Unscrupulous seed importers:
Sadly, the global and Irish native seed industry is plagued by
unscrupulous seed importers who claim they sell native Irish Wildflower
seeds, but in reality they sell cultivated flowers from other countries or
genotypes which were once wild, but
are now mass produced in nurseries without recourse to replacing the genetic
stock.
While these species can be sown in gardens, it is internationally agreed that
they are not
advised for countryside, large garden or conservation plantings as they interfere with the
true native species of wildflower. see
Wildflower seed mixtures are different in price
and composition because...
DBN is a conservation business, our aim is to
grow only Native Irish species to provide the seed for our mixtures.
Where a crop fails and we import seed there is notification hosted on this
web site. Species imported for seed mixtures
Sunrise Seeds Ireland Ltd, has gone into liquidation, since 2007. They imported seed and sent it nationwide.
Dingle wildflowers has ceased trading as there imported species failed to grow.
Go on choose Design By Nature for seeds,
plants, advice and design.
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