45 Wildflowers ♦ seedsource.com Winecup Callirhoe involucrata The wine-colored blooms of this low-growing perennial make a beautiful addition to home gardens, providing spring and early summer color across the prairie states from Texas to North Dakota and as far west as Utah. Rosettes remain green in the winter. In the photo at left, a beneficial soldier beetle (cousin to the lightning bug) is at work. Perennial Seeding Rate Bloom: Mar–June Open Space: 12 lb per acre Height: 6–12” Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 2,000 sf Soil Type Sunlight Soil Moisture Sand Loam Clay Caliche Full Partial Dappled Shade > > > > X w b Medium-Moist Item #3052 Winecup, AnnuAl Callirhoe leiocarpa We stumbled upon this beauty on a backroad not far from the farm. Growing along a wooded edge, we gathered a few seeds and planted them the day after 9/11. Easy to grow, serves as a great reminder that each of us has the right and responsibility to create a little spot of health on an ailing planet. Annual Bloom: Mar–Aug Height: 1–3' Seeding Rate Open Space: 5 lb per acre Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 3,000 sf Soil Type Sunlight Soil Moisture Sand Loam Clay Caliche Full Partial Dappled Shade > > > > X w b Medium-Moist Item #1032 White RosinWeed Silphium albiflorum Great pollinator plant! Blooms in the hottest time of year when few other resources are available. This is one of the most surprising and interesting wildflowers of the prairie. Sometimes called Compass Plant, leaves align in a north-south direction, exposing their large, flat surfaces to as much sun as possible. Large, deep perennial taproot. Texas endemic. Perennial Seeding Rate Bloom: May–July Open Space: 24 lbs per acre Height: 18–36" Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 750 sf Item #3089 Soil Type Sunlight Soil Moisture Sand Loam Clay Caliche Full Partial Dappled Shade > > > > X w Dry-Medium Woolly cRoton Croton capitatus Seeds are important food source for dove, turkey, quail and other ground-feeding birds. Larval host plant for the Leafwing butterfly caterpillar. Eggs are laid singly under Woolly Croton gray-green fuzzy leaves. Adult butterflies are red and undersides of both wings closely mimic a dead leaf. Uses very little water. Can be toxic to cattle. Annual Bloom: Jul–Sep Height: 1–3' Seeding Rate Open Space: 21 lb per acre Lawn & Garden: 1 lb / 750 sf Soil Type Sunlight Soil Moisture Sand Loam Clay Caliche Full Partial Dappled Shade > > > > X Dry-Medium Item #1033 3,000 sf 1 lb $59 200 sf D-pak $24 10 sf 1 pkt $3.49 75 sf D-pak $39 5 sf 1 pkt $6 25+ lbs $31.35 / lb 750 sf 1 lb $33 100 sf D-pak $19 5 sf 1 pkt $3.49 750 sf 1 lb $149 50 sf D-pak $29 5 sf 1 pkt $3.49
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