Monarch Butterfly Garden Flower Seed Mixture

Monarch Butterfly Seed Flower Mixture

Monarch populations have been in decline for a number of years, and the loss of nectar sources and milkweeds has been indicated as a major contributor to these declines.  This mixture is composed of native wildflowers, garden flowers and milkweeds which supply nectar sources for adult monarchs.  Milkweeds are utilized for egg-laying and provide food to monarch caterpillars.  This mixture is appropriate for home gardens, commercial landscaping, golf courses and other maintained sites.

Add some native grasses to and you have a great all around mix! Little Bluestem is great as it is native to all 48 US states. Or just keep it strictly to flowers. This mix is ideal for all parts of the United States as it has a wide range of native plants that aren't harmful for butterlfies on their migration paths.  If you want to improve this mix for you regions, please add packets or bulk seed of specific natives. For example, if on the west coast please add Narrowleaf Milkweed. If east of the Rocky Mountains, please add Common or Red Milkweed.  Check out all of our pollinator mixes at Pollinator Mix

Flowers:

• Annual Candytuft (Iberis umbellata),
• Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa),
• Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus),
• French Marigold (Tagetes patula),
• Gayfeather (Liatris spicata),
• Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta),
• Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella),
• Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia),
• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea),
• Rocket Larkspur (Delphinium consolida),
• Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii),
• Smooth Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve),
• Sulphur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus),
• Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

Seeding Rates:

• 8 oz for 1,000sq ft
• 12-24 lbs per acre (depends on density of existing plantings)
• 1 Acre with Grass - 12  lbs per acre
  
• 1 Acre for just Flowers - 24 lbs per acre
• 1 oz packets when planted with flowers it will do 155 sq ft

Instructions - Sow seeds anytime: fall before winter sets in, spring or summer.  The area should be worked to either be free of all plants or prepared to allow seed contact to soil when planting in existing beds. Some grasses will germinate in the cool weather, while others will remain dormant until the is warms. 

• Sow 1/4" deep
• Germination 10-20 days