How to Grow a Wildflower from Our Candle Dust Covers - STAFF TESTED

The Remontant is a fragrance studio located in downtown Kirkland, it means a flower that blooms more than once in a single season. Naturally we needed to have some flower blooms for our customers to experience. Which is why our “Gift Me” candle features a biodegradable, wildflower seed dust cover. Our wildflower seed dust cover is paper and soy ink making garden safe fun.

As the name implies, a dust cover helps protect your candles from dust, crumbs, pet hair, air fuzzies, and other debris from sitting in the wax. The dust covers are not only biodegradable, but are imbedded with wildflower seeds! Here’s how our staff grew theirs:

Disclaimer: this is one way to grow the flower in the dust cover, not necessarily the only way to do it. Please use this as a general guideline, not the “rules”.

Fill a small pot (nothing smaller than a 4in top diameter) with soil - nothing fancy or specific is necessary, the soil can be from your garden, but generic potting soil will work just fine. Be sure the pot you are using can drain easily. When filling the pot, lightly pack the soil down to rid as many air pockets as possible. 

Place the dust cover with a flat side down and cover with a thin layer of soil. Water the soil thoroughly so every part of the soil in the pot is wet. At this step you might notice your soil has shrunk under the weight of the water. Don’t worry! As long as the dust cover is still completely covered with a thin layer of soil - it will be ok .

If you are keeping the plant indoors, place it near a South-facing window so it gets as much sunlight as possible. If you are keeping the plant outside, put it in full-sun.

 

Make sure it gets PLENTY of water! Even if nothing looks like nothing is growing, the dust cover needs lots of time to dissolve which requires moist soil. Once you see a tiny sprout growing (which can be months after planting), you can reduce watering to once or twice a week, allowing the soil to dry mostly between waterings. Do NOT let the soil dry out completely.

Our team member planted theirs in the fall or winter so the paper has plenty of time to dissolve which allows the seeds to germinate in the spring - this worked for them, however, it is not required. Others have had success planting in the late spring/early summer. After seeing the first sprout, blooms can be expected in the next 5 months.

If you have found success with your wildflower dust cover, please email us a photo of your flower to hello@theremontant.com OR TAG US ON SOCIALS WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR BLOOMS  @theremontant