Bird and Butterfly Garden Mix

Flowers in this mix will display a colorful and lovely garden filled with birds and butterflies. Blooming all season, it provides nectar and seed for hummingbirds, songbirds, and butterflies. Contains annuals and perennials for creating a permanent, backyard habitat to attract your favorite winged wildlife. Plants approx 100 sq ft. Hardy to zone 4.

700 seeds

This mix includes: Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata), Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), Candytuft (Iberis umbellata), China Aster (Callistephus chinensis), Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), Dwarf Godetia (Clarkia amoena), Dwarf Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria), Gayfeather (Liatris spicata), Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), Lance-Leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora), Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera), Perennial Lupine (Lupinus perennis), Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Rocket Larkspur (Delphinium consolida), Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea), Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii), Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)

PLANTING

To create a beautiful meadow, you should carefully prepare the area to be seeded- weed and rake well, removing excess debris.  Sow seed evenly and thinly, cover lightly, tamp down and keep it moist. 

Sowing Outdoors:  Direct sow in early to late spring