Knapweed & Umbellifer-Rich Wildflowers for Beneficial Insects

Support the small creatures that help keep your garden in balance.

This carefully curated Irish-grown wildflower mix has been designed to provide forage for pollinators and beneficial insects, including hoverflies, lacewings, solitary bees, ladybirds and other natural garden allies.

The blend brings together nectar-rich Knapweed with umbellifers such as Wild Carrot and Wild Angelica - open, accessible flowers that are especially useful to many smaller insects. Yarrow, Selfheal and Oxeye Daisy add further diversity, while Corn Marigold provides colour and insect value in the first season.

This is not an instant-colour meadow mix. It is a functional, perennial-rich wildflower blend for people who want to support beneficial insects and create a more balanced, wildlife-friendly garden over time.

For best results, sow onto prepared, weed-free bare soil. Read our guide to preparing ground for wildflower seeds before you sow.

Allow the flowers to grow, flower and set seed, then cut and remove growth at the end of the season.

What to expect

Year 1

Corn Marigold provides the main colour in the first season, helping the mix feel active while the perennial species establish.

Year 2 onwards

Knapweed, Wild Carrot, Yarrow, Selfheal, Wild Angelica and Oxeye Daisy become more important, creating a richer, more insect-friendly wildflower area over time.

This mix should be judged on its biodiversity value and long-term function, not just first-year flower display.

Species included

• Corn Marigold
• Wild Carrot
• Yarrow
• Knapweed
• Selfheal
• Wild Angelica
• Oxeye Daisy

Suitable for

• Sunny garden margins
• Orchard margins
• Cut flower garden edges
• Wildlife strips
• Community gardens
• Sunny biodiversity areas
• Areas where the goal is beneficial insects and biodiversity rather than instant colour

Not suitable for

• Pots or window boxes
• Formal flower beds
• Customers wanting instant colour
• Regularly mown lawns
• Very fertile ground where grasses or weeds will outcompete wildflowers
• Sites where the growth will be cut repeatedly through the season
• Vegetable beds, allotments or areas where soil is regularly disturbed

Why choose this mix?

Choose this mix if you want to support beneficial insects and natural garden balance.

Unlike a general pollinator mix, this blend has been built around forage and function - with Knapweed, Wild Carrot, Wild Angelica, Yarrow and other native wildflowers chosen to provide food for pollinators, hoverflies and other useful insects through the growing season.

It is a slower, more purposeful mix for garden margins, wildlife strips and biodiversity areas where the aim is to create long-term insect value rather than a short burst of colour.