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Monarch Butterfly Bloom Booster Seed Packet Set

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  • The Monarch Butterfly Bloom Booster Seed Packet Set is designed to support monarchs throughout their life cycle with a vibrant mix of host and nectar plants.
  • Including five varieties with blooms from early summer through fall, this collection offers essential resources for monarch caterpillars and migrating adults.
  • Easy to grow and full of color, it's perfect for pollinator gardens, meadow plantings, and anyone hoping to make a meaningful impact for monarchs.
  • All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow.

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Description

There’s nothing quite like spotting a monarch butterfly drifting through the garden, bright wings glowing like stained glass in the sun. Our Monarch Butterfly Bloom Booster Seed Packet Set is designed to make those moments more common, more magical, and more meaningful. This carefully selected collection of five packets—Asclepias syriaca, Zinnia elegans ‘Cut & Come Again,’ Liatris pycnostachya, Echinacea purpurea, and Monarda fistulosa—provides the essential plants monarchs need to feed, rest, and raise the next generation. It’s a pollinator-powered planting that turns your garden into a vital stop along the monarch migration route.

Each plant in this collection plays an important role in the monarch story. Common Milkweed is the cornerstone, serving as a host plant for monarch caterpillars and a nectar source for countless pollinators. Bee Balm (Wild Bergamot) and Purple Coneflower offer rich midseason blooms that hum with bees and butterflies, while Prairie Blazing Star sends up tall spikes of purple flowers beloved by migrating monarchs in late summer. Zinnia ‘Cut & Come Again’ adds cheerful, long-lasting color and easy-access nectar, creating a continuous buffet from early summer into fall.

Beyond their beauty, these plants are resilient, hardworking, and garden-friendly, thriving in full sun and adapted well to a range of soil conditions. Together, they create layered texture, vibrant color, and staggered bloom times that support monarchs and other pollinators when it matters most. Whether you’re planting a small backyard patch or weaving wildflowers into a larger meadow, this set makes it easy to grow with purpose.

Planting the Monarch Butterfly Bloom Booster Seed Packet Set is a simple act with far-reaching impact. Every bloom helps fuel a journey that spans thousands of miles, and every caterpillar is a reminder that your garden is part of something bigger. Sow these seeds, watch the wings appear, and take pride in creating a space where monarchs—and wonder—can thrive.

*Formerly sold as our Monarch Butterfly Annual Wildflower Seed Packet Collection.


Planting & Care

Monarch Butterfly Guide: Step-by-Step Planting Instructions

  1. Check for your last frost date and plant after this has passed. Choose a spot on your property that gets 6 or more hours of direct sun a day.
  2. Prepare your soil before clearing the area of all existing growth. Simply dig up everything that is growing, turn the soil and rake the area flat. If this is an area that has never before been gardened, you may need to till the area up to remove growth.
  3. Mix the seeds with sand for better visibility and scatter the seeds directly on top of the soil. If you are sowing a larger area, we recommend using a seed spreader; if not, you can sow by hand.
  4. We recommend lightly compressing the seeds into the soil, making sure not to bury them. You can either walk on them, use a board or if you are sowing a larger area, rent a seed roller.
  5. Water so that the soil is moist, not soaking wet, until the seedlings are about 4-6" tall. After that, the seedlings will survive on natural rains. If you are experiencing very dry weather, we recommend watering occasionally.

It may take several weeks for the seeds to grow. Be patient.

Fun Facts About Monarch Butterflies

  • Monarchs feed primarily on wildflowers, including Butterfly Milkweed, Common Milkweed, Swamp Milkweed, Joe Pye Weed, Stiff Goldenrod, Zinnia, Sulphur Cosmos, Sweet Alyssum, Indian Blanket, and Marigolds.
  • The black and orange coloring of their wings sends a warning to predators that the Monarch is foul-tasting and poisonous.
  • Millions of Monarchs migrate to Mexico for the winter!
  • Monarchs use updrafts of warm air to help them glide as they migrate, conserving energy on their long trips to over-wintering sites in Mexico.
  • Monarchs smell with their antennae! They use their eyes to locate flowers and then use their antennae to smell the nectar and taste the flower with the bottoms of their feet. They have special receptors on the ends of their feet, called tarsi, that taste sweet liquids.
  • The Monarch larva, or caterpillar, sheds its skin five times before entering the pupal stage. Each stage is called an "instar."
  • Male monarch butterflies have a black spot on a vein on each hind wing. Females have no spots on this vein.

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Key Features

Advantages

  • Cut Flowers
  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Low Maintenance
  • Easy To Grow
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Fragrant

Life Cycle

Annual

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Additional information

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Dry
  • Moist / Wet

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Acidic Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Seed Coverage

covers approximately 100 square feet

Growing Zones

  • Zone 1
  • Zone 2
  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10

Ideal Region

  • Northeast
  • Southeast
  • Midwest
  • Southwest
  • West
  • Pacific Northwest

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Non-GMO

Yes

Ships As

Seed

Can Send To PO Box

Yes

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

Yes

What's In This Packet Set

Includes one packet of each variety listed below
Name
Life Cycle
Bloom Time
Native To
Common Milkweed Seeds
Common Milkweed Seeds Asclepias syriaca
Perennial
Summer
Native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
Cut & Come Again Zinnia Seeds
Cut & Come Again Zinnia Seeds Zinnia elegans 'Cut & Come Again'
Annual
Summer to fall
Mexico
Liatris pycnostachya
Prairie Blazing Star Seeds Liatris pycnostachya
Purple Coneflower Seeds
Purple Coneflower Seeds Echinacea purpurea
Perennial
Summer
North American plains
Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot Seeds
Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot Seeds Monarda fistulosa
Perennial
Mid summer to fall
Most regions of North America