Shade Mix
Each tin of Shade Mix contains 20 seed balls, enough to cover 1 metre square in a garden bed or 3-5 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). Best scattered in Spring or Autumn.
How to use Seedballs
What is Seedball?
A ball made from seeds, clay, peat-free compost and chili powder.
Why use Seedballs?
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!
What’s in the tin?
There are 20 balls in each tin, and around 30 seeds per ball.
How do I use Seedballs?
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!
What area will my Seedballs cover?
We would usually advise 20 seed balls per square metre, or 3-5 seed balls for a 35cm container.
Conservation:
All seed is responsibly sourced in the UK from Flora Locale accredited suppliers, we only ever use peat-free compost and our steel tins are manufactured in London (with the help of a solar farm on the factory roof).
See our FAQ page for our full guide to growing wildflowers from Seedball.
Delivery Information
- Free delivery (UK only) is available on all orders above £20 (3-5 working days)
- Royal Mail 2nd Class (UK only) is 3-5 working days
- Royal Mail 1st Class (UK only) 1-2 working days
- We can deliver to all addresses within Europe
- European delivery takes between 5-7 working days
- We’ll always notify you by email when your order has been dispatched
- For any urgent requests please email seedball@mayaproject.org
- more information on delivery and returns
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Bellflower (Campanula trachelium)
A medium to tall perennial with beautiful bell-shaped blue flowers
Height: 50-100cm
Flowers: June to September
Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis)
Short annual with blue-grey flowers occasionally interspersed with pink flowers.
Height: 10-40cm
Flowers: April to October
Geeklet: 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.
Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
The tallest of our native buttercups, meadow buttercup has distinctive yellow petals.
Height: 5-100cm
Flowers: April to October
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)
A tall grassland perennial with clusters of creamy white flowers.
Height: 60-90cm
Flowers: June to September
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Perennial
Height: 30-90cm
Flowers: May to September
Geeklet: In Austria and Germany oxeye daisies were hung inside the house as it was believed they would repel lightning.
Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
Beautiful tall perennial with raggedy red flowers.
Height: 30-50cm
Flowers: June to July
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
A perennial with rose pink petals.
Height: 20-60cm
Flowers: March to November
Geeklet: 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.
