New Royal Horticultural Society’s Flower Seed Mixes: Oh Sow Simple…

Invite Nature into Your Garden

Mr Fothergill’s RHS Award of Garden Merit winning flower and vegetables ranges have been hugely popular since their launch and the RHS seed offering now includes flower seed mixes. Endorsed by gardening experts at the RHS, these easy to grow flower seed mixes are perfect for novice gardeners and those looking for an economical and efficient way to fill flower beds and borders with season long colour.

There are 6 mixes to choose from, each packaged in cartons containing enough seed to cover up to 20 square meters. The seed is mixed with buckwheat husks to make sowing easier, growing beautiful flowers in just 3 simple steps. Scatter – open the handy tab on the side of the carton and scatter the seed over preprepared soil, Rake – over the area, Awake – water the newly sown ground and watch your flowers grow!

Perfect for attracting an array of nature into your garden, Flowers for Wildlife Cool Mix contains 12 varieties of long flowering, nectar rich blooms, which create a stylish display in colour coordinated, cool and serene shades. Producing blue and white, nectar and pollen rich flowers over a long period.

For a more vibrant canvas, Flowers for Wildlife Bright Mix is an easy to grow and extremely rewarding mixture. Containing 15 varieties this mix creates an eye-catching display of nectar and pollen rich flowers in a wide range of colours and shades. The vibrant blooms help promote garden biodiversity, flowering over a long period. Both Flowers for Wildlife mixes provide maximum benefit to a wide variety of visiting wildlife.

A colourful mixture of classic, reliable blooms, Cottage Garden Mix is a carefully blended mixture of traditional low maintenance garden favourites. Created to provide a beautiful display of colour throughout the summer months. The 10 varieties are great for cutting and will provide a food source for birds and beneficial insects.

Flowers for Bees Mix is created to produce food for a range of bees. Specially designed by experts to provide a wealth of reliable, nectar and pollen rich blooms, to attract and benefit a wide variety of useful, pollinating bees. The 8 varieties create a colourful display of orange, white and blue shades, which are easy to grow and flower over a long period.

Also included in the collection are Flowers for Insects, varieties selected by experts specifically to attract beneficial pollinating and pest eating insects, and Flowers for Birds chosen to provide all sorts of seed heads for wild birds in the autumn.

Sow all mixes between April and June and they should flower as early as June, through to October.

The RHS flower seed mixes are available to buy at retailers and garden centre stockists of Mr. Fothergill’s seeds.