Honeybee Lover’s Seed Collection (8 seed packets): Lemon Bergamot, True Comfrey, Hyssop, Greek Mullein, Common Oregano, Yellow Dotted Mint, Scarlet Sage, Temperate Tulsi
$29.95
If you attract bees to your garden, your plants will be better pollinated and yield more and better fruits and vegetables. We are all connected!
8 seed packets, all nectarific: Lemon Bergamot, True Comfrey, Hyssop, Common Oregano, Greek Mullein, Yellow Dotted Mint; Scarlet Sage, Temperate Tulsi Open Pollinated, Untreated, NO GMO’s
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Kristine Cunningham –
My garden space and s 4 by 8 feet. How many seed packets would I need? And can I mix butterfly and honeybee packets?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Kristine, if you make 8 rows maybe 10 inches apart each stretching 4 feet across the bed then you’d be able to plant the whole set in the 4 by 8 foot bed and kinda keep track of what you have, what works and what doesn’t. if you just go 2 feet with each packet then you could double the number of species but it would be pretty tight. there’s nothing wrong with planting both the butterfly and the honeybee herbs in the same garden. richo
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Kristine Cunningham –
What time of year is best to plant these seeds? I live in the middle of Missouri zone 6
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Richo Cech –
really depends on your facilities there. Most herbaceous perennials like these can be started in an unheated greenhouse in April in a z 6. If no greenhouse, then better to wait until later on in the spring. richo
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Heidi –
Will these all grow in zone 5?
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Richo Cech –
yes
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Olivia –
Will all ofe these grow in Hawaii?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Olivia,
I have seen comfrey and tulsi growing in Hawaii. The others I have no particular experience with. If you check the zone designations, safest to pick seeds for plants that are listed to Zone 10.
Richo
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superbhale –
Will any/all of these grow in zone 9a? Thank you!
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Richo Cech –
Yes, this is a good choice for you.
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Alexander –
Would Z6 b ok for most of these? Im in the front range of Colorado. Thanks
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Richo Cech –
Hi Alexander,
Yes, even the perennial herb hyssop is good from zone 3 to 10, so your Z 6 is squarely in there. Lemon Bergamot would be native to your area. Greek mullein is an annual and an easy grow in most temperate gardens. We’ve chosen these herbs for wide-ranging success and if you’re interested, bore into the individual monographs on each of them to look at planting times and preferred habitats.
Richo
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Christine –
Awesome Bees love this!
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Jen Volpe –
Are these all Ok for zone 7? Thanks!
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Admin Richo Cech –
Yes, we too are in a Z7 and grow all of these herbs outdoors. cheers!
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Berryl Sawyers –
Any idea if these will do well in the tropics?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Hi Berryl, The temperate tulsi is strangely enough a standby in tropical gardens–it is an extremely functional bee plant and is your best choice for a companion plant in a food/medicinal garden in the tropics. The others might work, it really does depend on many factors, but they are pointed at temperate gardens.
Richo
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