This was my first time harvesting seeds from my native flower garden at our campsite. Most of my asters and goldenrods are done flowering but the seeds aren’t ready yet, so hopefully I’ll have some of those to add in before we close up for the season. But I think this is a good mix so far! Going to try to make a more chaotic patch at home than these grow in at camp, and see what happens. And I also want to gift some to friends (we all live in the same region these plants are native to).
I think this should be a nice mix of flowers through the year – any obvious blind spots? Aside from asters and goldenrods to get through fall.
I planted a few grasses and sedges this year but don’t see seeds on any of them except the sea oats. Those would be really nice to mix in.
by ryguy4136
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How much seed do you have? You need a lot for direct sowing, if that’s your intention.
Also prepping is super important— you want to eliminate competition.
You might wanna be careful with the sea oats in this mix— they’re ok but pretty aggressive. Be sure to have more graminoids
there is a Eupatorium shaped hole in your mix
What kind of soil are you working with? Seems to be more on the wetter side based on what you’re growing already