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Seedball Tin Butterfly Mix

  • Product Code: 121306
  • This item is currently out of stock
  • £6.00



A mix of native wildflowers that are perfect for butterflies! This lovely collection of mostly purple pink and blue flowers is designed to attract butterflies to our gardens balconies and window boxes and uses only flowers recommended by Butterfly Conservation. Each seed ball contains approximately 30 seeds from a mix of Purple Loosestrife Forget-me-not Musk mallow Red campion and Yarrow plus a sprinkling of pollinator-friendly annuals Chamomile Cornflower Corn marigold and Night-flowering catchfly.

Each tin of contains 20 seed balls enough to cover 1 metre square in a garden bed or 3-5 medium sized pots.

A ball made from seeds clay peat-free compost and chili powder.

The ball prevents the seeds from being a tasty lunch for birds and insects thereby increasing the chances of your flowers growing. Plus they're super easy to use no digging and no expert knowledge needed!

Throw onto soil or compost in a garden bed or planter in Spring or Autumn leaving at least 10cm between each ball. Your Seedball has everything it needs to grow and once the ball becomes moist and the temperature is right your seeds will germinate!

Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
Short annual with blue-grey flowers occasionally interspersed with pink flowers.
Height: 10-40cm
Flowers: April to October
Forget me nots have been used in the past for their astringent properties. The name Myosotis is derivation of the Latin and Greek for mouse and ears.

Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
Description: A tall perennial with large rose pink petals.
Height: 40-70cm
Flowers: June to August
The plant is cultivated for its seeds which are used in perfumes. The plant also yields a fibre that can be used for clarifying sugar.

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
A tall perennial with a spectacular spike of magenta flowers.
Height: up to 150cm
Flowers: June to August
A beautiful ornamental plant well suited to boggy areas.

Red Campion (Silene dioica)
A perennial with rose pink petals.
Height: 20-60cm
Flowers: March to November
Silenus the merry god of the woodlands in Greek mythology gave his name to Silene dioica. The second part of its scientific name dioica means 'two houses' and refers to the fact that each Red Campion plant has flowers of one sex only so that two plants are needed to make seeds.

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
A perennial aromatic herb with white flowers arranged in a many flowered flat umbel head.
Height: 8-60cm
Flowers: June to August
Yarrow is a common herb that has been highly regarded for its medicinal properties in Britain since Anglo-Saxon times it is said that Achilles used this herb to treat the wounds of his soldiers.

Seedball Bee Mix also includes a sprinkling of annuals Chamomile Cornflower Corn marigold and Night-flowering catchfly






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