planting ground cover from seed 500+ Flowering Ground Cover Seed Mix – New Hill Farms

planting ground cover from seed 500+ Flowering Ground Cover Seed Mix – New Hill FarmsUp for sale is one pack of 500+ Flowering Ground Cover flower seed mix (approximately 1. 5 grams). This is all flower seed and not 95% filler like the flower seed mixes you see at the big box stores. Perfect for spring and summer this mix creates a full growing season of short stem flowering ground cover that range from 4" to 12" tall. Best for zones 4 9 this mix includes the following annual and perennial flower seeds: Alyssum saxatile Basket Of Gold

Up for sale is one pack of 500+ Flowering Ground Cover flower seed mix (approximately 1.5 grams). This is all flower seed and not 95% filler like the flower seed mixes you see at the big box stores. Perfect for spring and summer this mix creates a full growing season of short stem flowering ground cover that range from 4" to 12" tall. Best for zones 4-9 this mix includes the following annual and perennial flower seeds:

Alyssum saxatile -  Basket-Of-Gold    
Arabis alpina  -   White Rockcress    
Aubrieta deltoidea   -  Purple Rockcress    
Bellis perennis    -  English Daisy    
Chrysanthemum multicaule - Yellow Daisy    
Dianthus chinensis - Baby Doll        
Dianthus deltoides - Maiden Pinks
Eschscholzia caespitosa  -   Dwarf California Poppy 'Ballerina Mix'    
Iberis umbellata  -  Candytuft    
Leucanthemum paludosum  -  Creeping Daisy    
Lobularia maculata - Carpet of Snow'  
Malcolmia maritima  - Virginia Stock    
Nemophila maculata  - Five Spot    
Nemophila menziesii  -  Baby Blue Eyes    
Oenothera macrocarpa  -  Dwarf Evening Primrose    
Saponaria ocymoides  -  Soapwort    
Silene pendula - Silene pendula    Nodding Catchfly    
Trifolium repens  - White Dutch Clover    
Viola cornuta 'Helen Mount' -  Johnny Jump-Up 'Helen Mount'    

Best for zone 4-9 these seeds can be planted from from late fall (after your first hard freeze) to spring (after your last frost). Work enriched garden soil 6" deep and spread via a shaker where you mix your packet of seeds with four cups of peat before spreading (this prevents clumping your flowers together). Depending on if you want a dense floral look one packet will cover 200 square feet, or if you want a breezy country meadow look they will spread to 1000 square feet.

Once you sow your seeds cover with a light dusting of peat to keep the birds away, or you can use a light covering of straw. Another enemy of flower seeds are ants, so if you are not opposed treat your seed area with some ant bait before seeding so they don't take some of your seeds for a winter snack.

The following fall you can let the flowers stay on the stem until after your first hard freeze and the annuals will self seed and the perennials should return the following year. We suggest mowing your groundcover area with at least a 4" mower setting. Don't bag but mulch the clippings back into your flower bed so the annuals can re-seed.