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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: 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, Maximilian Sunflower, Mexican Red Hat, New England Aster, Pale Purple Coneflower, Perennial Lupine, Plains Coreopsis*, Prairie Blazing Star, Purple Coneflower, Purple Prairieclover, Rattlesnake Master, Showy Milkweed, Showy Partridgepea*, Sky Blue Aster, Smooth Blue Aster, Smooth Penstemon, Stiff Goldenrod, 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 |
Full Sun
Ideal for Birds Ideal for Butterflies Ideal for Bees |
| Use |
Landscape & Ornamental
|
| Blooming Season |
All Season
|
| Color |
Red
Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink White Cream Multi |