Load image into Gallery viewer, Brown paper bag with flower illustrations along the bottom towards the right. White sans serif font in large says, Butterfly Mix, while below in black and smaller it says, native wildflower seeds, naturally protected in balls of clay, peat-free compost and chilli powder.

Load image into Gallery viewer, The back of the brown bag with sans serif white and black text with sowing instructions. Along the bottom is a light purple border that shows the months to sow, February through May or August through November and the flowering season from March through October.

Load image into Gallery viewer, White background graphic with round photographs of the five flowers in the seedballs. From top left to right its, forget-me-not, musk mallow, purple loosestrife, red campion, yarrow.

Load image into Gallery viewer, A graphic on white background with black text and flower illustrations at the bottom showing and explaining the components of a seedball With a small pyramid cut out in the ball. Arrows with text fromtop left to right. 30 to 100 seeds per ball depending on varieties. Clay to protect the seeds from predators. Chilli powder to deter slugs and snails eating the your shoots. Peat-free compost provides a little nutrition.

Butterfly Mix Bag

$20.00

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A mix of native wildflowers that are perfect for butterflies! This collection of flowers is designed to attract butterflies to gardens, balconies and window boxes using flowers recommended by Butterfly-Conservation.org

Each seed ball contains seeds from a mix of Purple Loosestrife, Forget-me-not, Musk mallow, Red campion and Yarrow, plus a sprinkling of pollinator-friendly annuals Chamomile, Cornflower, Corn marigold, and Night-flowering catchfly.

Each bag of Butterfly Mix contains 100 seed balls, enough to cover 5 metre square in a garden bed or 15-25 medium sized pots (leave at least 10cm between each ball). Best scattered in Spring or Autumn.

The bags are plastic free and fully compostable.

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