Everyone loves butterflies for their wonderful array of colors and patterns as well as their graceful movements. Images of butterflies have been popular for jewelry, decoration and crafts for centuries. Butterflies undergo an amazing metamorphosis from egg, to caterpillar to beautiful, winged adult. It is possible to plant flowers in a home garden to attract […]
Arvada, CO – Gene Milstein, founder, and his wife, Dee Milstein, co-owner of Applewood Seed Company, announce the formation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), transferring significant ownership of the company to current and future employees. As part of a comprehensive succession plan, the Milsteins formed the ESOP to implement their goal of keeping […]
The CP-43 Prairie Strips practice is a CRP Clean Lakes, Estuaries and Rivers (CLEAR) initiative and is intended to provide benefits to both farmers and the environment in agricultural areas. They are composed of diverse, herbaceous, perennial vegetation that includes both grasses and wildflowers. They must be positioned on the landscape to most effectively deal […]
Plan now to build up your inventory of flower seeds for the upcoming fall Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planting season. It’s not too early to stock up on forb seeds needed for your state or trade area. Forbs are essential for various practices such as CP25 Restoration of Rare & Declining Habitat, CP42 Pollinator Habitat, […]
Agricultural land has been expanding and intensifying in many regions of the world to meet growing demands for food. This trend has resulted in reduced biodiversity and pollination services from honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators. Research from the past decade underscores the value of pollinator diversity and abundance for crop pollination worldwide. Restored […]
Would you like to make your golf course more exciting and beautiful by adding more color? Do you want to help pollinators and wildlife? Applewood Seed Company can help. Listed below are some suggestions to help you bring color to your golf course and create pollinator habitats in various areas.
Here at Applewood Seed Company we specialize in small to largescale production of open-pollinated flower seeds, which include wildflowers, heirloom garden flowers and newer flower varieties. Most of these flowers need insect pollinators for successful seed production. We are a strong advocate of pollinator conservation and are actively involved in research, education, and policy-making for pollinator issues. Here […]
From African Daisy’s to Zinna’s, we have a wide variety of flower seeds for you to choose from on the Applewood Seed website. Did you know that we have 23 varieties of Zinnia seeds to choose from? See our selection and place your order directly from our online store.
As Applewood specializes in open-pollinated flower varieties, it is important for us to help maintain distinctive traits that can get lost through the repetition of crop seed production over many years. We routinely hand-select and hand-pollinate flower varieties in our isolation tents every season to help maintain variety purity. This is an additional quality assurance […]
Applewood Seed Company, located in Arvada, Colorado, was established in 1965 and specializes in small to large-scale production of open-pollinated flower seeds. We pride ourselves in our commitment to supplying high quality seed by maintaining diligent standards in field production methods, seed testing, and our research trials. Our research includes flower types and mixes specifically […]
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Host Plants for Your Butterfly Garden
Everyone loves butterflies for their wonderful array of colors and patterns as well as their graceful movements. Images of butterflies have been popular for jewelry, decoration and crafts for centuries. Butterflies undergo an amazing metamorphosis from egg, to caterpillar to beautiful, winged adult. It is possible to plant flowers in a home garden to attract […]
Applewood Seed Company Announces Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Arvada, CO – Gene Milstein, founder, and his wife, Dee Milstein, co-owner of Applewood Seed Company, announce the formation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), transferring significant ownership of the company to current and future employees. As part of a comprehensive succession plan, the Milsteins formed the ESOP to implement their goal of keeping […]
What are Prairie Strips?
The CP-43 Prairie Strips practice is a CRP Clean Lakes, Estuaries and Rivers (CLEAR) initiative and is intended to provide benefits to both farmers and the environment in agricultural areas. They are composed of diverse, herbaceous, perennial vegetation that includes both grasses and wildflowers. They must be positioned on the landscape to most effectively deal […]
Flower Seed Selections for the Conservation Reserve Program
Plan now to build up your inventory of flower seeds for the upcoming fall Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planting season. It’s not too early to stock up on forb seeds needed for your state or trade area. Forbs are essential for various practices such as CP25 Restoration of Rare & Declining Habitat, CP42 Pollinator Habitat, […]
Flower Plantings Can Increase Yields of Pollination-Dependent Crops
Agricultural land has been expanding and intensifying in many regions of the world to meet growing demands for food. This trend has resulted in reduced biodiversity and pollination services from honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators. Research from the past decade underscores the value of pollinator diversity and abundance for crop pollination worldwide. Restored […]
Add Flowers to Your Golf Course for Color, Pollinators, and Local Wildlife
Would you like to make your golf course more exciting and beautiful by adding more color? Do you want to help pollinators and wildlife? Applewood Seed Company can help. Listed below are some suggestions to help you bring color to your golf course and create pollinator habitats in various areas.
Using Open-Pollinated Flower Seeds for Pollinator Conservation
Here at Applewood Seed Company we specialize in small to largescale production of open-pollinated flower seeds, which include wildflowers, heirloom garden flowers and newer flower varieties. Most of these flowers need insect pollinators for successful seed production. We are a strong advocate of pollinator conservation and are actively involved in research, education, and policy-making for pollinator issues. Here […]
Pick a Zinnia from the Applewood Seed Collection
From African Daisy’s to Zinna’s, we have a wide variety of flower seeds for you to choose from on the Applewood Seed website. Did you know that we have 23 varieties of Zinnia seeds to choose from? See our selection and place your order directly from our online store.
Variety Improvement Process of Open Pollinated Flowers
As Applewood specializes in open-pollinated flower varieties, it is important for us to help maintain distinctive traits that can get lost through the repetition of crop seed production over many years. We routinely hand-select and hand-pollinate flower varieties in our isolation tents every season to help maintain variety purity. This is an additional quality assurance […]
3 Ways to Feed Honey Bees and Help Keep Them Healthy
Applewood Seed Company, located in Arvada, Colorado, was established in 1965 and specializes in small to large-scale production of open-pollinated flower seeds. We pride ourselves in our commitment to supplying high quality seed by maintaining diligent standards in field production methods, seed testing, and our research trials. Our research includes flower types and mixes specifically […]