2000+ Shade Flower Seed Mix

Up for sale is one pack of 2000+ Shade Flower Seed Mix (approximately 4 grams). This is all flower seed and not 95% filler like the flower seed mixes you see at the big box stores. Perfect for spring and summer blooms that attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. Best for zones 3-9 this mix includes the following heirloom flower seeds that will reseed year after year:

Blue Cornflower
Baby Blue-Eyes
Chinese Forget-Me-Not
Candytuft
Coreopsis
Clarkia
Columbine
Five-Spot
Sweet William Dianthus
Shasta Daisy
Spurred Snapdragon
Shirley Poppy
Tall White Alyssum

We offer flat rate combined shipping on all orders, no limit on the amount or type of seed packets.

Best for zone 3-9 these seeds can be planted from in fall before your first hard freeze to spring after your last frost, as long as your soil is not covered in snow and workable. If sowing in late winter/early spring it’s best to wait until after your last frost. Work enriched garden soil 6″ deep and spread via a shaker where you can mix your packet of seeds and one cup of dry sand (this prevents clumping your flower together). Depending on if you want a dense floral look 2000 seeds will cover 100 square feet, or if you want a breezy country meadow look they will spread to 1000 square feet. These require light to germinate so spread and cover with a light dusting of peat to keep the birds away, or you can use a light covering of straw. Another enemy of flower seeds are ants, so if you are not opposed treat your seed area with some ant bait before seeding so they don’t take some of your seeds for a winter snack.

The following fall you can let the flowers stay on the stem until after your first hard freeze and they will self seed. I