Hudson Valley Seed Co.

For the Birds Flower Mix

Name: For the Birds Flower Mix
Rating: 4.00 (2 reviews)

Various Species

Conventionally Grown

Flowers for you, seeds for the birds.

Flowers feed our souls. But they also feed many other creatures: they provide nectar to bees, and their seedheads yield food for our avian relatives. This mix of annuals should not be deadheaded; the seed heads produced after the flowers fade are a buffet for birds of all kinds, an array of sustaining flavors and textures that beckon them from the perimeter of your garden. Their swoops and dives as they harvest are a dance of thanks for your generosity. Gardening as a hobby? It's for the birds, literally!

Contains Dwarf Sunflower, Partridge Pea, Phlox, Blue Flax, Gayfeather, Shasta Daisy, Prairie Coneflower, and Black-Eyed Susan.

500 seeds sow a 3'x10' garden plot.

Unit	Price	Quantity	Availability
500 seeds \| Art Pack	$5.79		In Stock

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Growing instructions

Direct sow in early spring after last frost date. Broadcast evenly into a well prepared, weed-free bed. Packet covers an area approximately 30'x30' in size. Rake in lightly, and keep watered until germination. When seedlings set true leaves, thin to 12-18" apart. This mix contains a combination of perennials and self-sowing annuals. Some varieties will bloom the first year; the full mix will appear in the second year.

Product Details

Days to Maturity	365 days
Days to Germination	5 - 25 days
Width at Maturity	12"
Height at Maturity	10-24"
Sun Conditions	Full Sun (8+ Hours Sun)
Planting Depth	Surface-1/4"
Row Spacing	18"
Plant Spacing	18"

About the artist

Artwork by The Foliage Library. Created by Matt Holbein and Emily Brooks, The Foliage Library promotes environmental and botanical education through illustrated geometric folding books with forms that relate conceptually to their content, much like these happy birds unfolding from our quatrefoil pack.

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Always the perfect gift to fill out a gardeners Christmas baskets!

The package for "For the Birds" seeds does not list the plants of the seeds. One has to go to the website, and even there, only common names are provided. Common plant names are not always reliable for identifying the species. As a native plant enthusiast, I was disappointed by the inclusion of shasta daisies, which constitute a large proportion of the seeds and which are rather aggressive and non-native, so I tediously removed those seeds from the packet. I would not buy again; rather, I would buy seed mixes from native plant nurseries. The seed packet cover art, however, remains superb!