Also known as Cutleaf Coneflower, this cheerful wildflower grows to be about 7 feet tall and makes a grand statement in the late season garden. Golden petals surround a green cone, creating a beautiful statement that also attracts winged wildlife.
✓ Half Sun / Half Shade
✓ Full Sun
Seeds Per Packet: 75
Light Requirements: Full Sun, Half Sun / Half Shade
Wild Ginger's large heart-shaped leaves create a low, solid, dark green carpet on the forest floor. Not the famous spice! The flowers are curious, nodding under the leaves with three deep red triangular petals.
Additional Information: Wild Ginger will keep its foliage throughout the season.
Kankakee Mallow will thrive in a backyard garden and boasts attractive foliage and flowers. The 5' plants offer up elegant pink flowers are similar to those of a Hollyhock and bloom for a whopping two months in the summer.
✓ Extended Blooms
✓ Native
Seeds Per Packet: 200
Seed Life Cycle: Perennials
Is It Storable?: Yes - You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
Also known Wild Sweetpea or Catgut, this unique wildflower's bi-color blooms are a true show-stopper in the late spring garden or meadow. This native perennial is easy to grow and drought-tolerant.
Looking for a unique addition to your garden or meadow this year? Visit the Pacific coast, all the way from San Diego up to Seattle, and you'll see these little bright daisies everywhere--edging walks, filling planters, and adding great color under foundation...
And the wide-open, petunia-like flowers range from pink to purple. The wild one grows to only about 2 ft. Maculatum is the much-loved true "wild geranium" of No. America. Beautiful blooms in early summer.
If planted in moist or overly shaded areas, Downy Wood Mint could get powdery mildew, so it's best to keep plants in a drier, well-ventilated area of the garden or meadow. Although it's a member of the mint family, this native variety is less aggressive...
Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Well Draining
Ideal Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
Soil Type: Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil
Full Sun: Yes
Is It Storable?: Yes - You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
Plant this tall yellow beauty in the back of your perennial garden, wildflower meadow, cottage garden or to naturalize a hard-to-plant area. An upright, shrubby variety, this native wildflower offers up bright yellow blooms in July to August, attract...
Is It Storable?: Yes - You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
Botanical Name: Senna hebecarpa
Seeds Per Packet: 100
Flower Color: Yellow
Ideal Region: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
Providing a wonderfully-changing story in your garden, Solomon's Plume illuminates the spring garden with elegant white plumes, followed by bright red berries in the fall. Will thrive in partial shade and under Oak and Pine trees.
✓ Full Sun
✓ Non-GMO
Bloom Time: White flowers in mid to late spring followed by red berries.
The whole plant is handsome, with flowers ranging from white to pink, and it's dependably perennial, even in the coldest climates. Shooting Star seeds prefers moist, cold stratification.
Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
Seeds Per Packet: 200
Is It Storable?: Yes- You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
A similar, but shorter species occurs farther south and is called "Southern Blue Flag." As with all irises, growing them from seed is not difficult, but may take some time. This treasured iris is not invasive in watery areas like its cousin, "Yellow Flag,"...
Looking for a bold, quick-spreading wildflower? Be sure to plant this beauty in an area you would like it to spread to! Annual. Fireweed does not disappoint! Magenta-pink blooms add bright color to the sunny garden in the summer months.
All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. The prolific yellow blooms illuminate the landscape in the summer months. This native wildflower's seed provides vital food for the birds and it attracts...
36-120" tall (3-10' tall)
Is It Storable?: Yes- You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
It includes 1/4 lb each of our four most popular pollinator mixtures: Pollinator Mix, Butterfly & Hummingbird Mix, Bee Mix and Beneficial Bug Mix. Not only will you be helping the dwindling pollinator population by planting this easy-to-pollinate collection,...
✓ Easy to Grow
✓ Hummingbirds & Butterflies
Common Name: Pollinator Habitat Wildflower Seed Collection
This long-blooming annual is native to the United States and attracts pollinators to the garden. Small, bright-yellow blooms grow to be only about 12” tall and Dwarf Helenium requires no dead-heading for prolonged blooms.
Hummingbirds & Butterflies: Yes
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Zones: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Seed Life Cycle: Annuals
Botanical Name: Helenium amarum
Native To: Southeastern and midwestern United States
All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. This native wildflower attracts a variety of pollinators to the late season garden.
Soil Type: Loamy Soil, Drought/Dry Soil
Bee Friendly: Yes
Is It Storable?: Yes- You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
Ideal Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West
Native To: Most of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains
Painted Lady Butterflies love this native wildflower's gorgeous white blooms and the flowers are also commonly used in dried flower arrangements. A tough perennial that is easy to grow, Pearly Everlasting blooms from early summer through the fall.
✓ Non-GMO
✓ Neonicotinoid-Free
Native To: Most of the United States except the Southeast
A native variety, Tennessee Purple Coneflower is easy to grow and thrives in almost any sunny spot. Unlike other Coneflowers, this unique variety has upward-facing petals, giving the flower a cup-like shape.
A true pollinator magnet, the tube-like blooms attract a variety of long-tongued bees as well as butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistant and easy to naturalize. Each stalk produces multiple white blooms in late spring to early summer.
✓ Full Sun
✓ Hummingbirds & Butterflies
Bloom Time: Early to mid summer
Soil Type: Sandy Soil, Loamy Soil
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ideal Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West
We've put together two of our favorite annuals in our Zinnia and Cosmos Seed Collection. You'll enjoy visits from bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, along with plenty of flowers to cut for photo-worthy bouquets.
Spider Milkweed, is extremely drought tolerant and thrives in dry, fast-draining soils. This variety is extremely attractive to Monarch butterflies, bees, and other beneficial bugs.
✓ Attract Butterflies
✓ Bee Friendly
✓ Half Sun / Half Shade
Is It Storable?: Yes- You can store your seed in any cool (not freezing) dry place that is not subject to extreme temperature variations.
Soil Moisture: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet, Well Draining
Hairy Mountain Mint is a pollinator-magnet, attracting butterflies, bees and wasps to the meadow. This white-blooming beauty has the fresh, clean smell of mint and grows to be about 3' tall.
Golden, daisy-like blooms illuminate the early summer garden and unlike other Gazania, Colorado Gold is cold hardy. This perennial prefers well-draining soil and is drought tolerant once established.
