Edible flower mix is a very colourful, edible mixture of various flower species. It includes hollyhock, borage, marigold, cornflower, marigolds, Indian cress and pansy. This mixture is very attractive to bees and butterflies and is edible. Use these flowers in salads and other dishes to add colour and flavour. Blooms from June to October.
Outdoor sowing: April - mid July
Germination: 14 - 21 days
Germination temp.: 18 - 20 °C
Sowing depth: shallow - ½ cm
Plant position: sunny
Flowers from: June - October
Sow in the beginning of April on a sunny plot. Mix the seeds with some fine and dry sand to make the broadcasting of the seeds easier. Broadcast the seeds and cover them with a very thin layer of soil or rake in the seeds gently. Keep moist and weedfree. This easy low maintenance mixture for a meadow-land doesn't require much maintenance after the seedlings appear.
In the fall, after the flowers have finished flowering, You can mow the pasture to about 5 cm above ground. Let the clippings dry for a couple of days, before You knock the seeds out of them with a shovel. To ensure that Your meadow-land has another nice flower meadow the following year.
