Cottage Garden Seed Shaker
$15.00
Brand: Mr Fothergill’s
10g of seed (100g total weight)
Our Cottage Garden Mix is blended to achieve an old-fashioned look. The Mr Fothergill’s Cottage Garden Seed Shaker is an easy-to-grow mix and contains an informal balance of flowers of various heights and colours, the tallest growing up to 90cm.
Our Cottage Garden Mix seeds include many traditional favourites, such as snapdragons and poppies, and many more beautiful flower seeds that are sure to brighten up your flower garden for a timeless look.
This Cottage Garden Seed Shaker contains 100g of Shake & Rake mix (10g seed and 90g vermiculite), enough to cover a 30m² area. The seed mix contains specifically selected bee-attracting flowers combined with vermiculite, a natural mineral that ensures even seed distribution, maintains moisture levels, and supports optimal germination.
Flower seeds included in this mix:
- Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
- Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)
- Catchfly (Silene coeli rosa)
- Bachelors buttons (Centaurea cyanus)
- Californian poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
- Elegant clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata)
- Canterbury bells (Campanula medium)
- Phlox (Phlox drummondii)
- Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
- Josephs coat (Amaranthus bicolor)
- Catmint (Nepeta mussinii)
- Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium)
- Cosmidium (Cosmidium burridgeanum)
- Vervain (Verbena bonariensis)
- Speedwell (Veronica teucrium)
- Summer poinsettia (Amaranthus tricolor)
- Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Lambs lear (Stachys lanata)
- Cupid dart blue (Catanache caerulea)
How to Grow
To grow your Cottage Garden Shaker mix, follow these simple steps:
- Prepare the chosen area for your seeds by turning or raking the soil until it is crumbly, removing stones and weeds as you go.
- Open the pouring spout on the side of the box and carefully shake out the seed mix thinly and evenly directly over the prepared area. You can sow thickly or thinly, depending on what look you want to achieve.
- Gently rake over the seedbed to lightly cover the seeds.
- Water well until the plants are established.
Sow at 2-3 week intervals for continuous flowering. Some perennial varieties may not flower until the second year.
Once the flowers appear, pollinating insects and bees will soon follow, and your garden will be a hive of activity!
