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6/28/22 just planted the seeds today. I also bought a bag of Pennington Northeast Garden WIldflower Seed Mixture for $6.97 for 24 oz but like several reviewers have said, the cheap bag had lots of filler with some seeds. This product is ALL seed. No filler.I went for simple. I have a stretch of grass on a hill that I no longer want to mow, so I let it grow and I'm planning to fill it in with wildflowers and lilies. We have plenty of deer here, so I'm going with a variety hoping some of the plants are not tasty to the deer and so will survive their munching.Simplest method: I jammed a hand trowel in the ground, moved it back and forth to open a crevice and dropped a few seeds inside. Then I pulled the grass back over it and will let the sun and rain do the rest. We've been having warm days interspersed with rain every few days so hopefully these sprout and take off.For a comparison, I hand tossed the remainder of the Pennington bag into two other grassy areas so I can see if the wildflowers will grow via the hand toss method relying on nature and water to get them down to ground level where they can sprout under the shade of the grass around them.We don't have dense, chemically fertilized grass here. Just whatever grows wild. So there's room for sprouts of other things to come up. Mostly rocky clay soil here but since local wildflowers have taken hold on their own, I'm hopeful about these newly-introduced seeds.I'll try to remember to come back next summer with an update to show you photos of what grew from these two bags.4 stars for volume/variety of seeds with zero filler. If this growth phase goes well, I'll likely up it to 5 stars...keeping in mind I'm doing little to nothing to help them along. If they truly are wildflowers, then all they should need is nature to do its thing. This isn't a formal, neatly planted bed. Whatever comes up, comes up. Looking forward to seeing more color in that area of the yard next summer.Hola! These took a while(about 4 months once they got to a good height, and they do get tall which takes a while too??) but they finally did bloom???! And, since they are perennials, I’m expecting them back next and the year after that and the year after that??. Thanks again.This patch is two packages planted in March and August of this year.The seeds were just sprinkled on the bare area and watered along with the rest of the yard on the irrigation system schedule.Very pleased with the results!First time purchase let's see how it grows in springI just dug 3 rows- threw some seed in the rows and walked away. Now I’m not saying that’s how you’re supposed to do it but even with that I now have rows of beautiful flowers!!Product was promptly delivered. This was a gift for friends living in a very rural area and they were delighted to receive it.Great purchase and quantity of seeds it is somewhat expensive! ! Love!This spring I built a large 11'x17' garden area for myself and my wife. While creating a vegetable garden is a long term goal, I wanted to get some plants in the ground to avoid weeds from growing up through like I had been seeing (even breaking through my weed liner!) so I decided we would be nice to our pollinators and grow some hardy wildflowers. We live near the Raleigh area of North Carolina, and I wanted to share images of what grew for us in a 50-50 compost/soil mix. It is an overwhelming amount of red, yellow, and white, so I get very excited when the blue, purple, pink, magenta,and scarlet flowers pop up. My favorite probably are the scarlet flax, they're such a bold color against everything else. I planted these somewhere between April 30th and May 1st, and these photos are from July 7th where my first sunflower has hit full bloom. The flowers have been blooming for almost a month now, and I wanted to get pictures and submit this review to help inform anyone who is curious what to expect from this mix. While I do wish there was a bit more variety with the colors, I do see a lot of bumblebees around now and two of the sunflowers are nearly 7 or 8 feet tall! I am a very proud plant parent to say the least, and the mix was the perfect price. Good luck and happy planting!
