Insect-friendly garden

Produces good soil structure and is a first class food plant for honey bees, bumble bees etc. March sowings come into flower by July, later sowings to the beginning of September produce good green manure and are killed off by the frost. October sowin...

Quick growing, ground covering, bee plant. Rotation neutral and dry conditions. Compact growth and relatively sturdy variety, killed off in the winter. Grows to 80 cm high. Sow till end of August. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Good green manure plant with a large green mass, can also be used as fresh fodder or as silage. Can be left standing over winter as cover for helpful beneficial organism. Can be sown till the end of August. To produce flowers it should be sown by the...

The winter vetch with its deep rooting habit, counts as one of the best winter catch crops for enriching the soil and imbuing it with readily available organic materials. Excellent as a preceeding crop especially to heavy feeders. Sowing depth: 2-5 c...

Several cuts possible, suitable for one year clover grass ley, quick early development, rapid soil coverage, nitrogen fixer. Sow till end of July. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

A one or two year clover variety with low demands on the soil. Fast growing with a very ramified root complex. Grows up to 50 cm high. Good nectar plant. Excellent winter cover crop when sown in August and September. Only one cut is generally possibl...

Slow growing when young. Grows well in light to medium soil (18-60 ground points). Deep root penetration, good nitrogen fixer, improves soil structure. This variety of blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) also produces white flowers. Not recommended fo...

Winter hardy green manure/fodder mixture of rye and vetch. Stops winter soil leaching, strongly surpresses weeds. Sowing depth: 2-3 cm.

Small seeded, rapid growing green manure and protein rich fodder plant. Strong weed suppression with its large amount of green mass, strong root penetration, good soil structure, high level of nitrogen fixing. Not winter hardy. Sowing depth: 2-5 cm....

Mixture contains 25 % red clover, 40 % perennial rye grass, 35 % Italian rye grass (the mix may vary). Sowing depth: ca. 1 cm.

Quick growing summer clover, not winter hardy. With its high protein content and good regenerative power, it can be cut several times well into the autumn. The intense honey scented flowers make excellent bee pasture. Sow mid April to mid August. Thr...

Serradella is a robust, white-pink flowering legume often grown before a heavy feeding crop. It is slow to start growing, sensitive to lime and prefers sour, loamy sandy soils. It is not winter hardy but does grow at low temperatures and can resist u...

Specially good on dry, shallow soils not lacking in lime. Perennial, winter hardy legume. Can withstand drought due to deep network of roots. Much cultivated as a protein rich fodder plant and nitrogen fixing soil improver. Rich pink flowers, with a ...

Very sturdy flax with delicate, sky-blue flowers. Early and long-lasting flowering period. Very healthy plants. High oil content. Heat-loving plant with vigorous taproot, specially interesting for summer mixtures. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.Flax 'Lirina' is an ancient cultivated plant with delicate, sky-blue flowers and a long flowering period. The drought-tolerant plants develop strong taproots for soil loosening. Blue flax is rotationally neutral and is popular with insects. Sow from ...

An annual, inexpensive mix for flowering strips with plants to attract and specially designed with the market gardener in mind. Contains: Buckwheat, phazelie, sunflower, borage, lupin, Egyptian Clover, Persian clover, summer vetch, serradella, mother...

Green manure plant that cleanses soil of nematodes. Very vigorous, strong roots. Sowing depth: 3-4 cm.

Very quick growing, undemanding and leafy catch crop. A late flowering variety that copes fairly well with drought. Rapid ground cover plant that suppresses weeds. Should not be grown before Brassica crops. Sowing depth: 1-3 cm.

Perrennial mixture. Since lucerne (65 %) is frequently slow to establish, some red clover (15 %) is included. The grasses (perennial ryegrass 15 %, red fescue 5 %) help to repress weeds. From the second year on the deep and powerful lucerne roots wil...

A low growing white clover variety, well suited for undersowing. Bulks up well and has a rapid regrowth. Minimal winter dieback. Up to 15 cm of fine root growth. For grass leys down for more than one year. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

A mix of vigorous varieties that germinate quickly and rapidly cover the ground. The "Rapid Ground Cover mix" consists of buckwheat, phacelia, fodd radish and mustard. Suitable for all situations. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.

Tagetes patula is a strain specially useful for controlling root nematodes (up to 95 %). Plenty of green matter to repress weeds. Sow end of May to mid July. Sowing depth: 1 cm.

Mixture of different varieties that encourages microbial biodiversity in soils. Contains all plant families that are suitable for use as catch crops. Good weed suppression and reduction of crop rotation diseases. Attracts lots of insects. Sowing dept...Mixture of different varieties that encourages microbial biodiversity in soils. Contains all plant families that are suitable for use as catch crops. Good weed suppression and reduction of crop rotation diseases. Attracts lots of insects. Sowing dept...

The Lauenauer Active Humus is a tried and tested, legume-rich mixed summer flower seeds to boost soil health and nitrogen fixation. Small legumes and phacelia help to ensure weed suppression, while larger legumes help to create an optimal tilth. Attr...Tried and tested, legume-rich mixed summer flower seeds to boost soil health and nitrogen fixation. Small legumes and phacelia help to ensure weed suppression, while larger legumes help to create an optimal tilth. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredient...

The Bumblebee Mix from Visselhövede is an annual mixed summer flower seeds without cruciferous plants. High proportion of legumes and therefore a good preceding crop effect for the following crop. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredients: buckwheat, pha...Annual mixed summer flower seeds without cruciferous plants. High proportion of legumes and therefore a good preceding crop effect for the following crop. Attracts lots of insects. Ingredients: buckwheat, phacelia, linseed, sunflowers, pot marigold, ...

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.

Please note: We don't ship flower bulbs outside Germany.Sie ist wohl die bekannteste Muscari-Art. Diese Traubenhyazinthe eignet sich sehr für Massenpflanzungen in Steingärten und Rabatten und gedeiht in jedem mäßig nährstoffreichen, durchlässigen Boden an sonnigen Standorten. Die Bienen lieben sie!...