Wildflower Seeds - Californian Mix

This Californian Mix brings together wild annual plants native to California. It quickly creates a vibrant summer setting with a very natural look. The species that make up this mix are flowering plants that are drought-resistant, requiring full sun and well-drained soil to thrive. An ideal selection for giving a holiday feel to your garden, in flowerbeds, borders, and rockeries. Sow directly in place, in well-drained soil, not too rich, even dry and poor.

The Californian Mix consists of: Oenothera missourensis, Layia platyglossa, Gillia capitata, Nemophila insignis, Eschscholzia, Clarkia elegans, Phacelia campanularia. All these plants, annuals or perennials, show rapid growth and easily naturalise through self-seeding in ordinary, well-drained soil.

To provide some details:

Oenothera missouriensis is a creeping perennial with lemon yellow funnel-shaped flowers.

Layia platyglossa is an annual Asteraceae that offers bright yellow daisies with white edges, very useful for beneficial insects in the garden.

Gillia capitata offers blue pompom-like flowers from April to October and readily self-seeds in the garden.

Nemophila insignis is a creeping annual with white and pale blue cup-shaped flowers, blooming from spring to frost. It prefers moist soil.

Eschscholzia, the California Poppy, an annual or perennial with dazzling orange-yellow flowers.

Clarkia elegans, a very floriferous annual with airy pink-fuchsia flowers.

Phacelia campanularia, native to arid areas, produces loose clusters of blue flowers before the summer heat.

Ideal in sunny regions or in dry summers, this mix covers approximately 2 square metres of land with a flower meadow from spring to autumn. To guide your choice, ensure that the climate and soil are suitable for the plants that make up this mix. Take inspiration from wild plants that naturally grow around your garden or easily self-seed there. The idea of a flower meadow is to let the plants self-seed and colonise the dedicated space.