Milkweed Seeds & Hummingbird and Butterfly Seeds

Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden Seeds

Both the Milkweed Seed Sampler and Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden Mix are packaged in the burlap bag with colorful tag, as shown at left.

Makes a nice gift!

1) Milkweed Seed Sampler...Plant milkweed seeds to provide host plants for monarchs and queens and nectar for many butterfly species!

Milkweed plants, members of the Asclepias family, are the only host plant for the monarch and queen butterflies. The adult females seek out these plants on which they lay their eggs. The caterpillars that hatch will remain on the plants and eat the leaves until they enter the pupal stage, then emerge as adult butterflies. Watch every stage of the butterfly life cycle in your garden.

Many species of butterflies visit milkweed plants in bloom, attracted by their nectar. Help provide habitats for the monarch and other butterflies by planting milkweed!

Sampler includes four types of milkweed seed in individual packets. We purchase all of our milkweed seeds on a regular basis from reputable suppliers. Seed should be viable for a year after purchase if stored in cool, dry location.

Seeds can be either planted directly into the garden or started early indoors. Sampler includes approximately 50+ seeds of each variety.

All four species are hardy perennials that need a period of cold treatment (instructions included on package) before planting.

As with any perennial, the best display is in the second year and after. Perennial plants are usually small the first year they are started from seed, and though some will bloom if begun early in the season, they will bloom more abundantly in following years. Native milkweed plants are very hardy once established. Because of the long taproot, they can be difficult to transplant from one area of the garden to another.

Instructions are included on each package.

Asclepias syriaca, 'Common Milkweed', a native of North America, hardy perennial, grows to 3-4', mauve/purple blooms with a wonderful fragrance. This milkweed produces very large, oval leaves.
Asclepias tuberosa, 'Butterfly Weed', a bright orange flowered milkweed. Grows to about 3', and is also a fast grower, native hardy perennial. Leaves on this plant are more narrow and slender, and are fuzzy. Pinching back new growth early in the season will produce a more bushy form.
Asclepias speciosa, 'Showy Milkweed', a native hardy perennial milkweed which grows to about 3-4', produces large oval leaves.
Asclepias incarnata, 'Swamp Milkweed', a native North American hardy perennial. Grows to 3-4', rosy red blooms, may bloom the first year from seed if started very early indoors before transplanting to the garden after danger of frost is past. Leaves are slender and narrow.

US $12.00 Add to Cart

2) Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden Mix...Plant these to provide nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies!

This is a mixture of sixteen easy-to-grow wildflowers that butterflies and hummingbirds love. The mix includes both wild annuals and perennials, so bloom will begin just 3 to 4 weeks after sprouting. Plants should return year after year.

Plant in spring or early summer, or in late fall after frost for spring bloom. In warm-winter areas, plant at beginning of rainy season. Choose any bright sunny spot. Once blooms begin, butterflies and hummingbirds will be frequent visitors.

Nasturtium, red, orange
Dame's Rocket, lilac
Chinese Forget-me-Not, blue
Morning Glory, blue
Cosmos, pink, white, red
Baby's Breath, white

Purple Coneflower, pink
Crimson Clover, red
Wild Lupine, blue
Red Poppy, red, pink, white
Rose Mallow, pink
Baby Snapdragon, multicolored

Lemon Mint, pink
Scarlet Sage, red
Black-eyed Susan, gold/brown
None-so-pretty, pink

Butterfly & Hummingbird Mix is packaged as shown above, but burlap bag is forest green.

Planting instructions are included on each package. Burlap bag contains an envelope with 1 ounce of seed, which will plant 150 to 200 square feet.

US $5.00 Add to Cart

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