BUTTERFLY MILKWEED & FRIENDS
1,000+ Seeds • 9 Flower Varieties • Includes 50 Butterfly Milkweed Seeds
Pure Seed – Non-GMO – Fresh – No Filler
🌱 PRODUCT INFORMATION
Create a beautiful, long-lasting pollinator garden centered around one of North America's most important native butterfly plants!
BUTTERFLY MILKWEED & FRIENDS combines Orange Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with eight flowering companions selected to create a colorful garden for butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other beneficial pollinators.
Each packet contains 1,000+ seeds, including approximately 50 Orange Butterfly Milkweed seeds.
Butterfly Milkweed is a North American native perennial and an important Monarch butterfly host plant. Its brilliant orange flowers provide nectar for many pollinators, while Monarch caterpillars depend on milkweed as a food source.
The “Friends” add additional flower colors, shapes, heights, and bloom interest to create a diverse pollinator planting rather than a single stand of milkweed.
🌸 9 FLOWER VARIETIES
• Orange Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) – Brilliant orange native perennial; Monarch host plant• Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) – Lavender-blue flowers loved by bees and beneficial insects• Siberian Wallflower (Erysimum × marshallii) – Bright golden-orange spring flowers and early pollinator food• Globe Gilia (Gilia capitata) – Blue-violet globe-shaped flower clusters• Common Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) – Purple-blue flower spikes highly attractive to bees and butterflies• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) – Classic native perennial with large purple-pink blooms• Gayfeather / Liatris (Liatris spicata) – Tall purple flower spikes that attract butterflies and bees• Granny's Bonnet Dwarf Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) – Graceful, colorful spring flowers• Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) – Soft mauve-pink flower clusters and a butterfly favorite
🦋 WHY GARDENERS WILL LOVE THIS MIX
• 1,000+ seeds per packet• Includes approximately 50 Orange Butterfly Milkweed seeds• 9 complementary flowering varieties• Includes annual, biennial and perennial flowers for varied bloom and garden interest• Provides nectar and pollen for butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinators• Includes a Monarch butterfly host plant• Excellent for fall and winter sowing• Creates a more diverse planting than Butterfly Milkweed alone• Beautiful for pollinator gardens, naturalized areas, cottage gardens and sunny borders• 100% pure seed – no filler
🌼 WAYS TO USE
Plant Butterfly Milkweed & Friends in:
• Butterfly and Monarch gardens• Pollinator gardens• Native and naturalized areas• Cottage gardens• Sunny flower borders• Meadow-style plantings• Wildlife gardens• Fall and winter-sown garden areas
Because this blend contains flowers with different growth habits and bloom periods, your planting will naturally change and develop as the seasons pass.
🌿 FAST FACTS
• Seed Count: 1,000+ Seeds• Number of Varieties: 9• Butterfly Milkweed Included: Approximately 50 Seeds• Life Cycles: Annual / Biennial / Perennial• Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun• Planting Season: Fall, Winter or Spring• Best Method: Fall / Winter Direct Sow• Flower Colors: Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Pink and Lavender• Bloom Period: Spring through Fall as plants mature• Pollinators: Butterflies, Monarchs, Bees, Hummingbirds & Beneficial Insects• Ships: Year Round
🌱 PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
FALL & WINTER SOWING — EASIEST METHOD
This mix is especially well suited for fall and winter sowing.
Scatter seeds over prepared soil after warm-season growth has ended. Press the seeds gently into the soil so they have good soil contact. A very light covering of soil may be used, but do not bury deeply.
Winter rain, snow, freezing and thawing naturally expose the seeds to the seasonal conditions they need. As temperatures warm, the different varieties will begin germinating according to their own natural schedules.
Do not expect every variety to emerge at the same time. Some will germinate quickly while others may take longer or wait for the conditions they prefer.
SPRING SOWING
This mix may also be planted in spring. Because Butterfly Milkweed and some of its perennial companions benefit from a cold period, cold stratification before spring planting may improve germination.
For the most natural and easiest establishment, we recommend fall or winter sowing whenever your climate allows.
WHERE TO PLANT
Choose a location receiving full sun to partial sun, preferably with at least 6 hours of direct sunlight.
Prepare the planting area by removing heavy weeds and loosening the soil surface. Good seed-to-soil contact is important.
WATERING & CARE
Keep newly sown areas lightly moist when rainfall is insufficient, especially during germination and early establishment.
Once established, many of the plants in this mix are relatively low maintenance. Allow perennial plants time to develop—the first season may concentrate more on root and foliage growth, with stronger flowering in subsequent seasons.
For a natural pollinator garden, allow some mature flower heads to remain at the end of the season for wildlife and natural reseeding.
🦋 A GARDEN THAT GROWS WITH YOU
This isn't a one-season packet of identical flowers.
Some Friends may bloom early. Others arrive in summer. Perennials such as Butterfly Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Liatris and Joe Pye Weed can return and become more impressive as the planting matures.
The result is a changing, colorful garden designed to provide flowers and pollinators.
