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Nature in a box - fill your garden with thousands of flowers. Extremely easy to grow mixes of glorious colour and variety to enhance your garden and attract beneficial pollinators such as bees and insects.A mixture containing wild flowers designed to provide impact in their first year after sowing. Seed mixture contains types such as: Corn Cockle, Corn Marigold, Cornflower, Common Knapweed, Lady's Bedstraw, Meadow Buttercup, Ox-Eye Daisy, Poppy, Red Campion, White Campion and a range of grassesEach pack will be supplied in a box with a net weight of 200g, including 15g seeds plus vermiculite which acts as a 'carrier' to help ensure the seed is distributed evenly when sowing.Your shaker mixes will perform best in a sunny or lightly shaded position, in any type of soil as long as there is adequate drainage. Prepare the ground by clearing any stones and weeds. Lightly dig over to loosen soil and rake over. Give the box a good shake and scatter the contents at a rate of 25-30g/sq m (approximately 8 tablespoons). Water the ground immediately. Sow mid-March to June or September to November. Flowers in summer from a spring sowing, or the following spring from an autumn sowing; annuals will flower in their first year and then self-seed for flowering in following years, perennials normally flower from year 2 onwards (some may flower in their first year if sown early). Water regularly until they are fully established, especially during dry periods. Remove any fading flowers to encourage fresh blooms and keep weed free.Images shown are for guidance only. Seed contents may vary inside the pack to what is printed.
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