Nature's Seed Southwest Desert Honey Bee Pasture Blend, 1500 sq. ft.,PB-SWDHB-1500-F

Next year, I'll pay closer attention to the weather patterns and planting moments to justify reinvesting.

I live in Las Vegas, NV and wanted to cover my dirt backyard with something more valuable than grass that I wouldn't have to grow, keep the dust controled, smell good, safe for pets, and bloom a field of flowers that attract pollinating species. It was a big experiment that I wasn't sure would be successful. Plus, I decided to plant it early summer which is more challenging to grow plants from seed due to the dry heat.After a few different attempts in figuring out how to water without a real sprinkler system (I used hoses and rotating sprinkler heads), the seedling responded well even with the sun scorching them. The phacelia did well at first but the clovers became a thick bed of green. Coneflower bloomed next in patches and white clover for a bit. Then, it went green for the rest of the summer thickening and maturing.Even with the temperatures down slightly to a max of 100 degrees, new things are beginning to emerge. Sweet clover has flowered for the first time today. Indian blanket is popping up and there are other species emerging I have yet to identify. Pollinators are starting to take notice. Mockingbirds are loving the task of controlling the caterpillar population.I'll see if I can update soon as Fall comes, crimson clover prefers to bloom in the fall, or so I read. So, I really love this blend.

I'm on the N.E. coast, it still worked in the spring/summer here but my yard is very competitive so it had to fend for itself, I keep a mix of grass on purpose, that's how I like it, wasn't on purpose but came to like it. This product does what it's suppose to do.

I will start by saying that the seed mix was different than what’s shown/described... but I planted it anyway and it’s doing a great job of filling in my back yard. I have poor soil and can’t get grass to grow; this germinated quickly and now my back yard is green instead of patchy weeds on bare dirt! I just scattered it by hand and gently tilled it into the soil, and watered it for a few days.

Tossed seed out on soil night before a mild rain, and we had some rain over the next few days and after a few more these had sprouted. Lovely little plants growing everywhere sown! Not as many blossoming plants as I had hoped for though.

Some seeds are tiny and others much larger so the smaller ones we in the bottom of the cup I used and much harder to hand sow.

All of these seeds came up like gangbusters I'm included pictures of two that have started to bloom the Clover is coming up I'm looking forward to it blooming as well I will definitely be buying more of this for next year if it doesn't come back since a lot of it is annuals but I'm looking forward to it receding itself it really filled in my garden

The packaging is nice and the idea is nice . . . but the description of the seeds as 40% Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis) 20% Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum) 20% White Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens)10% Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) 5% Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) 5% Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) is not at all what I received. The package I received has the same label as advertised but the contents are 57% sainfoin, 28% clover sweet, 5% clover crimson, 4% clover white, 3% cosmos and 2 % bluebells, so basically waaaaaaay more boring than I expected. I don't have cattle I wanted bee plants, so I don't need a sack of feed crops. There were only 3 of the advertised seeds inside, and the one listed as 40% of the contents is not even included. I got a full refund from Amazon.