National Wildflower Week takes place each year in the first week of May, which signals a time when most of the country is bursting with blooming wildflowers. This week-long celebration was started by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. As Johnson once said, wildflowers “give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours.”
THE BENEFITS OF WILDFLOWERS
- Wildflowers are extremely easy to grow. They create easy, low-maintenance color in almost any sunny spot, needing little water once established.
- Wildflowers help our pollinators. Native and non-native wildflowers are integral to pollinators' survival. Planting a wildflower meadow gives bees, butterflies and hummingbirds a nectar buffet to feed on all season long.
- Wildflowers are good for the environment. Instead of spending your time and resources on mowing a huge lawn, replace half of it with easy-to-grow wildflowers that only require mowing once per season.
- Wildflowers provide spectacular color. There’s nothing more awe-inspiring than a wildflower garden or meadow bursting in bloom, and we carry over 240 individual species and 50 mixtures for any garden, big or small.
- Wildflowers are fun. Whether you’re a new gardener or a seasoned pro, growing, caring for and cutting wildflowers for summer bouquets is a lot of fun.
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