Products in Seeds & Traits: Flowers

Naylor Seed Native Midwestern Wildflower Mixconsists of a colorful blend of approximately 26 native wildflowers and cultivars, including perennial and annual flowers. This mix provides a season-long bounty of beautiful flowers. A continuing parade of changing color and content make this blend popular for homes, prairies and just about anywhere you wish to place a colorful flowerbed. Like most native flowers, this mix prefers full sun but will do well in moderate shade, such as the east or west sides of buildings.

Naylor Seed Specialty Seeds: Penngift Crown Vetch is a an invasive and tough plant that is perfect for a sunny field or ditch. Penngift variety produces pink flowers.

Blue Mesa is a true Sheep’s Fescue (festuca Ovina) which is very limited in today’s marketplace. It is designed for low maintenance lawn and landscape areas, but can be a high quality turf when maintained with irrigation. Its low rate of leaf growth allows for infrequent mowings. When Blue Mesa is unmown, it will form a natural meadow type area. Blue Mesa is a bunch type grass with a fine leaf texture and a soft blue-gray leaf color, making it a great choice where a contrast in color is desired. Blue Mesa shows good winter color which differs from many other cool season species that go off-color with winter dormancy. Blue Mesa is a very versatile variety. It has excellent shade tolerance and handles drier shade environments. Blue Mesa is frequently used where soil erosion control is needed. Blue Mesa can also be used in flower bed or wildflower plantings.

Naylor Seed Native Grasses and Wildflowers: Custom Mixes complete most of their growth after mid-June and exhibit ideal grazing conditions in July and August. These grasses are used in pastures, crop protection programs, and wildlife cover. Weed control during slow establishment is crucial, and grazing is not recommended lower than 6-8 inches.

Tiger Eyes French Marigold - Tagetes patula is a native of South American and known as the Herb of the Sun, marigolds represent creativity and passion. In Welsh folklore, if marigolds did not open in the morning, it was believed a storm was underway. They have been used a love charms while in some traditions, commonly used in wedding garlands. The water made by the marigolds was believed to give one psychic visions of fairies if rubbed on the eyelids.

Cosmos Radiance - Cosmos bipinnatus is a gorgeous and showy heirloom. A true classic and so easy to grow! Plants can grow 4' - 5' tall with an abundance of flowers.

California Poppy - Eschscholzia californica is California's state flower, the California Poppy is easy to grow and prolific! This beautiful bright orange flower will grow in tough terrains as well amended garden beds.

The orange resina calendula is the most medicinal and sought after. A Native to Southern Europe. Calendula quickly naturalizes. Calendula will bring sunshine to your winter garden. Easy to grow and propagate. Commonly used in skin care, reducing inflammation, controlling bleeding, and healing damaged or irritated tissue.