Wildflower seeds Campion, Carrot, Charlock, Chamomile, Chicory, Chickweed,
Corn Marigold, Cowslip, Daisy, Dandelion, Deadly nightshade seeds
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Native Wildflower Seeds, Campion, Carrot,
Caper Spurge, Charlock, Chamomile, Chicory, Chickweed, Cowslip, Daisy,
Dandelion, Deadly nightshade, more.
One of the largest selections of wild flower seeds, weeds from seed and
wildflower mixtures available online.
Sowing time for wildflowers is all year round with best results
sowing either March to early May, or from August to September.
The following selection of wildflowers and weeds are the most popular and easily
grown species, whose beauty and colour make them ideal subjects for the garden
sourced from leading British Wildflower seed producers.
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Red Perennial
Av 1,250 seeds per gram Silene dioica Hgt 20- 90cm Red Campion flowers May to September Red Campion. Rose pink flowers grow in clusters pollinated by bees. Found in woodland hedgerows and shady lanes the flowers open during the day. Av 900 seeds Add to basket 10 gram pkt
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White Perennial
Av 750 seeds per gram Silene Alba Silene latifolia Hgt up to 100cm White Campion flowers May to October White Campion. Large creamy white 5 petalled flowers that open during the evening. Scented flowers attract the moths and butterflies, excellent for attracting wildlife, native of hedgerows. 1 gram pkt Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket Bulk
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Campion Bladder Perennial Av 1,000 seeds per
gram Silene vulgaris Hgt 80cm Campion Bladder flowers May to September Bladder Campion, white flowers on upright stalks, flowers have a swollen bladder like calyx. Noted for attracting moths and butterflies. Dried flowers and seed heads can be used for decoration. Grow in a dry sunny position. 1 gram pkt Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket Bulk
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Spurge Poisonous Annual/Biennial
Av 22 seeds/gram Euphorbia lathyrus Hgt up to 100cm Caper SPurge flowers May to June Believed to banish Voles and Moles from the garden. Caper spurge is an ideal plant for the wildflower garden also found in the wild but believed to be an escapee from gardens. Yellow flowers are borne on long stems in the second season. 2 gram pkt Add to basket
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Wild Biennial Daucus carota Hgt up to 1m Wild Carrot flowers June to September Wild Carrot. Biennial to short lived perennial flowers in second year. Dense umbels of white or creamy white flowers above ferny leaves that give off a scent of carrot when bruised. Aromatic herb that attracts wildlife. Wild Carrot has culinary and medicinal properties, root, flowers and seed have culinary uses. 5 gram pkt Av 4-5,000 seeds Add to basket
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Centaury
H annual / Biennial Av 1,000 seeds Centaurium erythraea - Common Centaury, Feverwort Centaury has delicate pink flowers that only open when the sun shines. In the middle ages it was known as Feverwort. Medicinally is a tonic for the digestive system, used internally, purifies the blood, for kidney, jaundice and other complaints and is often combined with other herbs. A yellow-green dye from the flowers. Sow Centaury from early spring in situ, prefers a sandy soil in full sun. Native habitat normally grows in poor soil in dry grassland or edge of woodlands.
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Chamomile, Corn Annual Av 3,000
seeds/g Anthemis arvensis - Corn Chamomile hgt 12-80 cm Flowers June to July Corn Chamomile. Yellow and white daisy like flowers, slightly scented habitat cornfields. 1 gram pkt Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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Charlock Annual
Av 400 seeds/g Sinapis arvensis - Charlock Mustard, Field Mustard, Corn-mustard Hgt 30-75+cm Charlock flowers May to July Yellow 4 petal flowers arranged in clusters, habitat arable land and waste ground, related to White Mustard Sinapsis alba. Leaves cooked or raw as a flavouring in salads, edible oil can be obtained from the seed, flowering stems used cooked as a vegetable. Sow spring and autumn, grow in full sun. 2 gram pkt Add to basket
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Chicory Perennial Av 550 seeds Chicorium intybus Hgt 30-120 cm Chicory flowers July to October Bright blue flowers that close after midday. Often cultivated for medicinal purposes and also used as a vegetable or coffee substitute. Habitat waste land and field margins. Excellent food for tortoise. Add to basket
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Chickweed Annual Stellaria media Hgt 35 cm Chickweed flowers mainly spring and autumn Habitat common throughout the British isles in gardens, wasteland and roadsides. Broadcast sow spring onwards, lightly rake in. Prefers moist soil in full sun. Used as a healing herb for skin conditions, promotes healing, culinary in salads and as a vegetable. 1 gram pkt Av 2,000 seeds Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket 50 gram pkt £25.00 Add to basket
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Wild Perennial Av 400
seeds/gram Salvia verbenaca Hgt 40-60cm Wild Clary flowers May to August Found on dry pastures and roadsides in Southern England rare elsewhere. Blasphemously called Christ's eye, due to its use as a cleanser and soothes irritation in the eyes. The leaves can be used raw or cooked, a herbal tea can be made from the leaves and snuff from the roots. A good bee plant, well suited to wild flower gardens and cultivated beds. Grows in full sun in light sandy well drained soil. Zone 6, Sow spring inside/under glass plant out during early summer, in areas that are close to the hardiness zone it is best to grow on in the greenhouse for the first year and plant out after last frosts. Av 400 seeds Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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Subterraneum Clover
Annual Av 100 seeds Trifolium subterraneum Flowers May to June Also spelt Subterranean Clover White flowers on prostrate plant that after flowering the plant head burrows into the ground planting its seeds. Add to basket
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Red
Clover
Perennial Av 400 seeds/gram Trifolium pratense Hgt 5-60 cm Red Clover flowers May to September Pinkish purple flowers, common in grassy places and rich moist soils. Grown as a crop for tortoise food, animal fodder and green manure. A medicinal herb used for skin complaints, cancers of the breast, whooping cough and dry coughs. Magical powers of exorcism, fidelity, love, money and success. A valuable source of nectar for bumble-bees. 2.5 gram pkt Add to basket
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Clover (Kent Wild White Clover)
Perennial Av
1,500 seeds/gram Trifolium repens Hgt 0.1m White Clover flowers June to September Long stalked white flowers often with a pink tinge. Root nodules improves the soil, can be used as a pot herb. Attracts beneficial insects and an excellent nectar plant for bees, used as green manure, also used for a clover lawn. Over sow into lawns at 1- 5g/sqm 0.5g pkt Add to basket
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Columbine Harmful if eaten
Perennial Av 100 seeds Aquilegia vulgaris - Grannys Bonnet, European Crowfoot Hgt 40-100 cm Columbine flowers May to July Distinctive nodding flowers with horn shaped petals coloured blue white or pink. Habitat damp places, open woods or scrubland. Add to basket
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Comfrey Common
Perennial 1g = approx 300 seeds Symphytum Officinale The peeled roots of common Comfrey are cut up and added to soups. A tea is made from the dried leaves and roots, the roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. It can be cut several times per year and used as a valuable addition to the compost heap, a liquid feed containing potassium can be obtained by soaking the leaves for a week in a small amount of water, ideal for tomatoes. A magical herb with powers of money and safe travel. Flowers Pinkish, Purplish or White. 1g packet £1.75 Add to basket
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Corn Buttercup Annual
Av 80 seeds/gram Ranunculus arvensis Hgt up to 0.5m Corn Buttercup flowers from May to July Yellow flowered wildflower with shiny leaves. Habitat arable land, cornfields and field margins, was once widespread but now has become quite scarce. All parts of the plant are toxic. 1 gram pkt Add to basket
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Corn Chamomile Annual
Av 3,000 seeds/g Anthemis arvensis Hgt 12-80 cm Corn Chamomile flowers June to July Yellow and white daisy like flowers, slightly scented, habitat cornfields. 1 gram pkt Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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Marigold
Hardy Annual Av 700 seeds/gram Chrysanthemum segetum Hgt 15 - 60cm Flowers May to September Corn Marigold has solitary golden yellow flower heads. An attractive plant that is a worthwhile addition to the annual flower garden. Habitat cultivated and waste ground. 1 gram Add to basket
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Corncockle Harmful if eaten
Annual Av 200 seeds Agrostemma githago Hgt 100 cm Corncockle flowers June to August Purple pink flower, Now rare, was once abundant in cornfields. Add to basket
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Cornflower, Wild
Annual Centaurea cyanus Av 325 seeds/gram Hgt 60 cm Wild Cornflower flowers June to August Beautiful ornamental wildflower. Bright blue flowers, once found in cornfields but is now quite rare, often grown in gardens. Av 325 seeds Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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| Cowslip Perennial
1g pkt Av 1,200+ seeds Primula veris Hgt 20 cm Cowslip flowers April to May Golden yellow flowers with an orange spot at the base of each petal. Found on grassland and woodland margins. 1 gram pkt Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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Cranesbill, Bloody Av 100 seeds Geranium sanguineum - bloody cranes-bill Hgt 20-100 cm Flowers June to August Single flowers of a bright reddish purple carried on long stalks. Habitat grassland and rocky ground. Add to basket
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Cranesbill Dusky Perennial 0.5g pkt
Av 90 seeds Geranium phaeum - Mourning widow Hgt 80cm Plum to almost black coloured flowers, clump forming and ideal for dry shaded areas.
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Cranesbill, Meadow Perennial 0.5g pkt Av 60 seeds Geranium pratense Hgt 30-80 cm Meadow Cranesbill flowers June to September Cup-shaped bluish-velvet flowers. Habitat meadows, sunny places and roadsides. Add to basket
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Cranesbill Wood Av 30 seeds Geranium sylvaticum Hgt up to 1m Flowers June to July Perennial ideal for woodland garden will grow best in acid/alkaline soils in full sun or shade sow spring in a cold frame cerise pink flower Habitat meadows woodlands and hedgebanks. Sow spring in a coldframe. Add to basket
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Creeping Jenny Evergreen Perennial Over 20,000 seeds/gram Lysimachia nummularia Hgt 15 cm Flowers May to August Habitat light woodlands and damp pastures grows well along pond margins and streams. Low growing creeping plant produces yellow flowers from may to mid august. Prefers moist soils in semi shade to full sun. (part of the primrose family). Sow spring or autumn in a cold frame. 1 gram pkt
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Crosswort Perennial Av 150 seeds Cruciata laevipes Hgt 30-60 cm Flowers April to June Yellow scented flowers on delicate stems habitat woodlands, hedge banks and shady places. Prefers chalk and lime rich soils. Add to basket
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Perennial Av 600 seeds Bellis perennis Hgt 5-20 cm Daisy flowers February to October White flowers with a yellow centre. Habitat grassland, meadows and lawns. Was once a valuable herb for healing wounds. Culinary and medicinal herb, petals, young leaves and flower buds can be added to salads and internally used for coughs, externally for sore eyes and minor wounds. Magical herb powers of love and lust. Add to basket
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Daisy,
Oxeye Perennial
Av 3,000 seeds/g Leucanthemum vulgare Hgt 20 - 100 cm Oxeye Daisy flowers May to August White flowers with a yellow centre, a favourite ingredient in wild flower arrangements. Habitat old meadows, waste ground and gardens. Often used in wild flower mixtures. 1 gram Add to basket 10 gram pkt £7.90 Add to basket
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Dandelion
Perennial Av 2,000 seeds Taraxacum officinale Dandelion flowers only open in full sun from March to September. Height up to 35cm Leaves may be blanched and used in salads, roots can be roasted and ground as coffee substitute. high in vitamins and minerals. Tortoise love dandelion leaves. Flowers used for wine making. £0.95 Add to basket
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Black Nightshade
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Dog Rose Shrub, deciduous
Av 50 seeds Rosa canina Dog Rose, Wild Rose, Brier Rose Wild flower/Herb Dog Rose quite a useful herb the fruit can be used raw or cooked, the syrup as a nutritional supplement, the dried leaves as a substitute for tea. Dog rose petals are used either raw or cooked. Medicinal uses for treating colds, diseases and infections. Sow seed in autumn, cold stratification (10-12 weeks) is required and seed is slow and erratic to germinate. Add to basket
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Dog-Violet, Common Perennial
Av 120 seeds Viola riviniana Common Dog Violet Hgt 5- 40 cm Flowers April to September Flowers are blue-violet with a whitish spur. The common woodland violet seen in spring. Habitat woods hedges and coastal heaths. Add to basket
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| Dropwort Perennial
Av 500 seeds/g Filipendula vulgaris Hgt up to 80 cm Dropwort flowers May to August Dropwort, filipendula vulgaris. Clusters of sweet scented creamy white flowers above fern like foliage, good for attracting wildlife. 500 seeds Add to basket 10 gram pkt £6.90 Add to basket
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Cultural information for Individual wild flower species
Sowing time all year round with best results sowing either March to early May, or from August to September, for autumn establishment of most species).
Most wild flowers can
easily be sown in one of two ways:
1/ Broadcast directly onto a carefully prepared, weed free seed bed. Germinate
fine seeds on the surface: lightly rake in larger seeds. After sowing the area
should be firmed to ensure the seed comes into contact with the moisture in
the soil. Water with a fine spray to avoid disturbing the surface of the soil.
Keep the area well watered and free from grass and weeds. As the seedlings
grow some thinning out will be necessary, especially with the more vigorous
species. Use the area as a source of plant material by transplanting to other
beds.
2/ Sow into pots or trays of seed compost, place outdoors or in a sunny room.
cold frame or cool greenhouse. Prick out and pot up into potting compost when
large enough to handle. Pot grown plants develop excellent root systems which
enable them to establish rapidly when planted out in their final position at
the end of the growing season.
Special treatment for wild flower seeds
Scarification :- The germination of some seeds is
greatly improved by rubbing the seeds lightly between two sheets of sandpaper.
this enables the moisture in the soil to penetrate the seed coat.
Species that benefit from this treatment are:- Burnet, Salad; Clovers;
Crane's-bills; Liquorice Wild; Medic Black; Melilots; rock Rose; Restharrows;
Trefoils; Vetches and other members of the pea family.
Stratification :- A number of seeds have to be
subjected to a period of cold during winter before germination takes place in
the spring. You can provide the period of cold by adding the seed to damp sand
and putting it in a plastic bag in the fridge for 6-8 weeks. Or sow them in a
cold frame in the autumn.
Species that benefit from this technique are :- Bellflower clustered, Bluebell,
Burnet-Saxifrage, Carrot Wild, Cowslip, Honeysuckle, Lords & Ladies, Mignonette, Ramsons, oxlip,
Primrose, Violets, Weld and all Sedges.
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