Monarch Rescue Mix

Description

Monarch Rescue Flower Seed Mix

A beautiful mixture of nectar-rich flowers that adult butterflies need for forage as well as Milkweed for egg-laying sites and food for monarch caterpillars.

Includes: 

Siberian Wallflower, Candytuft, ‘Dalia Flowered’ Zinnia Mix, Purple Coneflower, Rocket Larkspur, Indian Blanket, Gayfeather, ‘Sensation’ Cosmos, Sulphur Cosmos, Mexican Sunflower, Smooth Aster, French Marigold, Butterfly Milkweed

Seeds per pound:  192,000, Approximately 12,000 seeds per 1oz package!

Planting Zones:  2-10

Recommended Seeding Rates:

(from lush to moderate coverage)

1 oz. 100 -150 sq ft.
4 oz. 375 – 500 sq ft.
8 oz. 750 – 1000 sq ft.
1 lb. 1,500 – 2,000 sq ft.
5 lb. 7,500 – 10,000 sq ft.
10 lb 15,000 – 25,000 sq ft.
25 lb. 1-2 acres (1 acre = 43,560 sq ft.)

Planting milkweed and a wide variety of high-quality nectar-bearing flower species will provide a foraging site for adult butterflies and help support monarch populations, and their incredible migration!  Adult monarchs follow nectar corridors, a series of habitat patches of plants that flower at appropriate times during the spring and fall migrations.  These flower sites provide stopping off points for the butterflies to feed and stock up during their long migrations.  Plant Monarch Rescue Mix which is designed to provide these nectar corridors.

For an information fact sheet on the North American Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and its incredible migration please visit:

http://www.wildones.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mjvfactsheet-redesign_final.pdf

For great information about the history of tracking the Monarch Butterfly please visit:

http://www.wildones.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Monarch-Matters-2.pdf

To learn about the White House’s unprecedented alliance for bee and Monarch butterfly recovery

http://makewayformonarchs.org/i/archives/1153