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Butterfly & Hummingbird Mix

Native pollinators including butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees need nectar and pollen sources throughout the growing season. This mix is designed to provide those flowers spring through fall as well as milkweeds for monarch caterpillars. Plant alone or in drifts with other mixes. This is our most diverse mix. Use with Companion Grass Mix. Contains 30+ species of wildflowers.

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Description

Native pollinators including butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees need nectar and pollen sources throughout the growing season. This mix is designed to provide those flowers spring through fall as well as milkweeds for monarch caterpillars. Plant alone or in drifts with other mixes. This is our most diverse mix. Use with Companion Grass Mix. Contains 30+ species of wildflowers.

Mix contents: Aster, Frost; Beardtongue, White; Bergamot, Wild; Black-eyed Susan, CommonCardinal Flower; Coneflower, Pale Purple; Coneflower, Purple; Coneflower, Upright Prairie; Coreopsis, Grand; Coreopsis, PlainsCoreopsis, Tickseed; Culver’s Root; Gaura, Large-Flowered; Goldenrod, Gray; Goldenrod, Rigid; Goldenrod, Showy; Illinois Bundleflower; Ironweed, Arkansas;  Milkweed, Common; Milkweed, Swamp; Mountain Mint, Hairy; Mountain Mint, Slender; Partridge PeaQuinine, Wild; Rattlesnake Master; Rosinweed; Seed Box; Sunflower, Maximillian; Sunflower, Ox-eye; Sunflower, Tickseed; Vervain, Blue; Vervain, Hoary; Wingstem, Yellow

This mix pairs well with: Companion Grass Mix – Dry, Companion Grass Mix – Mesic

Additional information

Weight N/A
Light

Full Sun

Seeding Rate

9 lbs/acre

Soils

Dry, Average

Height

8" – 48"

Bloom Month

May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Specialty Uses

Butterfly, Hummingbird, Wildlife, Landscaping

# seeds/pkt

200

Packet coverage area

5 sq. ft

What is PLS?

Pure Live Seed (PLS) is the portion of good viable seed per pound. It is a measure of the seed that is alive and able to sprout into plants. This product is sold by PLS ounce/pound. To provide one ounce/pound of viable seed, you will receive more than one ounce/pound of product. Read more about PLS here.