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BENEFICIAL INSECT COLLECTION

The plants: Sow this seed collection to provide the best year-round accommodation for one of our garden’s most valued guests: the beneficial insects. Each packet includes Queen Anne’s lace and alyssum for winter and spring flowers, dill, borage and Cottage Salvia for summer and Cosmos ‘White’ for flowers well into autumn.

Sow the seeds direct in a spot with full sun at the correct depth and spacing

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