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Northeast Wildflower Seeds

Looking for wildflowers ideal for planting in the Northeast?

Choose one of our exclusive, custom-crafted Northeast Wildflower Seed Mixes or take your pick from our wide selection of individual species. All are appropriate for planting in the Northeast, including: CT, DE, MD, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WV as well as Quebec and the Eastern Provinces. We’re proud to only sell 100% Pure, Non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free seeds.

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Our Wet Meadow Wildflower Seed Mix is the perfect mix of colorful wildflowers and textural grasses for wet soil. A dozen perennial wildflowers, including favorites such as Aster, Mil...
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Wet Meadow Wildflower Seed Mix Wet Meadow Wildflower Seed Mix
As low as $15.95
Per 1/4 Pound

Our Wet Meadow Wildflower Seed Mix is the perfect mix of colorful wildflowers and textural grasses for wet soil. A dozen perennial wildflowers, including favorites such as Aster, Milkweed, Liatris, Helenium, Joe Pye Weed, and more will provide flowers all season long to attract butterflies and other pollinators. These wildflowers are complemented by a range of perennial grasses that provide lush green foliage and interesting textures with their petite flowers and seed heads. While most wildflowers do best with well-draining soil, our Wet Meadow Mix is specially formulated to succeed in meadows or gardens near water features and streams. All of the seed we carry at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow.
Turtlehead is an easy-to-grow beauty that boasts dense spikes of pure white flowers on richly-green foliage. This native plant plays a vital role in nature – It acts as a host plan...
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White Turtlehead Seeds White Turtlehead Chelone glabra
$3.95
Per Packet

Turtlehead is an easy-to-grow beauty that boasts dense spikes of pure white flowers on richly-green foliage. This native plant plays a vital role in nature – It acts as a host plant for several butterfly variety’s larvae and its nectar attracts winged wildlife. Perennial.
Wild Ginger’s large heart-shaped leaves create a low, solid, dark green carpet on the forest floor. The flowers are curious, nodding under the leaves with three deep red triang...
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Wild Ginger Seeds Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
$4.95
Per Packet

Wild Ginger’s large heart-shaped leaves create a low, solid, dark green carpet on the forest floor. The flowers are curious, nodding under the leaves with three deep red triangular petals. Not the famous spice!
Prairie Sage, also known as White Sagebrush, is a native perennial with soft, silvery green foliage, and cheerful yellow blooms through the summer months. It can form dense colonies,...
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Prairie Sage Seeds White Sagebrush, Prairie Sage Artemisia ludoviciana
$3.95
Per Packet

Prairie Sage, also known as White Sagebrush, is a native perennial with soft, silvery green foliage, and cheerful yellow blooms through the summer months. It can form dense colonies, multiplying via rhizome, which makes it a perfect choice for a meadow or prairie planting. The flowers will bring many pollinators to your garden, even serving as a host plant for the American Lady and Painted Lady butterflies. Thrives in full sun to part shade and is extremely easy to grow. All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. Perennial.
Hoary Vervain is a drought tolerant perennial that boasts a long bloom time, often adding gorgeous purple flower spikes for up to six weeks in the late summer. This native variety&rs...
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Hoary Vervain Seeds Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta
$3.95
Per Packet

Hoary Vervain is a drought tolerant perennial that boasts a long bloom time, often adding gorgeous purple flower spikes for up to six weeks in the late summer. This native variety’s seeds provide vital nourishment for a variety of small animals and birds, making it a perfect choice for any sustainable planting. Hoary Vervain’s leaves are also a common larval host for the Common Buckeye Butterfly. This variety grows in full sun to part shade and is extremely easy to grow. All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. Perennial.
Hairy Mountain Mint is a pollinator-magnet, attracting butterflies, bees and wasps to the meadow. This white-blooming beauty has the fresh, clean smell of mint and grows to be about ...
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Hairy Mountain Mint Seeds Hairy Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum pilosum
$3.95
Per Packet

Hairy Mountain Mint is a pollinator-magnet, attracting butterflies, bees and wasps to the meadow. This white-blooming beauty has the fresh, clean smell of mint and grows to be about 3’ tall. Perennial.
This is the monarda with pink flowers and leaves famous for making tea. Also called „Oswego Tea.„ Perennial...
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Bee Balm or Wild Bergamot Seeds Wild Bergamot, Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa
$3.95
Per Packet

This is the monarda with pink flowers and leaves famous for making tea. Also called "Oswego Tea." Perennial
This native species boasts unique, bright yellow blooms on mound-shaped, shrubby foliage. Growing up to 3 feet tall, this shrub is easy to grow and adapts to a variety of climates. P...
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Shrubby St. John's Wort Seeds Shrubby St. John's Wort Hypericum prolificum
$3.95
Per Packet

This native species boasts unique, bright yellow blooms on mound-shaped, shrubby foliage. Growing up to 3 feet tall, this shrub is easy to grow and adapts to a variety of climates. Perennial.
A native prairie perennial, Rattlesnake Master is extremely adaptable and easy to grow, boasting bluish/green foliage and white blooms with unique seed pods that add texture after th...
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Rattlesnake Master Seeds Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
$3.95
Per Packet

A native prairie perennial, Rattlesnake Master is extremely adaptable and easy to grow, boasting bluish/green foliage and white blooms with unique seed pods that add texture after the blooms have finished. Perennial.
A tough plant used as a ground cover. Makes mounds up to 2 ft, but can be mowed and still bloom. Perennial....
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Bird's Foot Trefoil Seeds Bird's Foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus
As low as $12.95
Per 1/4 Pound

A tough plant used as a ground cover. Makes mounds up to 2 ft, but can be mowed and still bloom. Perennial.
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is the famous orange milkweed species native from Canada to Florida. Needs fast-draining soil and full sun. Perennial...
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Butterfly Weed Seeds Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
As low as $4.95
Per Packet

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is the famous orange milkweed species native from Canada to Florida. Needs fast-draining soil and full sun. Perennial
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) produces purple/pink flower clusters that wildflower gardeners love. Milkweed is one of the Monarch Butterflies’ favorite plants and will br...
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Common Milkweed Seeds Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
As low as $4.95
Per Packet

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) produces purple/pink flower clusters that wildflower gardeners love. Milkweed is one of the Monarch Butterflies’ favorite plants and will bring many winged friends to your garden or meadow. It can be a challenge to grow but once established it will thrive for years to come and spread quickly. Perennial.
One of the scented wild mints that flowers with lavender-pink flowers. Butterfly favorite. Annual....
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Lemon Mint Seeds Lemon Bee Balm Monarda citriodora
As low as $19.95
Per 1/4 Pound

One of the scented wild mints that flowers with lavender-pink flowers. Butterfly favorite. Annual.
Heirloom Maximilian Sunflower gives you the iconic look of Sunflowers but continues to bloom year after year. Illuminating the garden with golden-yellow blooms from summer into fall,...
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Maximilian Sunflower Seeds Maximilian Sunflower Helianthus maximiliani
As low as $19.95
Per 1/4 Pound

Heirloom Maximilian Sunflower gives you the iconic look of Sunflowers but continues to bloom year after year. Illuminating the garden with golden-yellow blooms from summer into fall, and reaching up to 10 ft tall, this perennial Sunflower will quickly become the true backbone of your wildflower meadow or garden. An open-pollinated variety, Maximilian is easy to grow and attracts birds, butterflies and other pollinators all season long. All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow. Perennial.
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a showier variety of Common Milkweed. It is extremely elegant, producing willowy foliage and pink blooms. It will also attract beautiful butte...
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Swamp Milkweed Seeds Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
As low as $4.95
Per Packet

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a showier variety of Common Milkweed. It is extremely elegant, producing willowy foliage and pink blooms. It will also attract beautiful butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden or meadow. Perennial.
Crimson Clovers strawberry-red blooms add fun color to any meadow. Growing to be 24-36 tall, this annual, non-aggressive clover will provide glowing red flowers throughout your garde...
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Crimson Clover Seeds Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum
As low as $5.95
Per 1/4 Pound

Crimson Clovers strawberry-red blooms add fun color to any meadow. Growing to be 24-36 tall, this annual, non-aggressive clover will provide glowing red flowers throughout your garden or meadow. Not to be confused with the tough perennial clovers that can take over a meadow, Crimson Clover can help enhance your soil and attract pollinators to the garden or meadow. Gorgeous on its own, as a cover crop or paired with other wildflowers. Annual.
Comprised of a variety of fescues, wildflowers and ryegrass, including Perennial Ryegrass, Hard Fescue, California Poppy and more, this solar farm mix is both functional and colorful...
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Solar Farm Color Seed Mix Solar Farm Color Mix
As low as $9.95
Per 1/4 Pound

Comprised of a variety of fescues, wildflowers and ryegrass, including Perennial Ryegrass, Hard Fescue, California Poppy and more, this solar farm mix is both functional and colorful, making it the perfect choice for any property. The low growing mixture will help stabilize the land on your solar farm, as well as provide a variety of species for pollinators. All of the seed we handle at American Meadows is non-GMO, neonicotinoid-free and guaranteed to grow.

The Wildflowers of the Northeast

Wildflower gardening in the Northeast continues to gain in popularity and an understanding of the basic botanical environment is important. The Northeast is part of what botanists call the Great Northern Forest, and was solidly wooded when European colonists arrived. So it follows that most native wildflowers were shade-loving woodland perennials that enjoy somewhat acid (woodsy) soils, like the trilliums and violets.

But when heavy settlement began, our ancestors cleared forests to create farmland. And in those spaces, they planted crops. In with the crop seed they brought with them, were the seeds of European "weeds", so these sun-loving flower seeds immediately grew and made themselves at home. This is why Northeastern wildflowers today are a mixture of natives and "naturalized" flowers from other places. For example, goldenrod and black-eyed susan are native; the common daisy and chicory are from Europe. So what we see in a beautiful blaze of color along roadsides today is a mixture of the two.

With a short growing season and cold winters, the Northeastern landscape today retains its original forested history, so annual mowing of your wildflower meadow in fall is all-important. Any unmowed meadow in the region will revert to forest in about seven years. This is dramatically different from the wildflower habitats in the Great Plains and on the southern California coast which are natural grasslands and have never had solid stands of trees.

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Northeast Wildflower Seeds

Northeast Wildflower Seeds

Looking for wildflowers ideal for planting in the Northeast?

The Wildflowers of the Northeast

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