Wild Birdfeed Flower Meadow (Organic) - Seed kit

People's awareness of the importance of nature for their own lives is fortunately growing again. Slowly one can observe a change in thinking, which can be seen in the fact that many people are increasingly concerned with how they can contribute to the preservation of fauna and flora. There are many possibilities - one possibility is to design your own garden close to nature and to pay special attention to the selection of plants. In addition to the magnificent new varieties, which unfortunately are often hybrids, you could also reserve a few places for wildflowers and herbs. These may not have such striking and exotic flowers, but they are often very good food plants for insects and birds, whose natural habitat is increasingly being destroyed.

This seed set contains seeds for 5 wildflower species that feed birds in winter and early spring:

• Blessed milk thistle / cardus marianus (organic) (Silybum marianum)
  Very important old medicinal plant for liver diseases and forgotten wild vegetable plant. The seeds are a good source of food for birds in winter.
• Wild teasel / fuller's teasel (organic) (Dipsacus fullonum)
  Beautiful biennial wild plant whose fruit stands are very decorative, especially in winter. An important food plant for many insects and birds.
• Common sunflower (organic) (Helianthus annuus)
  The impressively large and cheery flower heads of sunflowers attract bees and other useful insects till autumn and they are also popular with birds that love to feed off their delicious sunflower seeds.
• Coltsfoot (organic) (Tussilago farfara)
  Very old perennial medicinal plant for respiratory problems. Edible wild vegetable, tobacco substitute and very important first source of food in the year for many insects, butterflies and birds.
• Mountain cornflower (organic) (Centaurea montana)
  Wild beauty with unusual blue inflorescences that provide good food for bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Birds like to eat the seeds in autumn.

The seeds of each wild flower variety are packaged in a separate sachet.

You will receive seeds that have been lovingly produced at certified European organic farms. MagicGardenSeeds GmbH is also certified and regularly inspected by the controlling body: DE-ÖKO-037.