Six wildflower seed mixes for hedgehogs, bees, birds, bats, beetles and butterflies. A beautiful garden gift for wildlife lovers! A fabulous gift for a gardener, eco stocking filler or secret santa gift! Suitable for both expert gardeners or people with no previous experience of gardening, for children, grandparents, mums and dads. Christmas is coming, why not treat your loved ones to a piece of nature?Each box contains six wildflower seed balls made from a mix of British wildflower seeds, peat-free compost, clay and chilli powder, which together works to naturally protect the seeds from being eaten before they’ve had a chance to grow. Simple to use and works well in pots and windowboxes as well as in garden beds. All you need is a patch of soil or compost and some rain to grow your own wildflowers!Perfect as an eco friendly christmas gift, stocking filler, or as your secret santa present!Add a beautiful wildlife card illustrated by Ally Gore for an extra £3.25; choose from the bee, ladybird or moth! If a gift-note is provided upon ordering, we can write your personalised message within the card for you. not given The collection includes one box for each type of wildlife plus an information card with details on each wildflower mix. Bee BoxA mix of native wildflowers that bees will just love! This carefully selected mix is designed specifically to attract solitary bees, honey bees and bumblebees. Includes birdsfoot trefoil, foxglove, red Clover, viper’s bugloss and wild marjoram.Butterfly Box This lovely collection of mostly purple, pink and blue flowers is designed to attract butterflies to our gardens, balconies and window boxes and uses only flowers recommended by Butterfly Conservation. Includes purple loosestrife, forget-me-not, musk mallow, red campion and yarrow.Hedgehog BoxA wildflower patch of is a super addition to creating a hedgehog friendly garden, not only in providing shelter but importantly to attract a whole range of tasty insects for hedgehogs to feed on. This mix includes yellow rattle, wild carrot, birdsfoot trefoil, tufted vetch, self heal and poppy.Bird BoxThis careful selection of plants will boost the food supply for a wide range of birds including goldfinches, blue tits, chaffinches, greenfinches, robins, starlings, increasing the number of birds seen in your garden. Whilst in bloom the flowers will attract insects that many birds feed on, while birds will also feed directly on the plants and seeds themselves. Includes corn marigold, poppy, greater knapweed, sheep sorrel, tufted vetch, and wild carrot.Beetle BoxThe ideal mix to attract ladybirds and pollinating beetles, who are really important for our garden ecosystems (did you know that beetles pollinated the first flowers at the time of the dinosaurs!). The mix includes common knapweed, cornflower, cow parsley, field scabious, foxglove, great burnet and yarrow. Bat BoxContains a special mix of wildflowers to attract a wide diversity of insects that bats feed on (such as moths), including flowers that release their fragrance in the evening when bats are most active in our gardens. The mix also has plants with a combination of long and short pollen tubes and a range of colours and shapes of flower to maximise the number of insects that they attract. Includes borage, cornflower, corn marigold, evening primrose, night-scented stock and wallflower.We make the balls ourselves from a mixture of UK wildflower seeds, clay, peat-free compost and chilli powder. The outer clay protects means that the seeds are inaccessible to ants & birds, and once sufficient water has permeated the clay, the seeds inside begin to germinate - helped along by the nutrients and minerals contained within the ball. The chilli powder continues to deter slugs and snails while the seed ball slowly degrades and the seeds sprout.Each box (made from 100% recycled card) contains 6 seed balls, plus a little card insert to explain what the balls are and how to use them. Incredibly easy to use - simply scatter on soil or compost (no digging needed) and nature will do the rest! One box will cover 1-2 pots. Use 6 boxes per square metre in a garden. Best to scatter in Spring or Autumn.
