Seed Savers Exchange - Honey Bee Flower Mix

The result of years of research in Applewood Seed Company’s test gardens, this mix offers a blend of adaptable annual and perennial flowers that provide nectar and pollen to honey bees all season long. It excels in garden beds, borders, and other maintained areas.

Varieties include:

• Blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata)
• California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
• Cape Forget-Me-Not (Anchusa capensis)
• China Aster (Callistephus chinensis)
• Chinese Forget-Me-Not (Cynoglossum amabile)
• Poppy,Corn, Mixed - Papaver rhoeas
• Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
• Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
• New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
• Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache rugosa)
• Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)
• Scarlet Cinquefoil (Potentilla thurberi)
• Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii)
• Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
• Sulphur Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)
• Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
• Sweet Mignonette (Reseda odorata)

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.