Bee Feed Mix Flowers
$3.45
$3.95
Seed Exchange - This very colorful early-, mid-, and late-blooming flower mix benefits pollinators all season long. An extraordinary blend of annual and perennial flowers yields nectar and pollen for wild bees, honey bees, and other pollinators, and is suitable for short-tongued and long-tongued bees. Sow in maintained landscapes such as garden beds, borders, and managed meadows.
Best-Seller
Annuals and perennials
Early, late, and mid-blooming flowers
Beautiful mix of colors
Flowers provide bee forage all season
Packet sows 50 square feet
Varieties included:
Forget-Me-Not, Chinese - Cynoglossum amabile
Wallflower, Siberian - Cheiranthus allionii
Poppy, California, Orange - Eschscholzia californica
Coneflower, Purple - Echinacea purpurea
Aster, China, Single Mix - Callistephus chinensis
Poppy,Corn, Mixed - Papaver rhoeas
Coreopsis, Lance Leaved - Coreopsis lanceolata
Flax, Blue - Linum lewisii
Baby Blue-Eyes - Nemophila menziesii
Tidy-Tips - Layia platyglossa
Gilia, Globe - Gilia capitata
Indian Blanket - Gaillardia pulchella
Coreopsis, Plains - Coreopsis tinctoria
Sweet Alyssum, Tall White - Lobularia maritima
Hyssop, Lavender - Agastache foeniculum
Daisy, Fleabane - Erigeron annuus
Aster, New England - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Instructions - You may sow the bee feed mix 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. Mix the seed with some sand or sawdust, broadcast the seed, and then go over the area with a rake to work the seed into the soil a little.
Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of availability
Bird and Butterfly Mix Flowers
$3.45
$3.95
The Seed Savers Exchange - This annual and perennial mixture of flowers will provide nectar to many species of butterflies, including brushfoots, monarchs, skippers, sulphurs and swallowtails. Some of these plants will also provide food for butterfly larvae. Sows 125 square feet per oz.
Annuals and perennials
Early, late, and mid-blooming flowers
Beautiful mix of colors
Provides nectar to many species of butterflies
Some plants will provide food for butterfly larvae
Packet sows 30 square feet
Varieties included:
Candytuft, Annual - Iberis umbellata
Wallflower, Siberian - Cheiranthus allionii
Larkspur, Rocket - Delphinium consolida
Lupine, Perennial - Lupinus perennis
Gayfeather - Liatris spicata
Coneflower, Purple - Echinaceae purpurea
Blanketflower - Gaillardia aristata
Aster, China, Single Mix - Callistephus chinensis
Cornflower 'Polka Dot Mix' - Centaurea cyanus
Poppy, California Orange - Eschscholzia californica
Indian Blanket - Gaillardia pulchella
Sage, Scarlet - Salvia coccinea
Coreopsis, Lance Leaved - Coreopsis lanceolata
Godetia, Dwarf - Clarkia amoena
Coneflower, Dwarf Red - Ratibida columnifera
Coreopsis, Dwarf Plains - Coreopsis tinctoria
Mint, Lemon - Monarda citriodora
Milkweed, Butterfly - Asclepias tuberosa
Sweet Alyssum, Tall White - Lobularia maritima
Black-Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta
Instructions - You may sow the bee feed mix 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. Mix the seed with some sand or sawdust, broadcast the seed, and then go over the area with a rake to work the seed into the soil a little.This product is best seeded at 6-12 lbs per acre or 5 ounces for 1000 square feet.
Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of availability
Jane Goodall's Seeds of Hope for Pollinators, Organic
$3.75
$4.00
The Living Seed Company - Feed our pollinator friends, with Jane’s Seeds of Hope!Celebrating 40 years of the Jane Goodall Institute, this certified organic seed mix contains flowers that are commonly grown in gardens in the United States. They were selected to be easy to grow across many regions and provide food over long periods of time for honey bees, wild bees, butterflies, other pollinator insects, and birds! It is recommend that these seeds be planted in garden plots, yards and/or pots. While none of these flowers are invasive they can reseed in ideal climates. This is not a wildflower mix to use in a wild setting. These are flowers to feed pollinators close to your home, community garden, school, etc.
Mix includes sunflowers, borage, calendula, poppies, and echnicacea
Ornamental
Attracts pollinators
Excellent for cut flowers
Organic
100 Seeds
Instructions -Plant these seeds either directly in the ground or a large pot after danger of frost is over. Or start them indoors in smaller pots and transplant when chance of frost is over. You can pick out individual seeds to plant or plant the entire packet in an approximately 100 square foot area (try to give each seed about 6-8 inches of space).
Keep soil moist, but don’t over water. Leave seed heads on plants after they have dried to feed the birds. Save seed by collecting flower heads when they have fully dried up . Break seed heads up to get the seeds. Store fully dried seeds in a cool dry place and plant again next year!
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Honey Bee Mixture Flowers
$3.45
$3.95
Seed Exchange - The result of years of research in Applewood Seed Company’s test gardens, this mix offers a blend of adaptable annual and perennial flowers that provide nectar and pollen to honey bees all season long. It excels in garden beds, borders, and other maintained areas. Varieties include:
Best-Seller
Annuals and perennials
Early, late, and mid-blooming flowers
Beautiful mix of colors
Flowers provide bee forage all season
Packet sows 50 square feet (1/4oz of seed)
Varieties included:
Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Cape Forget-Me-Not (Anchusa capensis)
China Aster (Callistephus chinensis)
Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile)
Poppy,Corn, Mixed - Papaver rhoeas
Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache rugosa)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
Scarlet Cinquefoil (Potentilla thurberi)
Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii)
Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Sulphur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)
Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Sweet Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Instructions - You may sow the mix 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. Mix the seed with some sand or sawdust, broadcast the seed, and then go over the area with a rake to work the seed into the soil a little.
Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of availability