GROWING GUIDES · MAY 2026

Take your pack home with confidence.

Thank you for purchasing our May Pollinator Packs, this month supporting Brunswick East Primary School participate in our Growing Gardeners program. Click your pack below for everything you need to grow something beautiful.

Jump to: Superbloom Re-wild West Tiny Gardeners
Superbloom
For the gardener who wants their patch to be a destination for pollinators.
Poppy Angel's Choir Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Poppy Angel's Choir
UseFeature plant Height0.60-0.80 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil
Bears semi-double frilled blooms in soft pastel and bicolour tones that bring movement and softness to a planting.
Snapdragon Snapstar Champagne Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Snapdragon Snapstar Champagne
UseFeature plant Height0.40-0.60 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil
Produces tall spikes of warm champagne-toned blooms that bumblebees push open to reach the nectar inside.
Poppy Shirley Double Mix Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Poppy Shirley Double Mix
UseFeature plant Height0.60-0.90 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil
Produces ruffled double blooms in soft pastel shades on slender stems and self-seeds freely once established.
Poppy Springsong Mix Photo credit: Emerden
Poppy Springsong Mix
UseFiller plant Height0.45-0.60 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil
Bears single and semi-double blooms in a soft mixed palette on slender stems and self-seeds readily through the garden.
Gomphrena Strawberry Fields Photo credit: Mr Forthergill's
Gomphrena Strawberry Fields
UseFeature plant Height0.50-0.70 m Width0.25-0.35 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil, heat tolerant
Produces strawberry-red clover-like blooms that hold their colour when dried and are easy to grow from seed.
Calendula Greenheart Orange Photo credit: Gang of Babes Photography
Calendula Greenheart Orange
UseFeature plant Height0.40-0.60 m Width0.30-0.40 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Produces bright orange blooms with contrasting green centres and flowers reliably from seed in a single season.
Nemophila Baby Blue Eyes Photo credit: Stocks and Green
Nemophila Baby Blue Eyes
UseGround cover Height0.15-0.20 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, cool moist well-drained soil
Forms a low spreading mound of sky-blue cup-shaped flowers that performs best through the cooler months and draws in native bees.
Sweet Alyssum Mix Photo credit: The Spruce / Kara Riley
Sweet Alyssum Mix
UseGround cover Height0.10-0.15 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Forms a low spreading mound of tiny honey-scented flowers in white through pink and purple tones and draws hoverflies and small pollinators over a long season.
Re-wild West
For the gardener who wants their patch to get back to its origins. Australian natives that belong in this landscape.
Native Violet Photo credit: The Digger's Club
Native Violet
UseGround cover Height0.05-0.10 m Width0.30-0.50 m ConditionsPart shade to full shade, moist well-drained soil
Forms a dense mat of glossy heart-shaped leaves studded with small white and violet flowers and thrives in cool shaded corners of the garden.
Dichondra Emerald Falls
Dichondra Emerald Falls
UseGround cover Height0.05-0.10 m Width0.40-0.60 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Spreads into a dense carpet of small rounded leaves and trails attractively over garden edges and pot rims.
Everlasting Daisy Pink and White Photo credit: Mr Fothergill's
Everlasting Daisy Pink and White
UseFiller plant Height0.30-0.45 m Width0.25-0.35 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil
Produces papery blooms in soft pink and white tones that hold their colour for months when dried and attract native bees.
Tiny Gardeners
For little hands, small spaces and anyone new to gardening. Easy-to-grow, hard-to-fail varieties.
Cat Mint
Cat Mint
UseFiller plant Height0.30-0.50 m Width0.40-0.60 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Forms a soft mounding clump of grey-green foliage and lavender-blue flower spikes that bees visit constantly through the warmer months.
Calendula Double Lemon
Calendula Double Lemon
UseFeature plant Height0.40-0.60 m Width0.30-0.40 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Produces fully double, soft lemon-yellow blooms that flower prolifically from seed and brighten a bed through the cooler months.
Celosia Ruby Parfait Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Celosia Ruby Parfait
UseFeature plant Height0.40-0.60 m Width0.25-0.35 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil, heat tolerant
Produces velvety plume-shaped flower heads in deep ruby tones that hold their colour for weeks in the garden and in a vase.
Sweet Alyssum Mix Photo credit: The Spruce / Kara Riley
Sweet Alyssum Mix
UseGround cover Height0.10-0.15 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Forms a low spreading mound of tiny honey-scented flowers in white through pink and purple tones and draws hoverflies and small pollinators over a long season.
Gomphrena Tall Purple
Gomphrena Tall Purple
UseFiller plant Height0.50-0.70 m Width0.25-0.35 m ConditionsFull sun, well-drained soil, heat and drought tolerant
Produces clover-like purple blooms on upright stems that dry beautifully and keep their colour long after picking.
Phacelia Lavender Blue
Phacelia Lavender Blue
UseFiller plant Height0.40-0.60 m Width0.20-0.30 m ConditionsFull sun to part shade, well-drained soil
Produces curling sprays of lavender-blue flowers and is one of the most reliable bee plants you can grow from seed.