Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Bees need our help. Did you know that 20% of Colorado’s bumblebees are now at risk of extinction? One of the best ways to help our beautiful bee population is to plant flowers. And Generation Wild is helping the cause by giving away 100,000 packets of Wilderflower seed packets across Colorado.
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Wilderflowers are a mix of the following beautiful flowers:
Beeplant, Rocky Mountain – Cleome serrulata
Blanketflower Gaillardia – Aristata
Lewis Flax Linum – Lewisii
Tidy-Tips – Layia Platyglossa
Coneflower, Narrow-leaf Purple – Echinacea Angustifolia
Iris, Wild Blue Iris – Missouriensis
Gayfeather Liatris – Spicata
Coneflower, Prairie Ratibida – Columnifera
Beardtongue, One-Sided Penstemon - Unilateralis
Lupine, Mountain – Lupinus argenteus
Aster Prairie – Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
Columbine – Blue Aquilegia caerulea, Blue
Coreopsis, Plains – Coreopsis Tinctoria
Black-Eyed Susan – Rudbeckia hirta
Daisy, Fleabane – Erigeron speciosus
Gayfeather, Dotted – Liatris punctata
How to Get Your FREE Wilderflower Seed Packet
This summer, pick up your FREE pack of Wilderflower seeds at many locations throughout Colorado.
Find the seeds at the following locations:
Denver Parks & Rec
Colorado State Libraries
Museums
Little Free Libraries
Generation Wild Coalitions
The complimentary seed packets are available while supplies last.
Search for participating locations here.
If you don’t find a location nearby, contact Generation Wild at info@goco.org.