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Bee Insect Garden
Prices start at : 8.99 USD / each

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination.
United States
Kentucky
Sneezewort, Sneezeweed Achillea ptarmica
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.
  • Germination: 71%
  • Genus: Achillea
  • Botanical Name: Achillea ptarmica
  • Species: ptarmica
  • Purity: 98%
  • Family: Asteraceae
United States
Kentucky
Catmint
Prices start at : 5.00 USD / each

Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Plant in full sun.
  • Zones: 3-8
  • Spread: 24"
  • Colors: Blue, Lavender
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Season Color: Summer
United States
Kentucky
Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
  • Purity: 98%
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Quantity: 1 lb
  • Botanical Name: Echinops sphaerocephalus
  • Germination: 91%
United States
Kentucky
Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket Flower, American Starthistle, American Basketflower, Sweet Sultan, Shaving Brush Centaurea americana
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head,...
  • Species: americana
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Centaurea americana
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Genus: Centaurea
  • Quantity: 2.03 lb
United States
Kentucky
Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Genus: Asclepias
  • Height: 1-3 feet
  • Species: tuberosa
  • Seeds Per Pound: 85,352
  • Lot#: 9501
United States
Kentucky
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A slender, hairy-stemmed plant bearing flower heads with drooping, yellow rays surrounding a roundish to ellipsoid, grayish central disk darkening to brown as rays drop off. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem.
  • Height: 3-5 feet
  • Purity: 99%
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination: 91%
  • Crop Year: 2015
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 460
United States
Kentucky
Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat Ratibida pinnata     - Rudbeckia pinnata
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* A slender, hairy-stemmed plant bearing flower heads with drooping, yellow rays surrounding a roundish to ellipsoid, grayish central disk darkening to brown as rays drop off. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem.
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 460
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Botanical Name: Ratibida pinnata
  • Purity: 99%
  • Common Name: Yellow Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Gray-head Coneflower, Gray-head Mexican-hat
United States
Kentucky
Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.
  • Common Name: Great Globethistle, Giant Globe Thistle, Great Globe Thistle, Common Globe Thistle
  • Height: 5-6 feet
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Purity: 98%
  • Genus: Echinops
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 4
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Kentucky
Max Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum maximum     - Chrysanthemum maximum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* Easily grown in a good garden soil. * A good butterfly and moth plant. * The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. * Leucanthemum maximum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family...
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 660
  • Genus: Leucanthemum
  • Botanical Name: Leucanthemum maximum
  • Germination: 80%
  • Crop Year: 2016
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
United States
Kentucky
Chives, Wild Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple.
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 356
  • Germination: 91%
  • Height: 12 inches
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Collection Locale: Oregon
United States
Kentucky
Dwarf Fairy Candytuft Iberis umbellata   Dwarf Fairy
Prices start at : 4.95 USD / 1 packet

* A very ornamental plant. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks after sowing and continue until frost; native to Europe.
  • Collection Locale: US
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Iberis umbellata Dwarf Fairy
  • Germination: 94%
  • Height: 1ft
  • Genus: Iberis
United States
Kentucky
Hyssop, Herb Hyssop Hyssopus officinalis
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

Hyssopus officinalis and Hyssopus decumbens are the same plant; however, France calls it Hyssopus decumbens due to its terrain creating a more potent hyssop. As an essential oil, Hyssop's botanical name is always referred to as Hyssopus officinalis.
  • Genus: Hyssopus
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Germination Test Type: cut
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 178
  • Height: 2 feet
  • Seeds Per Pound: 408,600
United States
Kentucky
Pink Tapien Verbena
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors. A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering...
  • Native To / Origin: Part of the Suntory Collection
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10
United States
Kentucky
Bush\'s Yellow Coneflower, Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Purple Cone Flower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

A paradoxically yellow flowered purple coneflower with deep sunny yellow ray petals that surround the dark bristly rounded cone. This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils.
  • Fertilizing: Spring - midsummer.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained, moderately dry to average moist soils.
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Kentucky
Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Flower color and size is quite variable. * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long.
  • Common Name: Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 353
United States
Kentucky
Lo\' & Beholdtm Lilac Chip Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to...
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens- NC, JC Raulston, Dr. Dennis Werner - 2012
  • Grows To: 12-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
United States
Kentucky
Gregg\'s Mist Flower, West Texas Ageratum
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

To learn more about Gregg's Mist Flower see " Perennial for part shade and butterfly magnet : Gregg's Mist Flower " by the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.
  • Soil & Moisture: Well draining.
  • Native To / Origin: US- TX, NM, AZ
  • Grows To: 18-24"H space about 12-18" apart
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
United States
Kentucky
Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum, Blue Boneset
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Blue Mistflower is a rhizomatous colonizing native perennial that may be best suited to naturalistic settings or among larger growing plants as a tall groundcover. Excellent for pollinators, particularly native bees.
  • Native To / Origin: US- Central and Eastern
  • Soil & Moisture: Moist to average moist, acidic soils.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
  • Salt Tolerance: Poor
United States
Kentucky
Winter Cassia, Christmas Senna, Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The Winter Cassia may freeze to the ground in the northern portions of its range but it is quick to return in spring. Where temperatures drop below freezing it is more likely to be deciduous.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: South America
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moisture, well-drained soils. Does well under average garden conditions.
  • Grows To: 8-12'H x 8-12'W
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Kentucky
Wolf\'s Lilac Syringa wolfii
Prices start at : 8.95 USD / 1 packet

Capsule oblong, (1-)1.2-1.7 cm, smooth. Panicles erect, terminal, 5-30 × 3-18 cm; rachis, pedicel, and calyx villous or pubescent, occasionally subglabrous. * Fragrant lilac flowers in clusters as long as 1'; leaves to 6"; native to Manchuria and Korea.
  • Quantity: 1.15 lb
  • Genus: Syringa
  • Average Viable Seeds/Packet: 37
  • Collection Locale: Russia
  • Germination Test Type: Cut
  • Species: wolfii
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Kentucky
French Marigold Tagetes patula
Prices start at : 1.95 USD / 1 packet

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume.
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Crop Year: 2018
  • Minimum Hardiness Zone: annual
  • Genus: Tagetes
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: French Marigold
United States
Kentucky
Scarlet Sage, Cherry Red Sage, Texas Sage, Blood Sage Salvia coccinea
Prices start at : 2.95 USD / 1 packet

Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Flower color and size is quite variable. * Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long.
  • Collection Locale: Colorado
  • Seeds Per Pound: 394,240
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Height: 12 inches
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Botanical Name: Salvia coccinea
United States
Kentucky
Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush, Buddleia
Prices start at : 10.99 USD

The fragrant flowers of Buddleias are excellent for attracting butterflies, bees, and a host of other garden beneficials. The Flutterby series of Butterfly Bushes or Buddleias were selected not only for their compact habit, fragrant colorful flowers,...
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Peter Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 2011
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part shade
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Kentucky
Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Prices start at : 3.95 USD / 1 packet

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they...
  • Quantity: 0.2 lb
  • Germination Test Type: Actual
  • Purity: 78%
  • Common Name: Blue Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia
  • Height: 2-3 feet
  • Botanical Name: Lobelia siphilitica
United States
Kentucky
Chi-Chi Dwarf Pink Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican Petunia, Dwarf Pink Ruellia, Desert Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells, Florida Bluebells
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

This durable perennial makes a great border, groundcover, or makes a great addition to containers. For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These reliable perennials lend themselves to use as a groundcover,...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to moist soils for the best flowering, moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
United States
Kentucky
Indigo Spires Salvia
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 3-4'W
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10,11
  • Native To / Origin: US - Huntington Botanic Gardens, San Marino, CA - circa1979
  • Salt Tolerance: Low to Moderate - Protect from Direct Salt Spray
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
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Kentucky