Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix Seeds

Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix Seeds
Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix Seeds

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Seed Pack Size
1/4 oz
Key Characteristics
Mature Height

24 IN

Mature Width

10 IN

Sun / Shade

Full Sun

Bloom Size

0 IN

Description / Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix Seeds

Nourish Monarch butterflies in your garden by sowing this carefully selected mixture of 15 annual and perennial varieties. Consistent with the latest research about the declining Monarch population, this mix includes a wide range of bloom times, including spring and fall flowering varieties to accommodate butterflies that are no longer following traditional migration patterns. If you care about Monarch butterflies—and love the beauty of wildflowers in your landscape—you simply must find a place for this exceptional mix.

Milkweed (Asclepias species) is the only food source for Monarchs in their caterpillar state, and any garden devoted to butterflies will have Milkweed in abundance. This Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix of seeds offers a bit of it as well, but it supplements with greater percentages of many other nectar sources (often more difficult for Monarchs to find) for spring, summer, and fall.

The two largest components of the Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix are annual Candytuft (Iberis amara) and Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii), followed by equal parts Rocket Larkspur (Consolida regalis), Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia), and Zinnia (Z. elegans). There are also smaller amounts of Gayfeather (Liatris), French Marigold (Tagetes patula), two species of Cosmos (C. bipinnatus and C. sulphureus), Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta), Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima), and Milkweed (Asclepias).

Combine this mix with various Milkweed species and a few fruit-producing plants, add a very shallow birdbath for muddying, set out mushy fruit as a special treat now and again, and watch the Monarchs flock in.

This mix is very easy to sow and grow. Simply find a sunny spot, run a garden fork through the soil to loosen it, and broadcast the seed freely, pressing it into the soil with boards or your feet. Then water, and your work is done.

Especially if your home is in an urban or suburban neighborhood, nectar sources for Monarch butterflies may be in short supply. These butterflies cannot stay where good sources of food aren't readily available. So restore the natural beauty and usefulness of the garden by adding Monarch Butterfly Wildflower Mix to your sunny soil this season.

This mix covers about 50 square feet of garden space.

Product Details

SKU 51089-PK-P1
Product Classification Annuals, Perennials, Seeds
Sun / Shade Full Sun
Bloom Season Start Mid Spring
Bloom Season End Late Fall
Bloom Color Mix
Seed Pack Size 1/4 oz
Resistance Disease Resistant, Pest Resistant
Characteristics Bloom First Year, Butterfly Lovers, Direct Sow, Double Blooms, Easy Care Plants, Flower, Fragrance, Heirloom, Herbs, Hummingbird Lovers, Long Bloomers, Repeat Bloomer, Season Extenders
Uses Beds, Border, Outdoor, Wildflowers
Zone 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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  1. Nancy

    monarch seed mix 1 people found this helpful

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    just sayin'. about 1/2 of the seed in this mix ( perennials milkweed, liatris, vervain, etc) should be moist stratified if you want to direct seed or should be direct sown in the fall for best results. The other half (annnuals) should be direct sown in the spring. Kinda odd to mix two different planting times if you want people to be happy with the results
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  2. Medscript

    Someone can't use a measuring stick 1 people found this helpful

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    These flowers are almost 8ft tall. Pretty but where I should have put them if I had known they were going to be so tall. description on the site was 24 inches.
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  3. Meshelle

    one giant late bloomer 1 people found this helpful

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    Mainly from this batch I got several enormous - taller than my roof - plants that finally started blooming in mid-summer - the orange "daisy-like" blooms which are so high up that I can't reach them to examine them. What type are those? The butterflies indeed love them, but they're just so big!
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  4. Dave

    big and tall 0 people found this helpful

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    I have yet to figure out the plant but it has taken over my plot I planted the mix. It is now six feet tall with no blooms yet some of the other varieties are blooming like zinias and marrigolds. If you plant this mix you might have to sort out some of the seeds so one variety won't crowd out the smaller plants.
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