Flowers
Create habitats on your farm
Ecological farm management is complex! No matter your goals, challenges or opportunities, we have a floral mix to fit the niche on your farmscape. If you don’t see what you’re looking for here, ask us about custom seed mixes for your application.
Prices listed are based on availability at the time of publishing. Please call or email for the most current price and for a detailed list of species.
Buzz Blooms Mix
Provide a safe harbor for your insect pollinators, predators, and parasitoids with this eye-popping mix of annuals and perennials. Species were chosen for diversity in color, bloom time, seedling vigor, and available research on pollinator visitation. Mix includes 17 species of flowers. Email for the current list. For best results, sow less than 1/4” deep in a well-prepared seed bed between Nov-April. An excellent way to prepare a site is to lay down a tarp for 1-2 months, remove, broadcast seed and lightly cover with compost. Keep in mind that biennials and some perennials may not bloom until year 2. Adequate soil moisture is required for germination. Occasional irrigation will extend the bloom. Rate: 8-15#/ac
1lb units Price:$28.98/lb
Nectar Bomb Mix
(formerly "Basic Blooms”)
Designed with input from OSU Pollinator Health Extension Agent Andony Melathopoulos, this simple mix of three annual flowers offers a huge bang for your buck. Guaranteed to be eye catching to all passers-by, human and bee, this mix has the added benefit of building soil and accumulating lots of long-lived biomass. For best results, sow 1/4”- 1/2” deep in a well-prepared seed bed in spring after the frost.. Adequate soil moisture is required for germination. Phacelia reseeds itself well. Contents: Sunflowers ‘Autumn Beauty’ 47.6%, White Sweet Clover 28.6%, Lacy Phacelia 23.8% Rate: 10-15 lb/ac
5lb units Price: $14.52/lb
Flowers for Overseeding
Twenty-one species of short-statured flowers to over-seed onto established vineyard & orchard floors or headlands. Email or call for a complete list of species. Prepare ground by mowing existing vegetation as short as possible (ideally with a flail) or drag a harrow. Broadcast and roll or drill at less than 1/4” depth. Recommend mixing with a bulking agent if mechanically applied. Another technique is hand-seeding tailing piles left by rodents. Sow between Nov-May. Adequate soil moisture is required for germination. Seed rate: 2-5lb/ac
5lb units Price: $17.60/lb
Meadowfoam
Meadowfoam is a small (5-6”), shallow-rooted, white-flowered ‘nativar’ grown in the Willamette Valley for oil seed. It readily reseeds itself and competes well with weeds. Provides early floral resources for pollinators and is a favorite hiding place for crab spiders. Recommended seed rates are high for under-vine use because 1) the goal is to outcompete weeds and 2) it is a difficult area to sow: 40lb/sown ac, or 1.5lb/1000sqft (assuming a 3’strip, 333 ft = 1000 square feet). In other locations, rates can be cut down to 10-15lbs/ac or lower depending on the goals.
Price: 5lb units $4.18/lb, >50lb $3.80/lb
Lacy Phacelia
This lovely coiled blue flower is a magnet for large and small-bodies bees, surphid flies and other pollinators. Phacelia tanacetifolia is fast to germinate, deep-rooted, and winter hardy to 20 def F. For these reasons we include it in many of our cover crop mixes. Grows up to 3’ tall and will re-seed if allowed. A true rock-star pollinator plant! Tolerates typical Willamette Valley winters well. Fall-sown phacelia will bloom earlier than spring-sown. Spring sown phacelia will bloom late into the summer. Seed rate 5-10lb/ac
5lb units Price: $6.83/lb