Fothergill's RHS British Wildflowers Seed Collection

Details:

• Botanical Name: Various native species, pre-sorted into six separately packed premium varieties for complete growing control.
• Plant Class: Mixed Collection, containing a highly versatile balance of Hardy Annuals and Perennials that deliver a succession of colour from late spring through to autumn.
• Cornflower Wild (100 Seeds): Produces classic, intense sky-blue english cornfield blooms on sturdy stems reaching a mature height of 60cm, offering an incredibly easy-to-grow option that adds a rustic texture to beds.
• Foxglove Wild (1000 Seeds): Features tall, stately, and structural flowering spires reaching up to 120cm in height, making it a great choice if you are looking to add dramatic vertical interest to partially shaded borders and woodland glades.
• Poppy Wild (750 Seeds): Delivers nostalgic, eye-catching, and vibrant scarlet paper-thin blossoms on 60cm stems, establishing rapidly in sunny patches to recreate a traditional British meadow aesthetic.
• Cowslip (50 Seeds): A highly prized native treasure of shady hedgerows that reaches a neat height of 25cm, producing clusters of sweet-scented, nodding yellow flowers that thrive in damp, partially shaded soil.
• Ox-Eye Daisy (500 Seeds): A much-loved, robust flower of traditional summer verges that grows to 60cm, bearing large, bright white composite flower heads with rich yellow centres that act as an excellent landing pad for butterflies.
• Wild Marjoram (500 Seeds): Reaches a mature height of 60cm, displaying frothy clusters of aromatic purplish-pink flowers over dense, bushy foliage that is exceptionally attractive to honeybees.
• Wildlife Ecosystem Support: Specially compiled to serve as a high-value nectar and pollen source, significantly boosting the ecological health of your kitchen garden or allotment.

Care Instructions:

• Sowing Position: Choose a weed-free, well-drained area in full sun or partial shade, raking the soil to a fine, crumbly tilth before sowing. For the most natural look, sow the individual packs separately in distinct drifts or combine them across a larger dedicated wildlife patch.
• Sowing Method: Broadcast the seeds thinly directly onto the prepared soil surface from March to May for summer development, or sow in September to allow the seeds to over-winter naturally, which promotes early germination the following spring. Cover very lightly with a fine layer of sifted soil or raked earth.
• Moisture & Establishment: Water the seedbed gently but thoroughly using a fine-rose watering can, keeping the area consistently moist until the young seedlings are well established. Once fully rooted, these native varieties are remarkably self-sufficient and require very little supplemental watering.
• End-of-Season Maintenance: Allow the flower heads to fade and dry completely on the stem in late summer, which permits the plants to drop their seeds naturally for subsequent years. Cut the entire area back to ground level in autumn using shears, clearing away the dead material to allow light to reach the soil for the next season.