With the demand for rewilding continuing to rise, Johnsons Lawn Seed is going one step further by ramping up production of its native wildflower mixes, which will allow retailers to continue to bloom, year-after-year. Seeds are provided by third-party growers and mixed in-house for optimum customer and consumer needs.
Embarking on an extensive three-year business case testing, led by Wildflower Production Manager, Klaas Broersma, DLF UK has worked hard to meticulously cultivate various wildflower species and assess their adaptability, growth patterns, and yields to suit the UK’s lawns. With the insights gained from testing, they plan to increase cultivation and relocate back to its Inkberrow offices and warehouse on a 14-hectare arable farm for greater production capabilities in the area.
The result is Johnsons Country Wildflower Meadow mix, designed to create an eco-friendly wildflower meadow in the backyard or front lawn. The gorgeous mix of native wildflowers includes Birdsfoot Trefoil, Black Medick, Black Knapweed, Common Vetch, Meadow Buttercup, Oxeye Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, White Campion, White clover, Self Heal, Yarrow, Musk Mallow and Red Campion, are all highly popular with pollinating insects and look good in an urban setting too.
This was closely followed by the launch of Celebration Wildflower Tins last year, which contain 15 types of wildflowers that grow to different heights and at different times so over the course of a summer, gardeners will get an array of colours, blooms, scents and foliage covering up to 15 square metres.
Guy Jenkins, Consumer Manager at Johnsons Lawn Seed, said: Not only is it good to have wildflowers in your garden but, by producing them on-site at Inkberrow on such a scale, we are creating a fantastic environment for pollinators.
View the full range of mixes at Glee on stand 20H40-J41
If you want to start stocking Johnsons Wildflower Mixes, then please visit the team at Glee or call your local sales agent or visit the website http://www.johnsonslawnseed.com/product-range.aspx
