Pocket Pollinator Kit
• Unit cost £2.20
• Sold in pack of 10 units
• RRP £5.50 per unit
• Seed starter kit
• Includes 6 seed balls and 2 coir discs
• Instructions included on the back
£22.00
all prices exclude VAT
What's Inside?
A cute seed starter kit gift which includes 6 seed balls and 2 soil coir discs in a large matchbox, with instructions included on the back. Coir discs expand with water to be added to a seed tray, small pot or tin can.
Boxes are 8.3cm x 5.0cm x 1.6cm
Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum)
A medium height annual plant, its flowers are golden-yellow discs with prominent ray florets.
Height: 51-60cm
Flowers: June to October
Corncockle
Purple-flowered annual.
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
A tall perennial with large rose pink petals.
Height: 40-70cm
Flowers: June to August
The plant is cultivated for its seeds, which are used in perfumes. The plant also yields a fibre that can be used for clarifying sugar.
Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
A bright red flowering annual - hugely popular and often used as a symbol of remembrance.
Height: 30-60cm.
Flowers: May to July
The remembrance poppy is the common field poppy, one of the first wildflowers to colonise disturbed ground or fallow cornfields. It became identified with the battle zones of the First World War, or Flanders Fields, which were originally corn fields.
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Annual.
Height: 90cm
Flowers: June to August
Cornflowers are edible. They have a cucumber-like taste. Flowers can be consumed in the form of salad and tea, or used as a garnish.
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Perennial.
Height: 30-90cm
Flowers: May to September
In Austria and Germany oxeye daisies were hung inside the house as it was believed they would repel lightning.
Red Campion (Silene dioica)
A perennial with rose pink petals.
Height: 20-60cm
Flowers: March to November
Silenus the merry god of the woodlands in Greek mythology, gave his name to Silene dioica. The second part of its scientific name, dioica, means 'two houses', and refers to the fact that each Red Campion plant has flowers of one sex only, so that two plants are needed to make seeds.
Cowslip (Primula veris)
Perennial.
Height: 20-30cm
Flowers: April to May
The origin of the name cowslip is unclear, but it may derive from the fact that it grows in meadows well manured by cow dung or cow slips.
