Bees & Butterfly Mix
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Cover crops can be planted in spring, summer or fall! Remember that ¼ to ⅓ of your growing area should be planted to green manure cover crops every year. This ensures your soil stays healthy and productive.
Description
A balanced mix of annual and short-lived perennials that can be used for a single season or left growing for 2 to 3 years.
Highly attractive to bees and butterflies, this diverse selection of species produces a continuous supply of blooming flowers, providing an abundant food source for pollinators throughout the growing season.
Bees & Butterfly Mix is also a perfect green manure containing many legumes that will add nitrogen, loosen compacted soils and add organic matter when tilled.
It forms a cover and establishes very quickly, with some seeds germinating as quickly as 3 to 5 days and flowers developing within 30 days.
The seed mix has a large range of planting dates from May until August, although best to plant after the risk of spring frost has passed.
Mix includes (see pictures): Buckwheat, Sainfoin, Sunflower, Meadow Fescue, Crimson Clover, Phacelia, Alfalfa, Chicory, Red Clover, Persian Clover, Alsike Clover
Non-GEO
250g covers approximately 1000 sq. ft
1 kg covers approximately 4000 sq. ft
FOR PLANTING PURPOSES ONLY. Seed should not be used as food or feed.
Quick Guide
- Hardiness: Zone 2, Annuals & Perennials
- Growth Rate: Slow, Medium, Fast
- Germination: 3-14 days depending on species
- Planting Dates: May 15 - August 10
- Seeding Rate: 250g per 1000 sq. ft (10kg per acre)
- Max Planting Depth: 0.25” - 0.5” or broadcast and tamp to 0.25” deep
- Growth Habit: Mix of upright and spreading plants that produce an abundance of flowers.
- Benefits: Pollinator food, habitat for beneficial insects, adds organic matter, improves soil structure, adds nutrients including nitrogen
- Sun Exposure: Part Shade to Full Sun
- Usual Seed Life: 2-3 years
- Cover Crop Management: Allow to grow all season. Can be mowed to 3-4” before winter or in very early spring of the 2nd year. Should be tilled and replanted after 2-3 years.
Highest Quality Standards
Our cover crop seed comes from high-quality stock and is tested for germination. We've selected the best varieties available to maximize each species' potential.
