Pollinator Pack growing guide
Three packs went out this month — Superbloom, Re-wild West and Tiny Gardeners. This release supported Kingsville Primary School through the Growing Gardeners program.
For the gardener who wants their patch to be a destination for pollinators.
Queen Anne’s Lace
Lacy white umbels attract hoverflies and beneficial insects and hold well as a cut flower.
Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Coreopsis Mayfield Giants
Tall stems topped with golden-yellow daisy blooms that flower prolifically over a long season.
Photo credit: The Seed Collection
Poppy Shirley Poppy Supreme
Delicate crepe-paper petals in a mix of soft shades on slender stems, self-seeds freely.
Photo credit: Transition Farm
Geranium macrorrhizum
Aromatic ground-covering foliage with magenta-pink spring flowers, spreads to suppress weeds.
Photo credit: Plantsnap
Everlasting Daisy Pink and White
Papery pink and white everlasting blooms that hold their colour when dried and self-seed readily.
Photo credit: Mr Fothergill’s
Nasturtium Baby Red
Compact red-flowered nasturtium with edible blooms that draws bees and hoverflies to the front of a bed.
For the gardener who wants their patch to get back to its origins. Australian natives that belong in this landscape.
Everlasting Daisy Pink and White
Papery pink and white everlasting blooms that hold their colour when dried and self-seed readily.
Photo credit: Mr Fothergill’s
Dichondra Emerald Falls
Emerald green trailing foliage that spills over pot edges and garden borders.
Strawflower Xerochrysum bracteatum Tall Mix
Mixed-colour strawflower with papery everlasting blooms that hold their colour when dried.
Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Billy Button
Bright yellow drumstick blooms on tall wiry stems, valued fresh or dried and attractive to pollinators.
For little hands, small spaces and anyone new to gardening. Easy-to-grow, hard-to-fail varieties.
Nasturtium Baby Red
Compact red-flowered nasturtium with edible blooms, easy and reliable for young gardeners.
Nasturtium Alaska
Compact plants with cream-marbled leaves and edible flowers that are easy for children to grow.
German Chamomile
Small daisy-like flowers with an apple scent, popular for tea.
Forget-me-not Choice Mix
Carries a haze of small blue flowers through winter and spring and self-seeds gently to return each year.
Photo credit: The Bouqs Co
Sweet Alyssum Mix
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.
Photo credit: The Spruce / Kara Riley
Strawflower Xerochrysum bracteatum Tall Mix
Mixed-colour strawflower with papery everlasting blooms that hold their colour when dried.
Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds
Yarrow Cerise Queen
Flat heads of cerise-pink flowers attract hoverflies and native bees and dry well for arrangements.
For the gardener who built their own pack from individual seedlings. Find the seedlings you chose below.
Coreopsis Mayfield Giants
Tall stems topped with golden-yellow daisy blooms that flower prolifically over a long season.
Photo credit: The Seed Collection
Dichondra Emerald Falls
Emerald green trailing foliage that spills over pot edges and garden borders.
Everlasting Daisy Pink and White
Papery pink and white everlasting blooms that hold their colour when dried and self-seed readily.
Photo credit: Mr Fothergill’s
Poppy Shirley Poppy Supreme
Delicate crepe-paper petals in a mix of soft shades on slender stems, self-seeds freely.
Photo credit: Transition Farm
Queen Anne’s Lace
Lacy white umbels attract hoverflies and beneficial insects and hold well as a cut flower.
Photo credit: Veggie and Flower Garden Seeds