Description
These seed packets are charity wedding favours in aid of Elephant Family. Elephant family is a dynamic NGO on a mission to save a forgotten species from extinction – the Asian elephant. Every day in India alone an elephant kills a human and a human kills and elephant in a battle for space and food. Elephant Family exists out of urgent necessity due to a serious lack of investment and attention going into this conservation and humanitarian issue and funds projects across Asia to stop this conflict from happening.
Here at Wildflower Favours we are passionate about the plight of these endangered species and have joined forces with Elephant Family to help raise funds to create safe homes for both elephants and people. 20p from every packet sold will go towards this magnificent cause.
Please help support Elephant Family by giving your guests these seed packets as wedding favours. The wildflower seeds inside (about a gram in weight) are also perfect for butterflies and bees.
This seed packet is recycled and the seeds are British species grown in the UK. They are also personalised with your wedding details – please advise these in the box above.
Seeds in this seed packet include Cornflower, Corn Chamomile, Poppy and Corn Chamomile and they will be in a paper sachet, not a plastic and foil one. The seeds are viable for a few years so if you are not using them straightaway, just store them somewhere cool and dry out of direct sunlight.
About the Seeds
Cornflower
This pretty wildflower was once common in the wild cornfields but is now very rare in the wild, having been eradicated by farmers. The flowers are blue and “fluffy” and much loved by bumblebees, honeybees and solitary bees.. All members of the centaurea family are rich in nectar.
Latin name – centaurea cyanus
Height – 60 cm
Habitat – sun
Annual
Flowering time – June to August
Corn Marigold
Corn Marigold is popular with butterflies, bees and other bugs. Its vibrant yellow flowers are fabulous
Latin name – chrysanthemum segetum
Height – 60 cm
Flowering time – June to August
Annual
Habitat – sunny
Poppy
Familiar red flowers sometimes seen in field margins in the wild, or, rarely, abundant in fields. Poppies are also wild grassland and meadow flowers.
Latin name – papaver rhoeas
Height – up to 60 cm
Habitat – sunny
Flowering time – June to September
Hardy annual.
Poppies produce abundant pollen, which is generally very dark in colour. Bumblebees and honeybees in particular seem to like it. Some reports suggest that poppies may have a bit of a narcotic effect on bees, someone in Germany noting that when his honeybees had been on poppies, they had trouble finding the entrance to their hive! Hoverflies also really like poppies.
Corn Chamomile
As the name suggests, this wildflower has yellow and white chamomile-like flowers. Common in fields, meadows and grassland.
Latin name – anthemis arvensis
Height – 40 cm
Hardy annual
Habitat – sunny
Flowering time – May to September
Corn Chamomile provide nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinating insects.
