Coronation Garden Mix
New for Summer 2023!
A collaborative tin with The Wildlife Trusts as part of their Coronation Gardens Campaign, which guides how to best grow for food and nature in our gardens. Included are tips on creating a grow your own patch, water features, pollinator and wildlife friendly areas, plus advice on going chemical and peat-free and other tips. Do check it out!
You can also add your garden to the map of Coronation Gardens here.
On the back of the tin shows the emblem for the Coronation of King Charles III, who has created over 1,000 acres of wildflower meadows across the UK since 2012! And he continues to work closely with The Wildlife Trusts and Plantlife on continued creation of meadows alongside encouraging people to visit, enjoy and celebrate meadows.
Limited Edition Tin – Only available while stocks last!
£4.00
Each tin of Coronation Mix contains 20 seed balls, enough to cover 1 square metre in a garden bed or 3-5 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). Best scattered in Spring or Autumn.
Each seed ball contains approximately 30 seeds from a mix of Yellow Rattle, Musk Mallow, Red Clover, Oxeye Daisy, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cornflower and Poppy.
One box of seed bombs will cover 1 square metre in a garden bed or 3-5 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). See our FAQ page for more details on how to get the best from your seed balls.
The Wildlife Trusts are 46 charities working tirelessly to protect, restore and create new homes for wildlife, bringing nature back to where you live and work in the UK, Alderney, and Isle of Man. They are working towards the ambitious goal of protecting and connecting 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030, but they couldn’t do it without the generous support of their 911,000 members and 35,000 amazing volunteers!
20p of the selling price of this tin mix is donated to The Wildlife Trusts.
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
A bright red flowering annual - hugely popular and often used as a symbol of remembrance.
Height: 30-60cm.
Flowers: May to July
The remembrance poppy is the common field poppy, one of the first wildflowers to colonise disturbed ground or fallow cornfields. It became identified with the battle zones of the First World War, or Flanders Fields, which were originally corn fields.
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Annual.
Height: 90cm
Flowers: June to August
Cornflowers are edible. They have a cucumber-like taste. Flowers can be consumed in the form of salad and tea, or used as a garnish.
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Perennial with trefoil leaves and pinky red flowers. Good weed suppressor.
Height: 10-45cm
Flowers: May to September
The trifolium can help to break up heavy soil over time, plus it adds nitrogen to the soil, meaning healthy plants all round!
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus Minor)
A quick growing grassland annual with yellow flowers and two purple 'teeth'.
Height: 45cm
Flowers: May to September
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.
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Perennial.
Height: 30-90cm
Flowers: May to September
In Austria and Germany oxeye daisies were hung inside the house as it was believed they would repel lightning.
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
A perennial with clusters of yellow/orange pea like leaves.
Height: 15-25cm
Flowers: May to October
Lotus corniculatus is such a sunny little thing, why not try it mixed into your summer baskets and patio pots?
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