Ground cover seed mix to minimize weed growth

This Meadow Mix for Bushes and Roses combines 24 species of perennial or annual plants to sow at the base of bushes and roses. They form a groundcover that limits the appearance of adventive plants and therefore the need for weeding. Their staggered flowering accompanies and enhances that of the bushes, while promoting the presence of beneficial insects that regulate aphid populations and other pests. The seeds are sown in spring or late summer, in full sun or partial shade, in soil that has been freshly cleared of adventive plants, worked and loosened. The groundcover will flower for several years and some plants will self-sow wherever they please.

All the plants in this mix show rather rapid growth and easily naturalise in the garden, in ordinary, well-drained soil. Undemanding, they adapt to a wide range of soils as long as they are not too heavy with clay, too acidic, or too arid. Their flowering generally extends from April to September once all the plants are established. A packet of seeds can cover approximately 3 square meters. The size of the plants ranges from 20 cm (8in) to 40 cm (16in) in height.

Partial composition: Chrysanthemum paludossum, Brachycome, Lobularia maritima, Cheiranthus maritimus

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The meadow mix is very fashionable and combines usefulness with pleasure: blooming throughout the entire beautiful season, it restores ecological balance, promotes biodiversity, and requires very little maintenance. Watering if the weather is very dry and mowing to a height of 10 cm (4in) in autumn will be more than enough. Invite nature into your garden: sow our flower mixes along pathways, near bushes, close to the vegetable garden, or on the slope bordering a sunken path, near your fruit trees, or in the back of the garden at the border with the countryside.