Mitch talks about one of his favourite bursts of colour in the garden, Cornflower!

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A fantastic pollinator, the bees and other insects absolutely love cornflowers, so it's a super idea to add them to your patch! 

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They can be harvested for beautiful floral arrangements but the flowers can also be picked and dried for tea as a natural remedy for digestion. To harvest simply snap the brittle stems by hand, close to the earth.

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They can be sown early, to get a head start in spring. If you don't harvest all, they are self-seeding flowers, and the seeds also provide fantastic forage for birds such as the Gold Finch. 

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The classic cornflowers are blue but also have varieties in so many gorgeous colours, pinks, purples & even black.