can and often do attract lots of butterflies, bees, and various other insects while giving you an excellent place to rest and relax.
Butterfly and Bee | Native Wildflower Seed Mix
Native wildflower mix for pollinators
✓ 100% wildflower seed - no grass
✓ 25% annual / 75% perennial species
✓ Includes yellow rattle
✓ Supports bees, butterflies and beneficial insects
✓ Best for prepared bare soil, borders and mini meadows
✓ Sowing rate: 1.5–3g per m²
Before you sow: Prepare the ground well first - wildflower seed needs good contact with bare soil.
This is an annuals-only mix, meaning it has a one-year life cycle. Expect blooms from 8-10 weeks after planting (if planted in Spring) or the following Summer, if planted in Autumn. If you wish to plant a mixture with the inclusion of these species, that returns year after year, we recommend planting the Native Butterfly and Bee Mix. This is a mixture of both Cornfield Annuals AND Perennial species. The annuals will bloom in year one, while the perennials will begin to bloom for the first time in year two, returning year after year.
All of the seed species in this mixture are from Irish Native Seed and are propagated on the island of Ireland in Co Waterford.
Before the advent of the intensive use of herbicides and pesticides, all of the species in this mixture would have been common weeds in our fields of corn.
This native cornfield annual with intense blue ruffled flower heads is a hardy annual and flowers from June-September. Best sown in cultivated soils receiving direct sunlight, this mix will show colour eight weeks after sowing.
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