Mix of Flowers for Birds

A mixture of 15 species of annuals whose seeds provide food to birds such as chickadees, sparrows, warblers, finches, and goldfinch. These blooms will deliver a varied food source from summer to winter, if the seeded area is not mowed. Flaxseed blooms first, followed by millet and sunflowers. Broadcast the seeds in spring. Choose a sunny location. These flowers like well-worked and loosened soil. This glorious mix will bring colour and life to your garden.

All the annuals that make up this mix bloom 6 to 8 weeks after sowing. They are low-maintenance. These plants can adapt to a wide range of soils if they are not too clayey, too acidic, or too arid. Flowering begins in June-July (depending on the date of sowing) and continues until October. Seed availability is from September to January. The plants grow to between 60cm (24in) and 1m (3ft) in height. Some will spontaneously reseed wherever they please. Do not mow your fallow land at the end of flowering to allow the birds to feed on the seeds. Indeed, in autumn, the seeds become a prime food source for birds, so you can observe our magnificent garden companions!

The mix includes: sunflower, marigold, barbel knapweed, harvest chrysanthemum, red annual flax, poppy, bird millet, damask nigella.

Meadow flowers bloom throughout the summer season. This kind of sowing restores ecological balance. These flowers require very little maintenance, just water a little from time to time (especially during periods of prolonged drought). Invite nature into your garden: sow this seed mix in a somewhat neglected area of the garden, near an orchard, on a large embankment, or at the bottom of the garden.