Cornfield Annuals

Cornfield Annuals is pure, old school cornfield chaos. Poppies, cornflowers, corn chamomile, corncockle and corn marigold, all bundled together like a lost British summer that has just kicked the door open.

This is the wildflower mix for anyone who wants fast colour, big impact and absolutely no beige behaviour. Expect scarlet poppies, electric blue cornflowers, sunny yellow corn marigolds, soft white corn chamomile and the elegant pink drama of corncockle. It is bright, loose, romantic and slightly unruly, exactly as a proper cornfield annual mix should be.

These flowers were once the glorious gatecrashers of traditional arable fields, popping up between crops and turning the countryside into a living painting. Modern farming pushed many of them to the margins, so this mix brings that lost colour back into gardens, borders, allotments and bare patches of soil.

Sow onto prepared bare soil in spring or autumn, rake in lightly, water if dry, and let the revolution get on with it. Because these are annuals, they are designed to grow quickly and flower in their first year, giving you a proper hit of colour without waiting around for three summers and a minor identity crisis.

Beautiful for bees, brilliant for beginners, and perfect for anyone who wants their garden to look like it has just joined a rural uprising.