Fleurs de la Nature Abeilles – bee mix

Description

Fleurs de la Nature Abeilles is a flower seed mixture from the EconSeeds catalogue (Graines Bertrand brand), from the Les Fleurs Sauvages range – wild flowers, extensive zones and natural areas. Made up of genuinely wild flowers, of our local ecotype wherever possible, this mixture will feed bees and a wide diversity of foraging insects for many years.

Advantages

• natural decorative effect that evolves throughout the season

• established by direct sowing, no planting required

• Les Fleurs Sauvages range: wild flowers, extensive zones and natural areas

• suited to low-maintenance landscaping

Specifications

• Product code: MP20309

• Range: Les Fleurs Sauvages

• Life cycle: Multi-year (annuals and perennials)

• Composition: 13 annuals and 35 perennials

• Sowing period: best in March–April and August–October; also possible in May; November only as a dormant sowing

• Flowering period: May–September (in summer of the first year when spring-sown, then from spring in following years)

• Height: 20–50 cm

• Sowing rate: 2–4 g/m²

Composition

Yarrow, Teasel, Centaureas, Common poppy, Foxglove, Oxeye daisy, Bird's-foot trefoil, Mallows, St John's wort, Corncockle, various umbellifers, Oregano, Meadow sage, Catchflies, Viper's bugloss.

Sowing method

Prepare the ground as for a lawn: remove weeds including roots, loosen the soil to about 10 cm and level it. Mix the seed with fine sand for even distribution, broadcast it, firm lightly and water with a fine spray. Do not bury the seed deeply.

Maintenance

Water until emergence and weed as needed. Multi-year mixtures should be cut above 15 cm, once or twice a year after flowering, to encourage the plants to start again.