The West Texas Native Wildflower Seed Mix is a thoughtfully assembled collection of wildflowers chosen specifically for nativity, performance, and ecological value in West Texas climate and soils, from the sun-baked Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and limestone Edwards Plateau to the open prairies of the Llano Estacado. The base mix brings together ten proven native performers, including Black Eyed Susan, Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Weed, Bee Balm, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Rattlesnake Master, Ohio Spiderwort, Early Sunflower, Plains Coreopsis, and Common Evening Primrose, delivering continuous color from spring through hard frost and genuine food and habitat value for West Texas 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 West Texas 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 West Texas 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:
Aromatic Aster Seeds (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) - One of the last natives to bloom before winter, Aromatic Aster produces dense mounds of violet-purple daisy-like flowers from September through November, often pushing past the first frosts. Fragrant when crushed, it carries a special value designation for native bees from the Xerces Society, is a larval host for the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly, and feeds songbirds and game birds through winter. Heat tolerant, drought tolerant, and perfectly suited to the rocky, calcareous soils of West Texas.
Clasping Coneflower Seeds (Dracopis amplexicaulis) - A bold annual native to Texas prairies and calcareous bottomlands, Clasping Coneflower blooms from spring into summer with striking yellow flowers tipped in reddish-purple, filling the early-season gap before many other natives hit their stride. Bees and butterflies use it heavily, it reseeds reliably year to year, and its structure provides cover for upland game birds.
Mexican Hat Seeds (Ratibida columnifera) - A West Texas icon. The unmistakable sombrero-shaped blooms in mahogany red and yellow bloom in waves from late spring through fall on feathery gray-green foliage. Tough, drought tolerant, and at home in poor alkaline soils, it carries a special value designation for native bees from the Xerces Society and feeds finches and songbirds from its seedheads.
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.
Prairie Sage Seeds (Artemisia ludoviciana) - Not a showy bloomer, but one of the most ecologically important plants in this collection. Striking silvery-white aromatic foliage contrasts beautifully with the warm colors of West Texas wildflowers, while its rhizomatous habit makes it an exceptional soil stabilizer. A larval host for the American Lady and Painted Lady butterflies, it also provides forage for Sage Grouse, deer, antelope, and a wide range of small mammals.
*Your base mix and bonus packets can be planted together in the fall. If planting in spring, you may want to cold stratify the bonus packets, then incorporate them into the mix and sow.
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