GROW & GATHER

In your recent package from us you’ll have received some seed bombs to grow some wild Cornflowers. Read below to see how to grow them.

Centaurea cyanus, commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button, is an annual flowering plant. In the past, it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of "corn", referring to grains, such as wheat, barley, rye, or oats), hence its name.

The flower heads have blue flowers that attract butterflies and will reseed in suitable environments.

How to Sow Your Seedballs

Each individual seedball contains approximately 8 seeds. Also contains peat-free compost to get seeds off to a flying start and a pinch of chilli powder to deter pests. A dried clay casing protects against birds, ants and mice.

  • Simply scatter onto bare soil/compost (avoid scattering on grass) on a garden bed or in a pot. Leaving at least 10cm between each ball.

  • This process can take 4-6 weeks from scattering.

  • Slowly the ball will disperse and become less visible. Leaving a patch of young plants which will continue to grow into beautiful blue cornflowers.

FLOWERS THAT PAIR WELL WITH CORNFLOWERS

Dahlia 'Arabian Night'
Has masses of fully double, dark wine-red flowers with slightly incurved petals.

Dahlia 'French Cancan'
A loose and flouncy dahlia with two-tone orange flowers, 'French Cancan' is a gorgeous bloomer with light tangerine, slightly twisted petals and a deeper, warmer underside of blood-red orange.

Dahlia Rip City
A stunning cactus dahlia with red-black flowers and a black heart. The fully double flowers have long, narrow, pointed petals that recurve for more than half their length and have a ruffled appearance. 

Dahlia 'Crème de Cassis'
Good sized flowerheads, with petals that are a soft violet-pink on the upper surface and a rich plum underneath. 

Dahlia 'Labyrinth'
A decorative-type, peachy dahlia that blends with veined apricot and unfurls like miniature calla lilies from a raspberry clustered centre. ‘Labyrinth’ is an intoxicating and flamboyant plant whose flower can reach up to 18cm (7”) across and looks fabulous in a cut flower vase.

Papaver Nudicaule – Icelandic Poppies
These flame-coloured, papery poppies would ignite any border or planting scheme with their delicate, bowl-shaped blooms in a fiery mixture of yellow, orange, pink and white.

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Splendens'
A fabulous plant for adding late summer colour to the garden, this Japanese anemone grows in sun or shade and has masses of yellow-eyed, pale pink flowers.

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Dazzler'
Carmine red blooms top the upright stems, clothed with finely divided foliage, of this glorious annual. Flowering from early summer (if sown early) to mid-autumn - and sometimes beyond, these easy-to-grow plants will provide lots of colour in the garden. 

Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfecta Mid Blue' (Perfecta Series)
Solitary lavender-blue flowerheads appear in mid and late summer above the clumps of lance-shaped, grey-green foliage.

Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfecta Alba' (Perfecta Series)
The frilly outer florets of 'Perfecta Alba' surround a somewhat domed eye, which together form showy heads that top tall and sturdy stems. 

Ammi Majus
Dainty white flowerheads that look like lacework are born in summer and seem to hover in a frothy haze above the finely cut, green foliage. 

Elegant cutting garden collection
This cut flower collection, is perfect for those who love the simplicity of white, featuring classic and contemporary flowering annual favourites for borders and cut flower vases. Includes: Cosmos Bipinnatus 'Fizzy White', Ammi Majus, Lepidium Sativum, Antirrhinum Majus ‘Admiral White’.

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