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New York Native Wildflower Seed Mix

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The New York Native Wildflower Seed Mix is a thoughtfully assembled collection of wildflowers chosen specifically for nativity, performance, and ecological value in New York's climate and soils, from the Hudson Valley and the Catskills to the Finger Lakes and Long Island. The base mix brings together ten proven native performers, including Purple Coneflower, Black Eyed Susan, Butterfly Weed, Bee Balm, Swamp Milkweed, Eastern Red Columbine, New England Aster, Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Stiff Goldenrod, and Common Evening Primrose, delivering continuous color from spring through hard frost and genuine food and habitat value for New York's pollinators and wildlife.

Sized by square footage rather than weight, it takes the guesswork out of planning, whether you are covering a small garden bed or transforming a larger open area. Each size contains a different quantity of base mix scaled to your coverage area, but every order includes the same five bonus seed packets regardless of size. Because these rare species are small-seeded, expensive to source, and impossible to guarantee at a consistent rate when blended into a bulk mix, they are included as individual packets so that every single customer receives a full, generous quantity of each one!

Every species in this mix was hand-selected for its performance in New York conditions, its value to the local food web, and its contribution to a planting that stays interesting from spring through hard frost. The five bonus packets are where this mix goes above and beyond: each one features a rare, unusual, or ecologically exceptional New York native that you are unlikely to find anywhere else, packaged individually so you can place each species exactly where it will do its best work.

What's included in your five bonus packets:

Blue Cardinal Flower Seeds (Lobelia siphilitica) - One of the truest blues in the native garden, Blue Cardinal Flower sends up tall, densely flowered spikes of brilliant blue-purple blooms in late summer and into fall. A confirmed favorite of bumblebees and hummingbirds, it thrives in moist soils, rain gardens, and pond margins, and self-seeds reliably where happy. A striking companion to its scarlet cousin and a genuinely hard-to-find native in the seed trade.

Downy Wood Mint Seeds (Blephilia ciliata) - A rare and charming member of the mint family, Downy Wood Mint produces stacked, pagoda-like whorls of lavender-pink flowers in early summer on upright, faintly aromatic stems. Listed as Endangered in New York State, it is known from fewer than five populations statewide, making this packet a genuine opportunity to grow and support a species that has nearly vanished from the New York landscape. A magnet for bumblebees, long-tongued bees, butterflies, and skippers, it spreads slowly and politely from a central taproot without overtaking its neighbors. Tolerant of dry soils and part shade, it is one of the most versatile and underused native perennials in the eastern flora.

Nodding Bur Marigold Seeds (Bidens cernua) - A late-season showstopper that many gardeners may never have grown! Bright yellow sunflower-like flowers bloom from late summer into fall, attracting bees, butterflies, skippers, and moths before giving way to seeds eaten by waterfowl and songbirds. Well suited to wet spots, rain gardens, and drainage areas. A genuinely rare find in the seed trade.

Obedient Plant Seeds (Physostegia virginiana) - Named for the curious way its flowers stay in whatever position you move them to, Obedient Plant is anything but passive in the garden. Tall, showy spikes of rose-pink to pale purple blooms rise from midsummer through fall, drawing bumblebees, long-tongued bees, and hummingbirds in numbers. It spreads by rhizomes to form bold, weed-suppressing colonies and is one of the most reliable late-season natives for wet to average soils in New York.

Sky Blue Aster Seeds (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense) - Among the most drought-tolerant of the native asters, Sky Blue Aster produces abundant clusters of pale blue to lavender-blue daisy-like flowers with yellow centers from late summer through October. Listed as Endangered in New York State, it exists in only a handful of wild populations across the state, making it one of the rarest wildflowers you can grow. Carries a special value designation for native bees from the Xerces Society, serves as a larval host for the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies, and feeds Wild Turkeys, Ruffed Grouse, and Tree Sparrows from its seedheads into winter.

*Your base mix and bonus packets can be planted together in the fall. If planting in spring, cold stratify the bonus packets, then incorporate them into the mix and sow.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Spring to fall

Life Cycle

Mix of Annuals & Perennials

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Attracts Birds
  • Attracts Beneficial Insects
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Low Maintenance
  • Cut Flowers

Additional information

Seed Coverage

100-200 sq ft = 1.5 oz of base mix + 5 packets
250-500 sq ft = 3 oz of base mix + 5 packets
500-1,000 sq ft = 7 oz of base mix + 5 packets
1,000-2,000 sq ft = 14 oz of base mix + 5 packets

Plant Classification

Native Species

Native To

North America; New York

Life Cycle

Mix of Annuals & Perennials

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Ideal Region

  • Northeast

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes

Non-GMO

Yes

Can Send To PO Box

Yes

Ships to Hawaii & Alaska

Yes

What's In This Mix

Name
Life Cycle
Bloom Time
Native To
Blue Cardinal Flower Seeds
Blue Cardinal Flower Seeds Lobelia siphilitica
Perennial
Summer
Eastern and Central United States
Downy Wood Mint Seeds
Downy Wood Mint Seeds Blephilia ciliata
Perennial
Early to mid summer
Eastern United States.
Nodding Bur Marigold Seeds
Nodding Bur Marigold Seeds Bidens cernua
Annual
Late spring to late summer
North America
Obedient Plant Seeds
Obedient Plant Seeds Physostegia virginiana
Perennial
Summer to fall
Most of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains
Sky Blue Aster Seeds
Sky Blue Aster Seeds Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Perennial
Early to late fall
Central and Southeastern United States
Purple Coneflower Seeds
Purple Coneflower Seeds Echinacea purpurea
Perennial
Summer
North American plains
Common Evening Primrose Seeds
Common Evening Primrose Seeds Oenothera biennis
Biennial
Spring to fall
Eastern and Central North America
Black Eyed Susan Seeds
Black Eyed Susan Seeds Rudbeckia hirta
Perennial
Summer to fall
Originally thought to be a native of only the North Americans plains, but now thought to be native all the way from the plains to the Atlantic coast in the mid-Atlantic states.
Swamp Milkweed Seeds
Swamp Milkweed Seeds Asclepias incarnata
Perennial
Summer
North America
Eastern Red Columbine Seeds
Eastern Red Columbine Seeds Aquilegia canadensis
Perennial
Early Summer
Most of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains
Butterfly Weed Seeds
Butterfly Weed Seeds Asclepias tuberosa
Perennial
Summer
Native to most of North America, from Canada to Florida
New England Aster Seeds
New England Aster Seeds Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Perennial
Late summer to fall
Eastern and Midwestern No. America, from Canada to Alabama
Eutrochium maculatum
Spotted Joe Pye Weed Seeds Eutrochium maculatum
Perennial
Summer to fall
Eastern & Central North America
Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot Seeds
Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot Seeds Monarda fistulosa
Perennial
Mid summer to fall
Most regions of North America
Stiff Goldenrod Seeds
Stiff Goldenrod Seeds Solidago rigida
Perennial
Late summer
Eastern and Northeastern United States

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