free seeds from countryfile

KAAT_LADY

https://www.growwilduk.com/register-free-countryfile-grow-wild-seeds

sarah1972

Be warned, the packs contain buttercup which spreads so quickly and you won't be able to get rid of it.

I learnt this the hard way with some wild flower seeds 2 years ago and the buttercups are everywhere !

2015 Grow Wild England and Wales seed mix:

Common or lesser knapweed
Corn or common poppy
Corn chamomile
Cornflower
Corn marigold
Hedge bedstraw
Lady's bedstraw
Meadow buttercup
Meadowsweet
Oxeye daisy
Red campion
Ribwort plantain

torbrex

is this not the same offer as the Grow Wild seeds that some of us already have?
its certainly the same logo.

sarah1972

torbrex wrote: »

is this not the same offer as the Grow Wild seeds that some of us already have?
its certainly the same logo.

Similar, the other Grow Wild link is expired as all 120,000 packets went so this is a new link.

mustafa_say_ving

While stocks last.


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New 2015 packs

koolkatsaffi

Many thanks Kat Lady!....From another Kat lady!

bugwoman

sarah1972 wrote: »

Be warned, the packs contain buttercup which spreads so quickly and you won't be able to get rid of it.

I learnt this the hard way with some wild flower seeds 2 years ago and the buttercups are everywhere !

2015 Grow Wild England and Wales seed mix:

Common or lesser knapweed
Corn or common poppy
Corn chamomile
Cornflower
Corn marigold
Hedge bedstraw
Lady's bedstraw
Meadow buttercup
Meadowsweet
Oxeye daisy
Red campion
Ribwort plantain

Meadow buttercup doesn't spread nearly as fast as creeping buttercup, as it tends to do so more by seed rather than vegetatively via spreading rhizomes (which in the case of meadow buttercup are very short), so the buttercups in this mix should be fine. Meadow and bulbous buttercups are more grassland plants, while creeping buttercup Ranuculus repens is much less fussy and will be the one you find invading your flowerbeds.
I'd have said that of the list above, apart from ribwort plantain, red campion and oxeye daisy are the ones most likely to persist over time as they produce large quantities of seed that readily germinate. I have them everywhere in my garden and love them, but then I'm not a fan of regimentation or neatness in gardens.

sarah1972

bugwoman wrote: »

Meadow buttercup doesn't spread nearly as fast as creeping buttercup, as it tends to do so more by seed rather than vegetatively via spreading rhizomes (which in the case of meadow buttercup are very short), so the buttercups in this mix should be fine. Meadow and bulbous buttercups are more grassland plants, while creeping buttercup Ranuculus repens is much less fussy and will be the one you find invading your flowerbeds.
I'd have said that of the list above, apart from ribwort plantain, red campion and oxeye daisy are the ones most likely to persist over time as they produce large quantities of seed that readily germinate. I have them everywhere in my garden and love them, but then I'm not a fan of regimentation or neatness in gardens.

Sorry to disagree but tell my garden that, I planted free wild seeds from 2 years ago that included meadow buttercup and they have taken over my wildlife garden, they are awful things that I just can't get rid of.

sampan26

Nothing grew from last years seeds, so hoping this years will be lovely!
Thank you for the tip on buttercup seeds! I do love the look, but don't want to risk a garden full

LouFace

Do the seeds come separately? If they are all together like last years from the Bumblebee conservation trust then it's a choice between overrun buttercups or not planting anything at all.

aardvaak

I am a little suspicious that as they are asking my age and if anyone between 12 & 25 in the household they may be favoring youngsters with brats