Seed Savers Exchange - Bee Feed Flower Mix

This very colorful early-, mid-, and late-blooming flower mix benefits pollinators all season long. An extraordinary blend of annual and perennial flowers yields nectar and pollen for wild bees, honey bees, and other pollinators, and is suitable for short-tongued and long-tongued bees. Sow in maintained landscapes such as garden beds, borders, and managed meadows.

Varieties include:

• Forget-Me-Not, Chinese - Cynoglossum amabile
• Wallflower, Siberian - Cheiranthus allionii
• Poppy, California, Orange - Eschscholzia californica
• Coneflower, Purple - Echinacea purpurea
• Aster, China, Single Mix - Callistephus chinensis
• Poppy,Corn, Mixed - Papaver rhoeas
• Coreopsis, Lance Leaved - Coreopsis lanceolata
• Flax, Blue - Linum lewisii
• Baby Blue-Eyes - Nemophila menziesii
• Tidy-Tips - Layia platyglossa
• Gilia, Globe - Gilia capitata
• Indian Blanket - Gaillardia pulchella
• Coreopsis, Plains - Coreopsis tinctoria
• Sweet Alyssum, Tall White - Lobularia maritima
• Hyssop, Lavender - Agastache foeniculum
• Daisy, Fleabane - Erigeron annuus
• Aster, New England - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
• Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa

You may sow the bee feed mix 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. Mix the seed with some sand or sawdust, broadcast the seed, and then go over the area with a rake to work the seed into the soil a little.