Attract hummingbirds to your growing area with these beautiful Hummingbird Blend wildflower seeds. The twelve species in this mix are some of the most attractive nectar-bearing flowers available, and have a long blooming period. This is a versatile blend that can be used in all kinds of applications. Try some in hanging baskets and window boxes. or scatter the seeds down the meridian on your street. The colour will lure the hummingbirds and the nectar will keep them coming back all season. Plus the flowers will return as early as March each year.
Recommended rate of application: 115g per 1,000 square feet.
How To Grow, Timing: Try to direct sow wildflower seeds during the period two weeks before, and eight weeks after, your last average frost date. Sowing when there is some risk of minor frost may improve germination. Wildflower seeds can also be sown in the autumn, but a certain percentage of seeds to may be lost to water, birds, and animals. To make the most of the annual species, direct sow in early spring.
How To Grow, Starting:
Site Selection: If there are already no plants (including weeds) growing in the planting site, there may be a problem with the soil. Possible issues may be soil fertility, lack of drainage, or the need for soil amendments to improve texture. In such spots (eg, beneath a cedar tree), few plants will thrive, including wildflowers.
How To Grow, Growing:
Remove as much existing vegetation as possible through pulling or tilling under in order to minimize competition. Loosen the soil by scraping, raking, or tilling. Wildflower blends will not usually take if planted into existing lawn because the thatch prevents their contact with soil.
Blend Ingredients: Keep the seeded area as evenly moist as possible to help the seeds germinate and the young seedlings become established. Weeds need to be kept under control. Once they are growing, most mixes will not require additional water except in long periods of hot, dry weather. All of our mixes should re-grow for several years, but will eventually benefit from re-seeding. In late summer, many of the components will produce seed heads that can be harvested and replanted the following spring.
5 grams of seed.
| Columbine, Giant | Aquilegia caerulea |
| Dwarf Spurred Snapdragon | linaria maroccana |
| Four O’Clocks | Mirabilis jalapa |
| Gayfeather | Liatris spicata |
| Standing Cypress | Ipomopsis rubra |
| Lemon Bergamot | Monarda citriodora |
| Lupine ‘Pink Fairy’ | Lupinus elegans |
| Perennial Lupin | Lupinus perennis |
| Phlox | Phlox drummondii |
| Rocket Larkspur | Delphinium consolida |
| Rocky Mountain Penstemon | Penstemon strictus |
| Scarlet Sage | Salvia coccinea |
| Sweet William Pinks | Dianthus barbatus |
| Tussock Bellflower | Campanula carpatica |
| Wild Petunia | Petunia vulgare |
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