{"id":4099,"date":"2011-02-02T16:20:20","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T21:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2011-11-25T16:44:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T21:44:32","slug":"biodiversity-bombs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2011\/biodiversity-bombs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity Bombs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Punxsutawney Phil has spoken<\/a>, and if the groundhog is to be believed, it looks like spring is right around the corner. Time to start thinking about spring flowers?<\/p>\n

Last week, Treehugger blogger Sami Grover wrote about a growing movement of people swapping seeds<\/a>. These folks are planting more than plants and vegetables; they’re committed to biodiversity in their gardens. Many will be meeting up in England for a “Seedy Sunday” this weekend.<\/p>\n

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But if there’s too much snow on the ground to make it to a seed swap in your area, get started with our brand new wildflower seed bombs.<\/a> Choose a packet from your region, and you’ll be ready to go with wildflower seeds native<\/del> suited to your area. Each bag contains 5 seed bombs, plenty to fill your backyard or share with your neighbors.<\/p>\n

Originally these bombs were created as a way to revive vacant lots in Cincinnati. But I think they might just revive all of us from the winter blues!<\/p>\n

Read on for a full list of seeds included in each set.<\/p>\n

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WEST COAST – includes Cornflower, Siberian Wallflower, Garland
\nChrysanthemum, Shasta Daisy, Farewell-to-Spring, Plains Coreopsis,
\nSulphur Cosmos, Wild Cosmos, African Daisy, Sweet William, California
\nPoppy, Blanket Flower, Baby’s Breath, Tidy Tips, Mountain Phlox, Blue
\nFlax, Sweet Alyssum, Annual Lupine, Lemon Mint, Red Poppy, Rocky
\nMountain Penstemon, Desert Bluebell, Mexican Hat, Gloriosa Daisy,
\nNone-so-Pretty, Prairie Coneflower, and Black-eyed Susan.<\/p>\n

MIDWEST – Upland White Aster, Prairie Aster, Cornflower, Siberian
\nWallflower, Shasta Daisy, Lance-Leaf Coreopsis, Plains Coreopsis,
\nSulphur Cosmos, Wild Cosmos, Sweet William, Purple Coneflower,
\nCalifornia Poppy, Perennial Gaillardia, Indian Blanket, Baby’s Breath,
\nWild Annual Sunflower, Dwarf Sunflower, Candytuft, Blue Flax, Scarlet
\nFlax, Perennial Lupine, Russell Lupine, Baby Blue Eyes, Evening
\nPrimrose, Red Poppy, Mexican Hat, Prairie Coneflower, Black-Eyed
\nSusan, Gloriosa Daisy, and Sweet Coneflower. These wildflowers were
\nchosen because they’re native to the Midwest, but many
\nare actually native to much of North America.<\/p>\n

PACIFIC NORTHWEST – Annual Lupine, Baby Blue Eyes, Baby\u2019s Breath, Baby
\nSnapdragon, Black-Eyed Susan, Blue Flax, California Poppy, Candytuft,
\nChinese Houses, Cornflower, Evening Primrose, Farewell-to-Spring,
\nFoxglove, Godetia, Lance-Leaf Coreopsis, Mountain Phlox,
\nNone-So-Pretty, Plains Coreopsis, Perennial Gaillardia, Red Poppy,
\nRocket Larkspur, Scarlet Flax, Shasta Daisy, Siberian Wallflower,
\nSweet Alyssum, Sweet William, White Yarrow, and Wild Columbine.<\/p>\n

EAST COAST – Baby Blue Eyes, Baby\u2019s Breath, Black Eye Susan, Blue
\nFlax, California Poppy, Cornflower, Gloriosa Daisy, Lance-Leaf
\nCoreopsis, Mexican Hat, None-so Pretty, Perennial Gaillardia,
\nPerennial Lupine, Plains Coreopsis, Purple Coneflower, Red Poppy, Rose
\nMallow, Scarlet Flax, Shasta Daisy, Siberian Wallflower, Sulphur
\nCosmos, Sweet William, Wild Annual Sunflower, Wild Cosmos, and Wild
\nLarkspur. These wildflowers were chosen because they’re native to the
\nEast Coast, but many are actually native to much of North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These seed bombs start flowers gardens where ever they’re dropped. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":4121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741],"tags":[30,21,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}