Brief Guide: Sow early - late spring for a colourful summer/autumn display

Sowing Rate: 3- 5 grams per square metre

Native Cornfield Annuals (of which)
40% Corn Cockle Agrostemma githago
20% Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum 
20% Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas
10% Corn Chamomile Anthemis arvensis
10% Cornflower Centaurea cyanus

Additional Information:
Historically annual wildflowers established amongst spring sown cereals until the introduction of modern intensive farming methods promoted 100% clean crops for maximum returns. The wildflower seeds would have been disturbed and brought to the soils surface during cultivations prior to spring wheat, oats or barley being sown. The robust cereal crop supported the more delicate wildflower plants which bloomed during the summer and set seed before the crop was harvested. During harvest the wildflower seeds would drop to the ground which was then cultivated incorporating the next generation of seeds back into the topsoil where they remained dormant until once again disturbed by cultivation. This mixture should ideally be early - late spring sown on to a sunny, well prepared and weed free seedbed to emulate the aforementioned conditions.
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