Buffalo Seed Company Order
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birdfeedingToday we ordered these from the Buffalo Seed Company. Today we ordered these from the Buffalo Seed Company. This nursery offers many landrace, open-pollinated, antique, heritage, heirloom, etc. cultivars as well as some wild species.
Buffalo Seed Company Order
(I grow cypress vine every year.)
Cypress Vine: Red (20 seeds) $3.75
CYPRESS VINE (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Flowers in 50-60 days
DESCRIPTION—Want to make butterflies and hummingbirds in your agroecosystem happy as well as yourself? Well, plant this. This annual flowering vine can grow up to 15 feet in a single season and is great to grow along a trellis or fence. Native to Central America and parts of tropical South America, the species is happy in the early months of Kansas City summers and will flower into the fall season. This is a real treat to experience and our local pollinators will thank you for planting it.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Direct seeded. After the last frost, sow three seeds 1/2" deep every 12" in rows 12" apart. Best grown on a trellis.
(This is a different species of coneflower than the ones I already have. Coneflowers are very popular with both pollinators and seed-eating birds.)
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Prairie Coneflower (100 seeds) $4.00
PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER (Ratibida columnifera)
Flowers from June through August
DESCRIPTION—Prairie Coneflower is a native herbaceous perennial that is a great addition to the flower garden, has medicinal properties, and the pollinators like to visit them. What else is there to want? We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas. Sow seeds in the Fall/Winter or cold stratify before planting in the Spring.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(This is just pretty, plus I like native clovers. They fix nitrogen so I don't have to spread fertilizer or even worry about putting a fixer in every mini-guild.)
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Purple Prairie Clover (100 seeds) $4.00 (perennial)
PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER (Dalea purpurea Vent.)
DESCRIPTION—Purple Prairie Clover is a native perennial flowering plant in the legume family. Grows eight to 35 inches tall and has brilliant purple flowers. Good for preventing erosion and fixing nitrogen in the soil. It also attracts many bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies. Other insects eat the seeds, and it is a larval host for the Southern Dogface butterfly. The leaves are edible, make good teas, and are medicinal. The stems can be used to make brooms. This is among the most important legumes in native grasslands in the Midwest. This plant enjoys full sunlight. We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas. Sow seeds in the Fall/Winter or cold stratify before planting in the Spring.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(I love persimmons, but it's hard to find tree seedlings. I think I may have one in the forest yard somewhere. I figure seeds are worth a try. Persimmons are beloved by many fruit-eating animals and birds beyond just humans.)
Native (Missouri) Tree: Persimmon (15 seeds) $8.50
PERSIMMON (Diospyros virginiana)
DESCRIPTION—These seeds were gathered from trees that ripen from August to October. Persimmons need full to partial sun and they can reach a height of 30-60 feet. Fruit are one to two inches in size and have a creamy orange sweet flesh. Persimmons benefit birds, pollinators, and small mammals. The blossoms are an inconspicuous pale green/white color. Gather fruits when they drop from tree for jam, jelly, and sauce. Spring dried green leaves are great for a slightly spicy tea. Plant in the fall/early winter about three inches deep, keep soil moist (not wet), wire cover seeds to protect them from rodents and equipment. Mark and label site where you planted. These seeds were harvested by Prairie Birthday Farm, a small scale family farm in west central Missouri. Prairie Birthday Farm aims to inspire and empower others to experience, consume, and honor nutritional food.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(I've grown these before with some luck, and really want to get them into the landrace I'm trying to develop now. The birds had a ball pecking sunflower seed out of the heads I grew last summer.)
Sunflower: Hopi Landrace (25, 100, or 250 seeds) $3.75
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus)
Matures in 95 days to seed
DESCRIPTION—Our friend Gary Paul Nabhan collected this beautiful sunflower landrace at Moenkopi, Arizona, in the late 1970’s. It was being grown in a field irrigated by a river diversion. Used as a dye and may have been crossed with mammoth Russian sunflower. Phenomenal! A landrace is a traditional variety with deep cultural roots that is often dynamic, diverse, and adapted to specific environmental conditions.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Direct seeded. After the last frost, sow three seeds 1/2" deep every 12" in rows 18" apart.
Buffalo Seed Company Order
(I grow cypress vine every year.)
Cypress Vine: Red (20 seeds) $3.75
CYPRESS VINE (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Flowers in 50-60 days
DESCRIPTION—Want to make butterflies and hummingbirds in your agroecosystem happy as well as yourself? Well, plant this. This annual flowering vine can grow up to 15 feet in a single season and is great to grow along a trellis or fence. Native to Central America and parts of tropical South America, the species is happy in the early months of Kansas City summers and will flower into the fall season. This is a real treat to experience and our local pollinators will thank you for planting it.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Direct seeded. After the last frost, sow three seeds 1/2" deep every 12" in rows 12" apart. Best grown on a trellis.
(This is a different species of coneflower than the ones I already have. Coneflowers are very popular with both pollinators and seed-eating birds.)
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Prairie Coneflower (100 seeds) $4.00
PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER (Ratibida columnifera)
Flowers from June through August
DESCRIPTION—Prairie Coneflower is a native herbaceous perennial that is a great addition to the flower garden, has medicinal properties, and the pollinators like to visit them. What else is there to want? We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas. Sow seeds in the Fall/Winter or cold stratify before planting in the Spring.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(This is just pretty, plus I like native clovers. They fix nitrogen so I don't have to spread fertilizer or even worry about putting a fixer in every mini-guild.)
Native (Kansas) Wildflower: Purple Prairie Clover (100 seeds) $4.00 (perennial)
PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER (Dalea purpurea Vent.)
DESCRIPTION—Purple Prairie Clover is a native perennial flowering plant in the legume family. Grows eight to 35 inches tall and has brilliant purple flowers. Good for preventing erosion and fixing nitrogen in the soil. It also attracts many bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies. Other insects eat the seeds, and it is a larval host for the Southern Dogface butterfly. The leaves are edible, make good teas, and are medicinal. The stems can be used to make brooms. This is among the most important legumes in native grasslands in the Midwest. This plant enjoys full sunlight. We wild harvested these seeds from the land we steward in Garnett, Kansas. Sow seeds in the Fall/Winter or cold stratify before planting in the Spring.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(I love persimmons, but it's hard to find tree seedlings. I think I may have one in the forest yard somewhere. I figure seeds are worth a try. Persimmons are beloved by many fruit-eating animals and birds beyond just humans.)
Native (Missouri) Tree: Persimmon (15 seeds) $8.50
PERSIMMON (Diospyros virginiana)
DESCRIPTION—These seeds were gathered from trees that ripen from August to October. Persimmons need full to partial sun and they can reach a height of 30-60 feet. Fruit are one to two inches in size and have a creamy orange sweet flesh. Persimmons benefit birds, pollinators, and small mammals. The blossoms are an inconspicuous pale green/white color. Gather fruits when they drop from tree for jam, jelly, and sauce. Spring dried green leaves are great for a slightly spicy tea. Plant in the fall/early winter about three inches deep, keep soil moist (not wet), wire cover seeds to protect them from rodents and equipment. Mark and label site where you planted. These seeds were harvested by Prairie Birthday Farm, a small scale family farm in west central Missouri. Prairie Birthday Farm aims to inspire and empower others to experience, consume, and honor nutritional food.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Sow seeds in late fall to early spring so seeds experience cold stratification. Prepare a clean weed-free area. Sow seeds on top of soil, rake in, and then press seeds into the soil.
(I've grown these before with some luck, and really want to get them into the landrace I'm trying to develop now. The birds had a ball pecking sunflower seed out of the heads I grew last summer.)
Sunflower: Hopi Landrace (25, 100, or 250 seeds) $3.75
SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus)
Matures in 95 days to seed
DESCRIPTION—Our friend Gary Paul Nabhan collected this beautiful sunflower landrace at Moenkopi, Arizona, in the late 1970’s. It was being grown in a field irrigated by a river diversion. Used as a dye and may have been crossed with mammoth Russian sunflower. Phenomenal! A landrace is a traditional variety with deep cultural roots that is often dynamic, diverse, and adapted to specific environmental conditions.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS—Direct seeded. After the last frost, sow three seeds 1/2" deep every 12" in rows 18" apart.
