Sometimes known as the bachelor’s button, this annual can grow up to a metre in height.
 
Cornflowers flower from June to September and their habitat is grain fields, rye fields, fallow land, roadsides and wasteland.
 
This photo was taken from Wild Wales Seeds' very first native welsh cornflower field.
 
This pack contains 10g of seeds.
Sowing rate: 1-2g per m2
Recommended sowing times: March-May, August-October
 
RHS plants for pollinators
 
ABOUT WILD WALES SEEDS - 
Wild Wales Seeds is a family run business based in the Vale of Glamorgan. Four generations of the Jenkins family have farmed the same land for over 80 years. The family produce hundreds of varieties of native wildflower and grass seeds and they're on course to becoming one of Britain’s largest distributors of wildflowers, grass seeds and cover/forage crops. Transform your next outdoor project into a thing of beauty by choosing wildflower seeds grown and harvested right here in Wales. 
 
SOWING & MAINTENANCE 
 
Establishment - 
Sow in Spring or late Summer/early Autumn.
Prepare the area you want to seed by weeding thoroughly to remove all vegetation.
Do not add compost or any other additive to improve the soil quality. 
Mark areas to be seeded into square metres with canes to help sow correct quantities. 
It can be helpful to bulk out seeds with sand.
Scatter seeds on the surface at a rate of 4g per square metre for meadow mixes and 1-2g for wildflowers only. 
Lightly roll or tread in to ensure good contact with the soil.
Do not cover seeds with soil. 
 
Maintenance -
Many perennials are slow to establish and do not flower in the first year. Don't worry. 
Cut every month or so to 2cm, avoiding the period from the beginning of March until the end of August. This initially controls annual weeds and faster growing grasses and will help your meadow area develop. 
Always remove cuttings to reduce soil fertility.
Weed out aggressive perennial weeds like dock, thistles and nettles.