Flower profile
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
A sturdy native perennial with purple-pink rays around a prominent copper-brown cone.
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Fourteen-species monarch and butterfly garden mix
Bring On the Butterflies™
Butterfly Milkweed for monarch caterpillars, plus thirteen colorful nectar and garden flowers for adult butterflies, changing color, and season-long movement.
Bring On the Butterflies™ is Paper Street’s presentation of Applewood Seed Company’s 14-species MBMX Monarch Butterfly Garden Mix. It supports monarchs from two directions: Butterfly Milkweed provides a larval host plant, while coneflower, liatris, asters, zinnias, cosmos, marigold, and companion blooms provide varied flower forms and nectar opportunities for adult butterflies and other pollinators. Annual flowers can supply quick first-season color; perennial members establish more slowly and can strengthen the garden in later seasons. This is a distinct recipe from the 16-species BBMX blend sold as Premium Pollinators while supplies last.
Applewood supplier recipe MBMX
Coverage2 oz up to 250 sq ft · 4 oz up to 500 sq ft · 8 oz up to 1,000 sq ft · 1 lb up to 2,000 sq ft
SunlightFull sun is best—choose a site receiving at least 6 hours of direct sun.
When to PlantPlant in spring after the danger of hard frost. Fall or dormant sowing may also be used where locally appropriate; sow late enough to avoid tender new growth before winter.
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2 ozSKU: BUTTERFLIES-2OZ · Pure seed · no grass or filler
$18.954 ozSKU: BUTTERFLIES-4OZ · Pure seed · no grass or filler
$28.458 ozSKU: BUTTERFLIES-8OZ · Pure seed · no grass or filler
$51.951 lbSKU: BUTTERFLIES-1LB · Pure seed · no grass or filler
$92.95
What’s in the mix
Contains the following 14 species
What to Expect
Let the planting develop.
This is a changing garden, not fourteen flowers blooming at once. Faster annuals may provide much of the first-season color, while Butterfly Milkweed and other perennials can take longer to establish and may flower in later seasons. Bloom sequence, germination, and winter survival vary with climate, weather, soil preparation, and care.
How to Plant
Prepare, sow, and press.
Remove weeds and competing growth, loosen the soil surface, and mix the bag before and during sowing so differently sized seeds stay distributed. Broadcast evenly over exposed soil, press firmly for seed-to-soil contact, and do not bury deeply. Keep the seedbed consistently moist through germination and early establishment. Mixing the seed with dry sand, vermiculite, or another clean carrier is optional but helpful for even coverage.
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