Wildflowers and Pollinator Beds

Plan for Summer 2023

• Continue the bed all the way across. Broadcast more seeds in late fall 2023.
• Lay down tarp in the spring. 
• Put up some sort of sticks to warn the mowing crew.

I covered the area in cardboard and a tarp for the summer. In late fall of 2022, I cleared the area and broadcast Eastern Pollinator mix from Hudson Valley Seeds. If it works out and the flowers come up nicely, buy two more 4 ounce bags. Reseed the left side and also seed the newly cleared area. 

Wildflowers by River Road

• Eastern Wildflower Mix- Hudson Valley Seeds
• Wildflower Mix Seedville USA- Free Seeds
• Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)- Hudson Valley Seeds
• Milkweed- Northern - Syriaca- Live Monarch
• Leftover seeds: cornflower, coreopsis yellow, dianthus Arctic Fire- use these up because they will probably not last another year and you don't really want them anywhere else.

Eastern Pollinator mix- Annual and perennial mix contains Partridge Pea, Purple Coneflower, Coreopsis, Indian Blanket, Wild Sunflower, Perennial Lupine, Butterfly Milkweed, Wild Indigo, Spiderwort, Eastern Columbine, Lemon Mint, New England Asters, Showy Tick Trefoil, Black-Eyed Susan, Lavender Hyssop, New England Asters, Plains Coreopsis, Spotted Bee Balm, and Gray Golden Rod.