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It thrives on thin well drained soils (typically those with shallow bedrock layers), but it is widely adaptable and can establish in deeper, moist soils, and partial shade as long as weedy non-native grasses are controlled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of its bunchy form and non-aggressive growth habit, it mixes perfectly with wildflowers, creating a true meadow plant community. Roemer’s fescue has thin leaf blades, seed heads that reach up to a foot in height, and varies in color from rich silver blue to green to purple or red. 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This range of habitats is possible because of gumweed’s high tolerance for harsh soil conditions including droughty, compacted, low fertility, saline, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlowers attract large numbers of butterflies, honey bees, syrphid flies, and native bees including the native wetland-prairie long-horned bee (Melissodes pullatela). Flowers are unusually attractive to the great copper butterfly (Lycaena xanthoides). 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Its fast growth and short lifespan (usually about 2 years) also makes it very competitive against weeds, and a useful plant for   helping to pave the way for slower-growing native perennials. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor us, it works great in combination with Puget gumweed and Roemer's fescue as a simple, pollinator-friendly combination for spots with terrible soil and harsh exposure: parking strips, freeway medians, gravel pits, and areas with thin topsoil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 grams (Approximately 125 seeds).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36230504268,"sku":"","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/riverbank-lupine-seeds-lupinus-rivularis-580984.jpg?v=1770320559"},{"product_id":"globe-gilia-gilia-capitata","title":"Globe Gilia Seeds (Gilia capitata)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the easiest and most reliable showy annuals.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe love globe gilia for its ease of establishment. When sown in the fall on well prepared soil (cleared of competing weeds), this species is a reliable and fast germinating colonizer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy May it begins bursting upwards with multiple cheerful bright blue flower stems on each plant. In normal years, these blooms can continue into July, after many other spring wildflowers start to fade. Its visual appeal is endearing enough that globe gilia has been transported far and wide, even becoming a common garden plant in some European cities, although its native range is from Baja California to southern British Columbia. While it is increasingly rare in the Northwest, we are glad to be bringing it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlobe gilia is very attractive to honey bees, and we also see great numbers of small ground-nesting sweat bees showing up on it, especially on warm mornings. The Propertius duskywing butterfly (\u003cem\u003eErynnis propertius\u003c\/em\u003e), and various skipper butterflies are a few other insect visitors we’ve seen on this great plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder natural conditions you would find this plant on poor quality soils such as dry gravel, sandy loam, or on dry sunny hillsides. That said it is adaptable to a broad range of soil conditions. Gilia tends to stay about knee-high, but in very rich soils we’ve seen it climb to almost 5 feet in height.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote: This plant is included in our standard pollinator seed mix, but it tends to disappear after the first or second year as the longer-lived perennial plants in the seed mix begin to dominate. 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Arising from a single hairy, sticky, and resinous stalk that smells like pineapple, showy tarweed explodes into a multi-headed hydra of gloriously bright yellow flowers nearly 4 inches across that are often marked with deep magenta centers. The magnificent flowers that burst forth before sunrise, curl up from each petal tip by midday, eluding late risers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the bees know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMale melissodes (long-horned bees) in particular, know tarweed flowerheads are a great place to spend the night, clustered together in nectar-soaked revere, awaiting the sunlight of dawn and the female bees that wake early to pollinate this plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShowy tarweed reaches heights atypical of our native wildflowers, often standing more than 5-feet high, towering above the dried-out kin of earlier seasons. 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On average foothill clover remains around a foot in height, but can occasionally climb higher, especially when it has surrounding vegetation to help prop it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFoothill clover has edible foliage and seeds and has a long history of use as a food source by first nations people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 400 to 600 seeds (2 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39645819601073,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/foothill-clover-seeds-trifolium-cilolatum-878929.jpg?v=1770233732"},{"product_id":"arrowleaf-balsamroot-seeds-balsamorhiza-sagittata","title":"Arrowleaf Balsamroot Seeds (Balsamorhiza sagittata)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBalsamroot (\u003cem\u003eBalsamorhiza\u003c\/em\u003e sp.) and mule’s ears (\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWyethia\u003c\/em\u003e sp.) are the western state equivalents to the glorious \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSilphiums\u003c\/em\u003e of Midwestern tallgrass prairies (such as cupplant, compass plant, and prairie dock). This subtribe of the sunflower family produces interestingly tough, wide leaves, thick resinous stalks, large, showy flowers, and notoriously deep tap roots that can extend to mysterious depths. We have a friend who once tried to dig up and transplant a balsamroot, excavating the taproot for more than a dozen feet along a hillside until the end disappeared inside a crack in the bedrock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf the balsamroots, arrowleaf is the most widespread and adaptable, occurring across the Inland Northwest, and broader West from Canada to Arizona (as far east as South Dakota). It’s a tolerant, carefree, and adaptable plant that shows up in dry prairies, rocky hillsides, and openings in pine forests. In any of those locations individual plants could potentially persist for a century – perhaps multiple centuries – where they greet every spring with the same cheerful bright yellow disks. About the only thing they won’t tolerate is constant, persistent grazing by cattle and horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll parts of balsamroot are edible, but many parts are resinous tasting. Still, one can produce an interesting tincture or extract from the flowers of balsamroot (and mule’s ears and gumweed) that is used as a folk remedy in much that same way as \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEchinacea\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBalsamroot is an excellent spring bumble bee and butterfly plant. 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We’ve long marveled at descriptions of this dazzling, gangly plant in old beekeeping books from the past century when it was praised for yielding more than a hundred pounds of honey per hive in under two weeks, building up 2 to 3 supers (surplus honey boxes) per hive over a 3-week period, and supplying nectar with sugar concentrations approaching an impressive 30%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore than that however, this is simply a fascinating, useful, and joyful plant to have around. Valued by native people for centuries, beeplant or bee plant was noted by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, perhaps standing out for its outlandishly showy pink\/white\/purple flowers with their elongated stamens, which are nearly always covered in various pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBee plant is an annual species that can reach a hearty 4 or 5 feet in height (often with multiple stems), and will tolerate dry, sandy soils, even some drought without much complaint, as well as a bit of shade from nearby scrub or pines at higher elevations. It also grows in harsh soils with concentrations of salts, metals, and minerals where other plants may be less than thrilled to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBee plant is storied for its many traditional uses including as a cooked vegetable, an edible seed that can be ground into meal or eaten directly. 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We all overlook the miracles of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow long has the \u003cem\u003eBrodiaea\u003c\/em\u003e been in this spot? Vehicles of various sorts have been parking and driving on this patch of ground since at least the 1940s. Navel facilities have been built up and torn down. Rusted junk, lug nuts, old threaded rods, and decrepit chunks of concrete, stage watch over the place. This odd “meadow” must be at least two centuries old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOccasionally, we “rescue” a plant from the spot, digging up one that is especially aggrieved by trampling and vehicle tires. Doing this is akin to digging something out of dried cement. The decades of compaction make the soil virtually impenetrable. Yet the \u003cem\u003eBrodiaea\u003c\/em\u003e can generally manage to send up a flower, an electric-pink or electro-purple affair that stands out against the newly dormant brown grass of summer. It’s a kind of folk tale come to life when you stoop down to look at a patch of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of this speaks to the fact that “harvest brodiaea” can grow almost anywhere. It probably thrives in places like this, not because it loves difficult conditions, but because it faces less competition from taller vegetation. Like camas and checker lily (companions it sometimes grows with), long-ago-people dug up and ate the bulbs. Each plant only produces a few seeds. And, it is one of the last meadow bulbs to flower every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s a slow going, and challenging process to grow this plant from seed. We set the seeds out in deep containers in late fall or winter. Allow the cold and rain to break- the dormancy, and await the tiny, single thin green stem that grows only a month or two in spring before dying back in the first year. It doesn’t always work. We’ve also had seed that sat in containers for two years outside before deciding to germinate. As they grow, they can be kept in containers for a few years, until they develop a true, small bulb, that can help ensure their survival when they are planted out into the ground. It’s a remarkable pattern of growth. It's a dreamy, and spell-binding kind of plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e0.1 grams (Approximately 50 to 80 seeds)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40285175054513,"sku":"","price":14.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/harvest-brodiaea-seeds-brodiaea-coronaria-799036.jpg?v=1748737929"},{"product_id":"plains-coreopsis-seeds-coreopsis-tinctoria","title":"Plains Coreopsis Seeds (Coreopsis tinctoria)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSometimes called dyer’s coreopsis, or dyer’s tickseed for its longstanding use as a wild dye plant, creating a range of deep-reddish-brown to yellow pigments, depending on the flower petal segments selected for use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is largely a plant of the inland West, occurring across a vast expanse from southern inland British Columbia to the Gulf Coast of Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt’s an annual species, frequenting recently disturbed ground: buffalo wallows, eroded badlands gulches, and remote highway verges where is sometimes appears among packed gravel and among cracks in asphalt as interstate trucks roar by at 60mph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe love this plant for it’s cheerful early morning flowers – often bright yellow with intense red centers - although fully red and fully yellow flowers also both occur. It’s closely associated with wild long-horn bees (genus: Melissodes), with females foraging among the flowers for nectar, while full-on clustered encampments of single males sometimes cling to the stems overnight, awaiting the warmth of dawn and the appearance females.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a great species for overseeding arid scab lands (along with Lewis flax, yarrow, and Rocky Mountain bee plant) to add color and wildlife value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOr --- even in non-arid climates this is a handy addition to vegetable gardens where it can be planted in rows to attract pollinators and beneficial insects such as minute pirate bugs and lady beetles (good companion species for this kind of annual planting include large-flowered collomia, and lacy phacelia).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApprox. 400-500 seeds (0.2 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40777979003057,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/plains-coreopsis-seeds-coreopsis-tinctoria-779258.jpg?v=1770319966"},{"product_id":"blanket-flower-seeds-gaillardia-aristata","title":"Blanket Flower Seeds (Gaillardia aristata)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemarkably colorful and drought-adapted, blanketflower is a dryland native perennial, occurring across the inland west from eastern British Columbia south into the Great Basin and eastward across the Great Plains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith variable colors, blanket flower can appear with with yellow, red, brown, or purple centers, and yellow, or red petals (with flowering occurring from late summer into fall). These flowers arise up to about two feet in height (sometimes much less), from mostly bare stems, with lance-shaped foliage remaining closer to the ground. As the flower heads ripen they release, interesting bristly seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are consistently excellent bee flowers, often attracting large wild leafcutter bees and dazzling metallic green \u003cem\u003eAgapostemon\u003c\/em\u003e sweat bees. That said, the most intriguing insect visitors (found in much of the open West) are brilliantly colorful \u003cem\u003eSchinia\u003c\/em\u003e moths which camouflage themselves with jaw-dropping effectiveness within the flowerheads. These moths (often red and yellow in appearance) are like flying flowers themselves, and are among the most spectacularly colorful moths in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlant blanketflower in dry, rocky or gravelly soils, with the seeds mostly raked or scattered into bare ground (they need light to germinate). In extremely dry years, it may be mostly dormant, with more prolific flowering happening in years after some decent winter precipitation. This is a plant for full or partial sunlight, for rock gardens, in open understories beneath pines, as a great yard or landscape plant for hot front yards -- however it probably also has untapped potential in a lot of other unexpected human spaces, including spaces in wet climates -- as a tenacious green roof option, as a rock garden specimen, in roadside plantings where urban heat islands cause other plants to wilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe think this plant is tolerant of light grazing, wildfires, and it does not need cold stratification to germinate in our experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 200 seed (0.8 grams). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40788671758513,"sku":"","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/products\/blanket-flower-seeds-gaillardia-aristata-492127.jpg?v=1770232702"},{"product_id":"wild-blue-flax-seeds-linum-lewisii","title":"Wild Blue Flax Seeds (Linum lewisii)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis plant is one of the overlooked gems of the West. It’s a fiber plant (like its domesticated cousin) – useful for fabric, nets, cordage, baskets, and more. It produces multitudes of bright sky-blue flowers that open in the early morning for many weeks throughout spring and early summer. It grows among gravel and rocky soils with no complaint. It possesses all the dreamy poetic qualities of beautiful flower that exists in far away lonely places where only the sun and stars gaze upon it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLargely displaced by cheatgrass and grazing, our wild blue flax is perfectly at home in moderately arid lands from Alaska and the Canadian Plains, southward throughout California, Texas, and Mexico. It’s mostly a plant of alkaline soils, where it grows up to 3-feet tall as a multi-stemmed perennial, preferring full sun conditions (it can tolerate partial shade, but will produce fewer flowers).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eResearchers have noted that there is less pollinator activity on blue flax, than on other wildflowers. This is mostly true however we’ve notice that peak flower-insect activity is very early in the morning so it’s likely that pollinator researchers have missed some of the creatures that depend upon this plant. Throughout the heat of the day, pollen-feeding muscoid flies are the frequent flower visitors, along with small Halictid bees. Under high mid-day heat, many of the flowers may even completely close up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFew other rangeland flowers can compare with the bright, numerous, and showy flowers of wild blue flax. 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However, based on field testing over years, and watching many thousands of our own plants devoured by deer, this mix is composed of species that deer mostly leave alone, or flat out do not like after a single taste. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnd yet, these are also some of our showiest, easiest-to-establish species, and ones that still support an amazing abundance and diversity of wildlife (just not deer!). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe’ve aimed for a balance of species that can survive everything from damp to rather dry sites, but everything in this mix does indeed need full sun to prosper. If you’ve got a shaded site with heavy deer pressure, consider something like ferns or salal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOne notable inclusion in this mix is Coastal poppy. We’ve heard countless debates, discussions, and speculations about how far north the actual native range of this plant is. (With various arguments ranging from it stopping at the Oregon border, to other claims that it historically occurred all the way north to southern Alaska!). While there are Pacific Northwest records of the plant at least as far back as the 1800s, we simply don’t know. What we do know is: 1) It does occur wildly in some interesting regional places where it seems rather implausible for someone to have planted it, including coastal bluffs, and cliff embankments in the Columbia gorge, 2) It naturalizes nicely without ever becoming invasive in our region and extends the bloomtime much later into the season than most other wildflowers, and 3) It is a ridiculously great bumble bee plant, attracting many different bumble bee species, not just common ones like the yellow-faced bumble bee (\u003cem\u003eBombus vosenesenkii\u003c\/em\u003e). 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Still, given the interest in monarch butterfly conservation and out of an appreciation for the milkweed genus, we’ve had many folks reaching out asking about other milkweed species to use as interesting botanical specimens for their gardens. After discovering this often-overlooked member of the milkweed clan in our travels, we thought it might be as interesting to others as it is to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStanding at nearly 3-feet in mature height, this is a very sturdy plant with (as the name suggests) big, rubbery, Dr. Seuss-like leaves, pronounced with enormous bulging veins. The whole affair resembles something like a reptile crossed with a cabbage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKeep this in dry, sunny locations at maturity for the most impressive results!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApproximately 150 seeds. 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Often this includes areas that are too big, too difficult, or not economically feasible to completely clear of existing vegetation and start from scratch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter several years of testing at multiple sites across the Northwest, we formulated a mix of \u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ejust wildflowers\u003c\/u\u003e – specifically the wildflowers we’ve successfully overseeded into existing grass and thatch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a low-cost and low-input option for adding more biological richness to areas such as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOld fields\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoadside ditches and embankments\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVacant lots\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePost-industrial sites\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarginal areas previously disturbed by encampments, logging, or construction\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRetired hayfields and pastures (note: this isn’t a mix for livestock)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbandoned or overgrown lawns\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor best success, and for accurate expectations, please note the following:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. This is a mix for full sun, or a mix of full sun and partial\/dappled shade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. No inert material needs to be added before sowing. These are relatively dense, heavy seeds that can work their way down through some thatch to reach and settle upon the soil surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Progress with overseeding wildflowers into grassy areas can be slow. We recommend repeating the process annually, or at least every few years, if possible. This, combined with optimal installation and management (see below) can slowly change the plant community, adding color, diversity, and biological richness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Overseeding into diverse grass populations (e.g. mixtures of timothy, orchard grass, lawn fescues, sweet vernal grass, etc.) will typically result in more success than overseeding solid monocultures of invasive grasses (e.g. reed canary grass or rat tail fescue).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInstallation and Management: \u003c\/strong\u003eSeed should be hand-scattered or mechanically broadcast over the existing grass sward in late summer through early winter. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInitial Site Preparation may consist of the following approaches:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. OKAY: Seed can be simply scattered into existing grass in late summer. This approach will work best with repeated annual overseeding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBETTER: Mow the site with a thatching lawn mower blade in mid-summer to finely chop-up the clippings. Repeated mowing at the lowest possible height is ideal to both break down the clippings and thatch as much as possible, and to open up more bare ground between the existing grass. Then, in late-summer, the site can be overseeded.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBEST: Mow the site as low as possible in early fall with a bagging mower, or cut the field for hay, and remove the bagged clippings or hay bales to compost them away from the meadow. Then, overseed the area before significant grass re-growth occurs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing the initial first-year seeding, you should perform active ongoing-management of the meadow for best performance:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. OKAY: Actively watch for and remove aggressive weed invaders such as Canada thistle and blackberry. Continue to overseed the meadow in late summer every year if possible, or at least every few years. Consider adding \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/yellow-rattle-seeds-rhinanthus-minor?variant=34712193269911\"\u003eyellow rattle\u003c\/a\u003e at a rate of 1-2 packets per 100-sqft to further reduce grass vigor and increase wildflowers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. BETTER: Actively watch for and remove aggressive weed invaders such as Canada thistle and blackberry. Mow the site with a thatching lawn mower blade in early fall to finely chop-up the clippings. Repeated mowing at the lowest possible height is ideal to both break down the clippings and thatch as much as possible, and to open up more bare ground between the existing grass. Continue to overseed the meadow immediately after mowing every year if possible, or at least every few years. Consider adding \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/yellow-rattle-seeds-rhinanthus-minor?variant=34712193269911\"\u003eyellow rattle\u003c\/a\u003e at a rate of 1-2 packets per 100-sqft to further reduce grass vigor and increase wildflowers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. BEST: Actively watch for and remove aggressive weed invaders such as Canada thistle and blackberry. Mow the site as low as possible in early fall with a bagging mower, or cut the field for hay, and remove the bagged clippings or hay bales to compost them away from the meadow (composting will allow any viable insect eggs or larva to emerge). Continue to overseed the meadow immediately after mowing every year if possible, or at least every few years. Consider adding \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/yellow-rattle-seeds-rhinanthus-minor?variant=34712193269911\"\u003eyellow rattle\u003c\/a\u003e at a rate of 1-2 packets per 100-sqft to further reduce grass vigor and increase wildflowers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Note on Expectations: \u003c\/strong\u003eNeglected and overgrown grassy areas may have decades of dormant viable grass and weed seed in the soil (hundreds of pounds per acre). Reintroducing native wildflowers into such spaces is a process, not a magic switch. The more active weeding, annual mowing, and overseeding invested in such sites, the more success you will have. Although results can take several years to become increasingly visible – with active weeding, annual mowing, and late season overseeding – most grasslands can be improved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSeed Mix Contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnnual Wildflowers:\u003c\/u\u003e Farewell to Spring (Clarkia amoena), Spanish Clover (Acmispon americanus), Foothill Clover (Trifolium ciliolatum), White Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePerennial Wildflowers:\u003c\/u\u003e Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Great Camas (Camassia leichtlinii), Common Camas (Camassia quamash), Blue Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium idahoensis), Big Leaf Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), Riverbank Lupine (Lupinus rivularis), Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris), American Vetch (Vicia americana), Oregon Sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuantity: \u003c\/strong\u003e1 lb. 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This pattern of favoring wet winter ground followed by summer drought speaks to the true ecology of this plant – a plant that likely first existed in and around wild vernal meadow pools from southern California to British Columbia. Such small seasonal ponds sustained small wetland songbirds and frogs before drying out into a riot of small, early summer wildflowers. Navarretia is part of that specific wildflower community and is still a great plant for similar locations – places such as bioswales and rain gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmelling strongly of green cannabis(!), this is a glandular (i.e. sticky), little annual plant with stiff, hair-like filaments. A member of the phlox family, it produces globe-like flower heads of small lavender blossoms that bear a constant succession of blooms during the long summer flowering season, ultimately producing apparently edible seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe faunal associations of this plant are not well understood, however we strongly suspect it is a plant that attracts a number of rare and uncommon bees. 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Germinating in late winter or spring, this annual native grass produces single stems, and sometimes sparsely branching clumps, and goes to seed (completing its entire lifecycle) before the peak of summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rapid growth makes three week fescue a highly useful species under conditions where rapid soil cover is needed. For example, planted into bare ground around slower-growing perennials, three week fescue can stabilize soil and reduce spaces for weeds to establish. It can also serve as a quick, and short-lived living mulch ground cover on sites where follow-up permanent native plant establishment is planned later on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidespread across the West Coast and Inland West (from Western Canada southward to Mexico), three week fescue tops out at around 2-feet tall, with graceful purple-ish seed heads. 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In areas with extended winter freezing it functions as an annual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eCoastal poppy produces golden-yellow flowers with orange centers (in contrast to the typical orange flowers of California poppy), and spreading, low-growing blue-grey foliage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThis plant is best adapted to dry, full sun, locations, and can integrate well into very grassy locations, even persisting among invasive grasses on dry slopes. Few wildflowers are so well adapted to drought, and summer heat as this plant -- an excellent option for harsh sites including sidewalk adjacent plantings subjected to urban heat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eCoastal poppy is strongly deer resistant, and visited by numerous bee species for pollen especially honey bees, green metallic sweat bees, and most notably bumble bees. Even quite a few of our less common bumble bee species are strongly attracted to Coastal poppy, almost “swimming” in a circular pattern inside the bouncing flowers as they vigorously vibrate loose copious amounts of pollen. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eIf you are looking for a wildflower that can provide completely carefree late summer color after everything else has turned golden and dormant, this plant is it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge Pack: Approximately 3000+ seeds (5.0 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153961861366,"sku":"ESCCAL","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/coastal-poppy-eschscholzia-califronica-var-maritima-large-pack-311212.jpg?v=1739775398"},{"product_id":"columbia-biscuitroot-seeds-lomatium-columbianum","title":"Columbia Biscuitroot Seeds (Lomatium columbianum)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eOne of the larger and more striking members of the Lomatium genus, Columbia biscuitroot (or Columbia desert parsley) is a native of the Columbia River valley where it clings to exposed, sunlit rocky slopes and outcroppings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThis very long-lived member of the carrot family forms bushy mounds of bluish-green foliage that are highly variable in height depending on the growing conditions, ultimately producing brilliant purple flowering umbels in the spring that attract large numbers of bees and flower-visiting flies. Columbia biscuitroot is a fire- and drought-resistant plant sustained by a large and far-reaching taproot capable of weaving its way far and wide throughout cracks in the exposed bedrock landscapes where it often grows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThis is a great showcase plant for sunny rock gardens and xeriscaping, worthy of high visibility spaces, and display gardens where it makes a striking impression. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eSeeds are best germinated with cold-weather exposure, sown into deep-pocket (or container) of fertile, but not wet, soil. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eApproximately 40 very large seeds (2.4 grams). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170477424886,"sku":"LOMCOL","price":10.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/columbia-biscuitroot-seeds-lomatium-columbianum-618355.jpg?v=1739775164"},{"product_id":"large-headed-clover-seeds-trifolium-macrocephalum","title":"Large-Headed Clover Seeds (Trifolium macrocephalum)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eDreamy and dazzling – Large-headed clover arises from diminutive 6-inch-tall foliage…from terrible, rocky, low-fertility soils, and dry weather… from lands of rock slides and frigid winters. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eFrom these extremes this gorgeous and almost unreal little plant produces large 3 to 4-inch diameter flowers that range from “sunset orange” to “candy-cane” colored.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eLarge-headed clover is a surprisingly resilient little perennial, spreading by rhizomes it naturally occurs at mid to high elevations across the northern inland west. It finds pockets of survival on rocky screes and steep slopes where deer and elk browsing is minimal, making a go of things wherever it has full sun or partial shade. With deep taproots and a tolerance for well-drained soil, this is a great plant for water-limited locations. (Note however that it is very happy to get a water -- even growing in shallow puddles where it can find them). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eMore than that, large-headed clover is wildly attractive to large digger bees (\u003ci\u003eAnthophra\u003c\/i\u003e sp.), a group of bees notable for their beautifully large iridescent blue-green eyes. Both the plant and the bee are show stoppers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe incredible survival traits of large-headed clover make it a potentially enchanting ground cover for rock gardens and xeriscaping. We think it also holds great promise as a possibly marvelous addition to wild lawns. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eNote that this fascinating plant is hard-seeded with a high degree of seed dormancy. It will need cold stratification and may benefit from mechanical scarification of the seed coat to germinate. 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These leaf sheaths open to reveal perfect pom-pom umbels of star-shaped white to pinkish flowers, attracting numerous small bees, gentle solitary predatory wasps hungry for nectar, syrphid flies, and tiny pollen-gorging beetles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eReaching up to about a foot in height, slimleaf onion tolerates “winter-wet, summer-dry” soils (including both rocky ground as well as heavy clay soils) but it tends to prefer very hot, dry, summer conditions during which it goes dormant to conserve moisture. This plant is very much deer resistant and quite showy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAn interesting detail with this plant is that during flowering the lower leaves tend to dieback and wither away into the undergrowth leaving the impression of “floating” flowers within a grassy sward. Excellent as a beautiful contrasting companion plant for things like barestem biscuit root and Oregon sunshine in “gravel gardens,” or for planting as small drifts within an existing meadow. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately 100 seeds (0.5 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47634025611510,"sku":"F-SLMFONION","price":7.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/slimleaf-onion-seeds-allium-amplectens-219601.jpg?v=1739774620"},{"product_id":"seaside-plantain-plantago-maritima","title":"Seaside Plantain Seeds (Plantago maritima)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eSometimes called “goose tongue” for the long, slender leaves, this saline tolerant native plantain naturally appears along ocean coastlines virtually across the globe -- including in far northern arctic coastlines often at the highwater mark (although it can grow in many other conditions). Like sea samphire (\u003ci\u003eSalicornia\u003c\/i\u003e) -- which it commonly co-occurs with – this is a sublime wild perennial vegetable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eDespite its coastal lineage, seaside plantain can grow in non-coastal settings, including in typical garden soils. (An advantage of saline coastal soils for this plant is that there are fewer competitors – especially aggressive grasses). Very good for fresh eating, or flash sauteed, seaside plantain is a bit like a salty green bean and it's ridiculously packed with nutrients. It can simply be trimmed periodically with scissors for harvest, and allowed to continuously regrow. (It also freezes very well). This is one of those potentially great farmer’s market plants that nobody grows. This and other plantains are caterpillar host plants for various beautiful Frittilary butterflies (\u003ci\u003eEuphydryas\u003c\/i\u003e spp.). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e100+ seeds. 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Sturdy and handsome, with steely blue-gray foliage, American dunegrass rises to about 4-feet in height, preferring the harshest locations of windswept unstable sandy, and rocky, dry, seashell scree soils. This grass wants relentless wind, nutrient deprivation, compacted ground, salt spray, periodic flooding and storms. It brushes off these events with large anchoring rhizomes and the admirable ability to flex and sway in the face of difficulty. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eThere is extensive historic use of dunegrass as a fiber and textile plant by coastal people who made beautiful, intricate baskets with its leaves and stems. This plant can also be crossed with wheat to produce novel hybrids, possibly holding the genetic promise of some future grain economy unimaginable to us today. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eAlthough American dunegrass is primarily a coastal species, it adapts very well to many sunny, dry, inland sites. We have seen it used in “coastal” gardens, miles from the actual edge of water. It is sometimes used in reclaimation projects (gravel mines, logging landings) where it tolerates compacted conditions. It holds promise for use in interesting, but difficult urban locations that are confounded by poor soils and extreme microclimates where it can spread around via its rhizomes to create attractive waving swaths for screening and defining boundary edges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eNote this is slow and sometimes challenging plant to grow from seed. 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