Honey Bee Mix
Item Details
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:
- 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)
Confirm the varieties in this mix are safe for your state/region by visiting the USDA National Invasive Species Information Center
Aquatic Plants or Terrestrial Plants
- Conventional
- Annuals and perennials
- Early, late, and mid-blooming flowers
- Beautiful mix of colors
- Flowers provide bee forage all season
- Sows 200 square feet per oz
Growing Instructions
Instructions - You may sow the honey bee 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.