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Bee And Butterfly Mix Seeds
1.5 grams of Seed
Bee And Butterfly Mix is a carefully blended selection of 20 flower varieties chosen to attract essential pollinators while adding long-lasting colour to your garden. This diverse mix includes favourites such as cornflower, dianthus, blue tansy, borage, and echinacea, all highly valued by bees and butterflies. Scattered through borders, beds, or cottage-style gardens, these flowers provide a vibrant display while supporting biodiversity.
Plant Height: Varies (30–90cm depending on variety)
How To Grow
Sow seeds directly into the flowering position, scattering them thinly over prepared soil. Cover lightly with seed-raising mix, firm down gently, and keep moist until seedlings emerge. Thin out as required to avoid overcrowding. This mix prefers a sunny position and well-drained soil. Seedlings generally appear in 10–28 days.
When To Plant
All year round, except in the hottest or coldest months.
Flowering
8–14 weeks after sowing, continuing for many months.
Sow
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
Varieties Included
- Agastache mexicana blue (Agastache)
- Allium schoenoprasum (Chives)
- Ammi majus (Queen Anne’s Lace)
- Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
- Borago officinalis (Borage)
- Bupleurum rotundifolium (Hare’s Ear)
- Centaurea cyanus (Cornflower)
- Cosmos bipinnatus (Cosmos)
- Dianthus barbatus (Dianthus)
- Echinacea purpurea (Echinacea)
- Eschscholzia californica (Californian Poppy)
- Gaillardia aristata (Blanket Flower)
- Ismelia carinata (Tricolour Chrysanthemum)
- Monarda citriodora (Lemon Beebalm)
- Nepeta cataria (Catnip)
- Nigella damascena (Nigella)
- Penstemon strictus (Rocky Mountain Penstemon)
- Phacelia tanacetifolia (Blue Tansy)
- Ratibida columnifera (Upright Prairie Coneflower)
- Tagetes patula (French Marigold)
