Flowering Fallow For Birds

This Flowering Fallow for birds is a mix of 18 species of annual flowers that produce sought-after seeds by birds. It provides them with a varied food source early in the season and during the winter, at a time when the insects they feed on in the summer are still scarce. Very early and appreciated, flax seeds will quickly be available. Then comes the season of sorghum, millet, and other sunflowers sought after by tits, sparrows, warblers, accentors, finches, and goldfinches. The seeds are sown in the spring, in the sun, in freshly cleared, worked, and loosened soil, scattering them as you go. The meadow thus created will also provide colour to the garden and a refuge for biodiversity.

All the annual plants that make up this mix flower 6 to 8 weeks after sowing. They are not demanding and can tolerate a wide range of soils as long as they are not too clayey, too acidic, or too arid. Their flowering extends from June to September, and the availability of seeds extends from September to January. One box allows to cover up to 200 square metres of land. The size of the plants reaches about 80cm (32in) in height. Some, whose seeds have escaped the appetite of birds, will self-sow wherever they please. At the end of flowering, do not prune, and you will be able to observe our magnificent garden companions! Indeed, in the autumn period, the seeds become a first-choice food source for birds.

Partial composition: Helianthus annuus, Cosmos bipinnatus, Panicum miliaceum, Sorghum nigrum, Linum

The Bird Flowering Fallow is very trendy, combining usefulness with pleasure, flowering throughout the entire summer season and requiring very little maintenance. Occasional watering if the weather is really dry will be more than enough. Invite nature into your garden: sow our flower mixes near the vegetable garden, in a part of the garden left a bit untended, or on the large slope that borders a sunken path, near your fruit trees, or even at the back of the garden on the border with the countryside...

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