Shade Mix in a handy grab bag by Seedball is a mix of native wildflowers that are perfect for pollinators! A lovely, beautiful collection of colourful flowers that are designed to attract butterflies, bees an any other pollinators to your shadier garden areas and balconies. Each seed ball contains approximately 30 seeds from a mix of meadowsweet, bellflower, oxeye daisy, ragged robin and meadow buttercup. What's great about Seedballs is that the ball prevents the seeds from being eaten by birds and insects, thereby increasing the chances of your wildflowers growing. They are also super easy to use, so no digging or expert knowledge needed!
Seedballs are 100% plastic free, natural and eco-friendly - what's not to love?
Each bag of Shade Mix contains 100 seed balls, enough to cover 5 metres squared in the garden bed or 15-25 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). For best results scatter in Spring or Autumn.
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
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
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
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.