Backyard Retreat Mix
An easy-to-grow mix of 34 annual and perennial wildflowers serves as habitat for birds, insects, and butterflies
About Backyard Retreat Mix
"Bee" one with nature in your own backyard! This easy-to-grow mix of 34 annual and perennial wildflowers serves as habitat for birds, insects, and butterflies, providing a full season of beauty and observing our winged friends.
The annuals in Backyard Retreat Mix will provide the most first year flowers; some of the perennials will also bloom first year, with increase blooms ongoing years as they establish themselves. Plant in early spring or late fall.
Wildflowers included: Aromatic Aster, Blackeyed Susan*, Blanketflower, Blue Flax, Butterfly Milkweed, Canada Milkvetch, Common Milkweed, Drummond Phlox*, False Sunflower, Gloriosa Daisy, Grayhead Coneflower, Hoary Vervain, Illinois Bundleflower, Joe Pye Weed, Lance Leaf Coreopsis, Leadplant, Mexican Red Hat, New England Aster, Pale Purple Coneflower, Perennial Lupine, Plains Coreopsis*, Purple Coneflower, Purple Prairieclover, Sky Blue Aster, Showy Partridgepea*, Sky Blue Aster, Stiff Goldenrod, Thickspike Gayfeather, Upright Coneflower, White Prairieclover, Wild Bergamot
*Annuals
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Product Details
| Height Range: | 24 - 60 inches |
| Seeding Rate: | Broadcast: 1 oz. / 150 sq ft or 1 Lb. / 3,500 sq ft | Drilled: 10 Lbs. / Ac |
| Growing Season: | Warm Season |
| Lifespan: | Perennial |
| Planting Season: | Spring Winter/Dormant |
| Target Solution: |
Drought Tolerant Sand Tolerant Shade Tolerant Full Sun Erosion Control High Elevation Quick Establishment Low Maintenance Deer Resistant Ideal for Birds Ideal for Bees All Purpose Solution |
| Use: |
Conservation Ground Cover & Erosion Control Landscape & Ornamental Revegetation Wildlife Habitat & Food Multi-Purpose Use |
| Blooming Season: | February - August |
| Color: | Blue, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow |