Description
Get the tropical vibes with our flamingos seed packet wedding favour! Great unique and quirky design, personalised with your wedding details (please enter them into the Personalisation box above), eco-friendly and great for butterflies, bees and other insects!
The seed packet is completely recycled and measures 9 x 12 cm. You can choose rustic manilla packets or white – please choose from the drop-down menu above. The seeds are British wildflower species, grown in the UK without chemicals. Encourage your guests to help nature by giving them fabulous wildflower seed packet wedding favours! Any wildflower space, no matter how small, will help the pollinators in our gardens. Every little helps!
About the Seeds
Cornflower
This pretty wildflower was once common in the wild incornfields 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 provides nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinating insects.
