Is a garden complete without cornflowers?  Imagine a blend of the loveliest shades of colours for a really pretty addition to summer borders and bed edges. With nectar rich blooms feeding butterflies, lacewings and bee, while wild birds will appreciate the food provided by the seed heads in autumn.  Imagine no more, grow wonderful Polka Dot Mix to enjoy all of that plus, with their wiry stems and ruffled petals, they make a delicate cut flower. 

Height 35-40cm   

Annual

Price for 50 seeds

SOW: where they are to flower (in situ) during March and April depending on the weather and your location – ideally when the nighttime temperature will not fall much below 10°C. Can sow in sheltered places in September to overwinter. Germination takes about 2 weeks or so.

GROW:  perfect for filling in gaps, the front edges of borders or along the edge of your veg beds.  Thin when young and carefully transplant those thinnings to other spots

ENJOY: an excellent cut flower for a posy vase.  Do leave some seed heads in autumn for the local birds to enjoy

Cosmos Candystripe – ravishingly beautiful: some have picotee raspberry pink edges all the way round each petal, others are splashed with deep pink whilst others may be pure crimson. Very floriferous: cosmos are renowned for long flowering, help them by deadheading for blooms through to late autumn.  .

Height from 75cm to over 100cm

Annual

Price for 50 seeds

SOW: in situ in May/June or earlier in spring in trays of seed compost.  Barely cover with compost or vermiculite and keep gently warm.  Prick out when they reach the two-leaf stage and grow on.

GROW:  harden off and plant out at from the end of May onwards.  For clumps space 10-20cm apart.  For bushier plants, pinch out growing tips when plants reach 15-20cm tall.  They like to be in a sunny position and may need staking. 

ENJOY: keep cutting the blooms and new flowers will keep forming.  One of the most productive cut flowers you can grow. Nectar & pollen rich for bees and butterflies

Cosmos Daydream becomes covered with masses of dreamy delicate flowers all summer long and into the autumn too: each has a central ring of deepest rose moving outwards to shades of pale pink and finally a creamy white edge.  Simply deadhead to prolong flowering and encourage new flower buds and when you reach the season's end, don't be too quick to pull them up as birds (in particular Goldfinches) love to snack on their seedheads.

Height to 100cm

Annual

Price for 50 seeds

SOW: in spring in trays of seed compost.  Barely cover with compost or vermiculite.  Prick out when they reach the two-leaf stage and grow on. Can be sown in situ May/June.

GROW:  harden off and plant out at from the end of May onwards.  For clumps space 10-20cm apart.  They like to be in a sunny position.  Cosmos flowers best on poorer soil.  They may need staking. 

ENJOY: keep cutting the blooms and new buds will pop up to replace them.  Nectar & pollen rich for bees and butterflies with autumn seedheads for birds

Cosmos Fizzy Mix provides a lovely range of semi-double flowers, many with eye-catching deep ruby edges to the petals forming a flamboyant frothy display featuring white, lilac and plum shades with single and bi-colour variations.  Treat yourself to these colourful, easy to grow blooms: they have a long flowering season (July to October) and make top quality cut flowers too

Height 90-100cm

Annual

Price for 50 seeds

SOW: in April and May in trays of seed compost.  Barely cover with compost or vermiculite.  Place in a warm position and keep at a temperature of between 20-25°C Prick out into trays or small pots when they reach the two leaf stage and grow on. Can be sown in situ May/June. 

GROW:  harden off and plant out at from the end of May onwards.  For clumps space 10-20cm apart.  They like to be in a sunny position.  Don’t let Cosmos dry out.  This tall variety may need staking.

ENJOY: do cut the blooms, new buds will quickly pop up to replace them and you will have blooms all summer long.  Nectar & pollen rich for bees and butterflies

Cosmos Purity – delicate pure white petals float gracefully above feathery foliage… these flowers with their gold centres can be 10cm across making this variety a stunning ‘must have’ in the border.  It is a great choice for cutting and loved by bees and butterflies too. Summer flowering to the first frosts

Height to 90cm.

Annual

Price for 50 seeds

SOW: in situ in May/June or earlier in spring in trays of seed compost.  Barely cover with compost or vermiculite and keep gently warm.  Prick out when they reach the two-leaf stage and grow on.

GROW:  harden off and plant out at from the end of May onwards.  For clumps space 10-20cm apart.  For bushier plants, pinch out growing tips when plants reach 15-20cm tall.  They like to be in a sunny position and may need staking. 

ENJOY: from summer to the first frosts, just keep cutting for new flowers.  Why not combine the snow-white petals with another variety such as Candystripe or Velouette.  These nectar & pollen rich flowers are loved by bees and butterflies.

Grow Cosmos Sensation Mixed and treat yourself to stunning splashes of colourful silky single flowers, in shades of pink, red and white each with a small yellow centre. Tall and floriferous for blooms all summer long.  Plenty for the bees and butterflies to feast upon and for you to cut and enjoy in your home. 

Height 90-110cm  

Annual                                     

Price for 50 seeds.

SOW: in situ in May/June or earlier in spring in trays of seed compost.  Barely cover with compost or vermiculite and keep gently warm.  Prick out when they reach the two-leaf stage and grow on.

GROW:  harden off and plant out at from the end of May onwards.  For clumps space 10-20cm apart.  For bushier plants, pinch out growing tips when plants reach 15-20cm tall.  They like to be in a sunny position and may need staking. 

ENJOY: the silky single flowers make stunning displays inside your home or in your garden.  Loved by bees & butterflies.

Velouette has the most fabulous large blooms from pure deep red to petals with varying stripes of bright white to give a dynamic display:  simply stunning as a drift of colour.  If picked as the buds are about to bloom they will last 7-10 days in a vase.  In the garden they are loved by bees and butterflies too. 

Height 80-90cm

Annual     

Price for 50 seeds 

SOW: in late March to May in trays & barely cover with compost.  Place in a warm position and keep at a temperature of between 20-25°C Transplant to small pots at the 2-leaf stage and grow on.  Harden off and plant out at from mid-May into June.  You can sow direct outside in May & June

GROW: for drifts space 20-30cm apart in a sunny position.  For bushier plants pinch out the tips when 15-20cm tall.  Water until established.  Deadhead regularly, they may need staking.

ENJOY: stunning as a drift of colour, loved by bees & butterflies, beautiful cut flower with a vase life of 7-10 days

Lots and lots of nectar rich varieties will help to attract bees, other beneficial insects and butterflies to your garden. They will help you will pollination and natural pest control and you will be helping to support native British wildlife.

Sow on weed free soil or grow in large seed trays that you can move around. There are no grasses in this mix, just flowers from May to October.

Sufficient seed for 4 square meters.

The super mix contains. Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Borage (Borago officinalis), Red Clover (Trifolium pratense), White Clover (Trifolium repens), Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Dwarf Sunflower (Helianthus gracilentus), Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus), Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Meadow Cranesbil (Geranium pratense), Musk Mallow (Malva moschata), Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Field Poppy (Papaver rhoes), Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi), Sainfoin (Onobrychis viccifolia), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria), Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare),  Wild Clary (Salvia verbenaca) and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

This fabulous blend of taller annual varieties will bloom throughout the summer, they are all ideal for cutting or simply let them fill your garden with colour. 

They are almost as easy to cultivate as throw and grow… 

There are 19 different varieties… Zinnia. Marigold, Cornflower, Malope, Cosmos, Aster, and Babys Breath are just some of of what you can look forward to enjoying!

Sufficient seed for 2 sqm.  

This superb blend of fast flowering shorter annual varieties is almost as easy as throw and grow… there are 32 different varieties… beautiful blue Flax, Nigella, purply Pasqueflower, Cornflowers, Gypsophila and little Calendulas are just some of the blooms you will enjoy in the summer.    Sufficient seed for 2sqm

First decide where you would like your blanket of flowers then weed and dig the soil thoroughly to a fine tilth.  Mix the seed with about 4g of sharp sand or vermiculite – this will help mix the seeds and show you where you have sown them.  To make it easier to look after your flowers make drills so that your plants will grow in rows (helps with weeding) or simply broadcast over the area.