Botanical Bee Blend™ Wildflower Seed Mix

Some things to remember:

• Annual plants are included for first year color and foraging for pollinators. Some perennial plants may need a few growing seasons to fully establish.

• This mix is great for gardeners, backyard beekeepers, farmers, orchardists, or anyone wanting to provide foraging resources for bees the entire growing season.

Included Wildflower Species:

Allium cernuum – nodding wild onion

Aster novae-angliae – New Endland aster

Aster pilosus – frost aster

Astragalus canadensis – Canadian milk vetch

Baptisia alba (leucantha) – white wild indigo

Baptisia australis – blue false indigo

Chamaecrista fasciculata – partridge pea

Coreopsis lanceolata – lanceleaf coreopsis

Dalea candida – white prairie clover

Dalea purpurea – purple prairie clover

Echinacea purpurea – purple coneflower

Gaillardia aristate – blanket flower

Gaillardia pulchella – Indian blanket

Geum canadense – white avens

Mertensia virginica – Virginia bluebells

Monarda citriodora – lemon mint

Monarda fistulosa – wild bergamot

Nemophila menziesii – baby blue eyes

Penstemon digitalis – foxglove beardtongue

Pycnanthemum incanum – hoary mountain mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium – narrow leaved mountain mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum – Virginia mountain mint

Ratibida columnifera – upright coneflower

Ratibida pinnata – yellow coneflower

Rudbeckia hirta – black-eyed susan

Solidago nemoralis – old field goldenrod

Solidago rigida – stiff goldenrod

Trifolium incarnatum – crimson clover

Trifolium repens – white clover

Verbena hastata – blue verbena

Verbena stricta – hoary verbena

Zizia aurea – golden Alexanders

Product Details

• Growing zones: Ideal for the North Central region but contains some wildflower species that will grow throughout the continental United States. The Botanical Bee Blend is appropriate for Zones 3-7, which covers most of the United States. You may have success in other zones, but will likely need additional resources. Click here to learn more about stratification.

• Flower colors: Red, pink, orange, yellow, blue, purple, white.

• Height: Ranges from 1 to 5 feet.

• Coverage: up to 250 sq. ft.

• Light Requirements: Full sun to part shade.  Will handle some shade but ideally 6 hours of sunlight per day.

• Bloom Time: Spring through Fall.

• Plant Type: Annuals and perennials.

• Attracts: Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.

• Days to emerge: 2-to-3-year establishment for the mix.  The clovers will emerge first in 14-21 days. The annuals typically take weeks to get going the first season as they like warmer soil temps.  You may opt to put an extra annual mix with the Botanical Bee Blend to help with first year color.

• Seed depth: 1/8” – ¼” deep.

• Seed spacing: 1 ounce of seed covers 250 square feet.

• Thinning: You may cut the area back in the late fall or early spring, but it is not necessary.  The dead stalks are good habitat but you may prefer a cleaner aesthetic.

• Soil Hydrology: Dry to Mesic. Avoid areas that pool water for long periods of time.