Songbird Delight Seed

Assorted Genera and species

Item #7017

LARGE PACKET

Annuals and perennials. Lure colorful finches, cardinals, blue jays and nuthatches to your garden to dine on the variety of tasty seeds from the flowers that grow from this mix. A collection of annual and perennial blooming plants fill the summer garden with blue, pink, purple, white, red, orange and yellow flowers in an assortment of shapes and sizes, followed by seed heads for hungry birds.

Annuals and perennials

Full sun

Blooms spring to frost

14”-60” tall

Days to Emerge: 5-20 days

Seed Depth: 1/4”

Seed Spacing: Scatter about 25 seeds per square foot and rake in

Thinning: As needed

When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks before the average last spring frost. A second option: sow half the seed 4 weeks before the average last frost (hoping the last frost is earlier than usual) and sow the second half a week or two after the average last frost (just to be safe).

When to start inside: Not recommended.

Special sowing instructions: Scatter seed and rake in lightly to a depth of 1/4". Be sure seeds are covered so that hungry birds can’t see them, and pluck them up before they have a chance to sprout.

SOWN AT THE RATE OF 25 SEEDS PER SQ. FT., THIS MIX COVERS APPROXIMATELY 400 SQ. FT. AND INCLUDES: (Percent of mix by weight)

Wheat, Hard Red Spring (A). . 20%
Millet, Hybrid Pearl (A). . 17%
Sunflower, Black Oil (A). . 15%
Safflower (A). . 12%
Bachelor Button, Polka Dot Mix (A). . 10%
Coneflower, Purple (P). . 9%
Cosmos (A). . 6%
Marigold, African ‘Crackerjack’ (A). . 4%
Mexican Hat (P). . 2%
Love-Lies-Bleeding (A). . 2%
Black-Eyed Susan (A). . 2%
Goldenrod, Rigid (P). . 1%

A - Annual, P - Perennial

Artist: Marjorie Leggitt

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Item #7017

40.00 grams

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