Featured Garden and Wildflower Seed Species

Applewood Seed Company offers over 250 individual wildflower, garden flower, grass and herb species. Each year, we choose some very special species and varieties to feature in this section.

These species may be purchased in bulk as individual seed species or you will find them in our blended flower seed mixtures. Crop production was excellent this year, and we expect to have a very good supply of these featured species.

China Aster 'Single Mix'

Callistephus chinensis

Callistephus chinensis - China Aster

This beautiful annual aster produces single flowers in a mix of purple, deep rose, pink, violet and white. It blooms from mid summer through early fall and provides much needed color after many annuals have stopped blooming for the season. It prefers full sun and moderate soil moisture. The flowers are excellent for cutting.

Plains Coreopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains Coreopsis

This wide ranging annual is native to the eastern and central United States. It's vivid, bicolored flowers of dark red and yellow stand out in a garden, meadow or other natural setting. A small number of flowers will be entirely dark red. Plains Coreopsis grows well in full sun to light shade and prefers moderate to moist soils.

Rocket Larkspur

Delphinium ajacis

Delphinium ajacis - Rocket Larkspur

This Mediterranean annual produces spires of pink, blue, white, lavender and rose flowers. The flowers can be single to double (hyacinth type). It can be planted in full sun or partly shaded areas and tends to be a good re-seeder. Rocket Larkspur is great as a cut flower or in the wildlife garden to attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Autumn Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Helenium autumnale - Autumn Sneezeweed

Autumn Sneezeweed is a native perennial from the eastern and central United States. It prefers moister soils and is generally found along streams and ponds as well as moist meadows and prairies. This species is a good colonizer and produces an abundance of yellow flowers in late summer and fall. The name comes from the fact that the ray flowers and leaves were once dried, ground, and used as snuff in the past.

Sunflower 'Autumn Beauty'

Helianthus annuus

Helianthus annuus - Sunflower

This taller, branching sunflower variety produces flowers in a mix of autumn shades - red, yellow, gold, orange, russet and cream. Autumn Beauty is magnificent in the back of the border and makes a great cut flower. Sunflowers bloom from mid summer through fall, and birds and squirrels love to eat the seeds.

Zinnia 'Lilliput Mixture'

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans - Zinnia

This small flowered variety features fully double, pompon shaped flowers that come in a wide range of colors: white, yellow, rose, pink, red, orange, lavender and purple. It is a "cut-and-come-again" Zinnia, which means when you cut some flowers, more flowers will be produced. Lilliput Zinnia is great for sunny beds and borders and will attract many butterflies to your garden.