Insect-friendly garden

Favourite mixture of single unfilled flowers in yellow and orange tones. An uncomplicated and undemanding free flowering cut flower. After the first flowering the seed heads should be cut off, then they will continue flowering until well into the aut...

Perennial pot marjoram is a beautiful bee plant, which is used in tomato dishes, pizza, etc. Height: 60-90 cm, direct sowing or box sowing possible, germinates in light, raise from February at 16 °C, outdoors in April.

High-growing perennial with lush flowers on long stalks in shades of purple, pale pink, deep pink and white. Purple mullein provides plenty of pollen for pollinators. Recommended for planting in natural gardens. Simple, drought-loving perennial that ...High-growing perennial with lush flowers on long stalks in shades of purple, pale pink, deep pink and white. Purple mullein provides plenty of pollen for pollinators. Recommended for planting in natural gardens. Simple, drought-loving perennial that ...

The Purple viper's bugloss is especially valuable in the wild garden. The sky blue Mediterranean summer flower flowers long and freely. A very well visited and uncomplicated insect pasture for dryer situations.

A mix of vigorous varieties that germinate quickly and rapidly cover the ground. The "Rapid Ground Cover mix" consists of buckwheat (50 %), fodd radish (25 %), mustard (15 %) and phacelia (10 %). Suitable for all situations. 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.

A very special, silkily glistening, brilliant red in the summer flower border! The Scarlet Flax is sown directly from April to July. The plants which like to grow in full sun, are undemanding and thrive in every normal garden soil. It is also suitabl...

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

Fast growing, strong summer flower with yellow-orange, thistle-like flowers. The stem has only a few thorns. The seedlings need protecting from slugs. It can also be used as a dried flower. Suitable for vthe commercial cut flower market. Ideal for cu...

Sage 'Salvador' pairs well with other intense flavours in the kitchen or can be used as tea. It prefers warm, sheltered locations with soils that are rich in calcium. Is drought-tolerant and winters well. Young plants grow slowly. Grows to a height o...

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 ...

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...

An old medicinal plant which is protected in the wild. Arnica with its attractive, gold yellow flower heads demands a place in every sunny flower border. It needs loose poor and acidic-tending soils with a good humus content. It flowers from the seco...

Small flowered Tagetes with bright orange coloured flowers and aromatic smell. It flowers continuously from June to October in sunny or half shaded positions. Tagetes are most effective planted in groups. Best raised in a pot and planted outside in M...

Small flowered tagetes with a rich range of colours from lemon yellow through orange and red-brown in various combinations and aromas. They flower continuously from June till October in sunny and half shaded sites. Tagetes are most effective planted ...

A single-coloured, low growing snapdragon with wonderful, dark red velvety blossoms and dark green leaves. It lasts many years in protected situations. This summer flower is a much loved cut flower and provides a good mass effect with its pure colour...

A tall mixture of this delicately fragrant, well-loved cottage garden plant in many vibrant colours! Snapdragons are relatively slug resistant and in protected areas can last many years. It is ready for cutting when 3 to 5 flowers on the lower part o...

Starflower is an insect-friendly summer flower and makes beautiful dried flowers. The real eye-catching thing about this plant is the extravagant spherical seed heads that look like small works of art made from parchment paper. Easy to start and cult...Starflower is an insect-friendly summer flower and makes beautiful dried flowers. The real eye-catching thing about this plant is the extravagant spherical seed heads that look like small works of art made from parchment paper. Easy to start and cult...

A pretty, tall growing Strawflower mixture whose warm, sunny colours range from orange, yellow, white, pink, salmon through to violet. A traditional dry flower that makes a colourful and long-lasting show in the sunny flower border. Ready to cut as s...

The annual summer savory Saturn has a height up to 50 cm. Tall growing, direct sowing possible, harvest just before flowering. A second crop from a July sowing also possible. Also available as seed discs.

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....

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...

Small flowered, dark yellow sunflower with a brown centre. Flower diameter approximately 10 cm. The plants grow up to one metre high, branch out and produce many flowers. Long and very upright side shoots and lasts well in a vase. Ideal for cut flowe...

Strongly branching variety producing many bright yellow flowers with dark centres in late summer. Regular cutting for the vase will encourage more flowers. This sunflower with its many small flowers (diameter around 10 cm) as also a valuable bee plan...