Cottage Garden Wildflower Seed Mix

A Riot of Cottage Colour in Every Packet

This is the seed mix we make for ourselves — a generous, hand-blended collection of our favourite cottage garden annuals and perennials, chosen for their charm, their colour, and their ability to bring a garden to life. Scatter it through a border, fill a bare patch, or let it run wild along a fence line. Every packet is a little different, and every garden it touches becomes something beautiful.

What's in the Mix

This blend includes a wonderful variety of cottage favourites:

• 🌸 Anise, Alyssum & Mignonette — sweetly scented fillers that bees adore
• 🌼 Calendula, Rudbeckia & Coreopsis — cheerful, long-blooming daisy types
• 💜 Cornflower, Viscaria & Phacelia — rich blues and purples for contrast
• 🌺 Cosmos, Zinnia & Malope — tall, showy bloomers that carry the border
• 🌿 Nigella, Cynoglossum & Amaranthus — texture, drama, and cottage charm
• 🦋 Echinacea, Asclepias & Yarrow — pollinator magnets and cutting garden stars
• 🌹 Nasturtium & Poppy — classic cottage staples, edible and effortlessly beautiful
• ✨ Plus more surprise varieties throughout — because every good mix has a secret or two

Growing Tips for New Zealand

This mix is designed to be easy and forgiving. Prepare your soil by raking it to a fine tilth, scatter the seeds, and lightly rake them in. Water gently and keep moist until germination — most varieties will be up within 1–3 weeks depending on conditions. Sow in spring (September–November) for summer blooms, or in autumn (March–April) for early spring colour. Thin seedlings as they establish and deadhead regularly to keep the blooms coming all season long.

💡 Grower's tip: For the most natural look, scatter seeds in drifts rather than rows — the slightly wild, unplanned effect is exactly what a cottage garden is all about.

What's in the Packet

Each packet contains approximately 25g of our Cottage Garden Wildflower Seed Mix — a hand-blended selection of 20+ varieties, with sowing instructions included. At 1g per m², each packet will cover approximately 25 square metres of garden.