Pick the Right Native Plants for You -- Method 2: The Pre-Mix Seed Packet Method (easiest/cheapest)

Tell me what native plants to choose! In this video we look at Method #2: The Pre-Mix Seed Packet Method. This is probably the easiest and cheapest method for planting native plants in your yard/garden. You simply buy a pre-mixed native seed packet, spread the seeds, and walk away!
Upsides:
• Spread seeds and walk away
• Don’t worry about learning different native plant species
• Don’t worry about planning out a garden design
• The plants that will do well in your garden will grow, the ones that won’t do well in your garden do not grow
Possible downsides:
• You will get a prairie/meadow look and not a “tidy” garden
• You do still have to “prepare” your site
• You have to be VERY CAREFUL about the seed packet you buy so you don’t purchase non-native or hybrid seeds.
Here are the safe companies that you can buy pre-mixed native seed packets from that contain all native seeds:
Seed-balls.com (shop.seed-ball...)
Wild Seed Project (shop.wildseedp...)
Seedles (growtherainbow...)
Wild spaces Land Care (www.wildspaces...)
Prairie Moon Nursery (www.prairiemoo...)
Natural Communities Native Plants (naturalcommuni...)
Prairie Nursery (www.prairienur...)
Native Wildflowers and Seeds (ionxchange.com...)
The bad companies containing non-native plants and/or hybrid plants:
American Meadows (sold on Amazon) party favor seed packets
Back to the Roots Organic Wildflower Mix (sold at Target and Amazon)
Bentley Seeds (sold on Amazon)
BUZZY (sold on Amazon)
Earth Science (sold at Home Depot)
Eden Brothers
Free the Ocean
The Gardener’s Wife
GevaGrow
Gurney’s (sold at Home Depot)
Hancock Seed Company
HOME GROWN (sold on Amazon)
Hudson Valley Seed Company
Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Miller and Boo Paper Company
Modern Sprout
Mountain Valley Seed (sold on Amazon)
Seed Geeks (sold on Etsy)
The companies that have some pre-mixes that are only native plants and some that contain non-native plants, which can be confusing:
American Meadows
Territorial Seed Company
The Vermont Wildflower Farm
Wildland Seed Co.
Nail Polish Seen in Video:
"Coral Reef" by Colores de Carol (www.coloresdec...)
"Pixel Pink" by ILNP (www.ilnp.com/)
All video and images are created by the Native Flower Power channel creator, unless otherwise noted.
Chapters:
0.00 Picking native plants steps
1.00 Method 2: the Pre-Mix Seed Packet Method description
1.31 The upsides to Pre-Mix Seed Packet Method
2.37 The downsides to the Pre-Mix Seed Packet Method
8.14 The good, safe companies selling only native plant pre-mix seed packets
20.00 The companies to avoid that sell pre-mix seed packets with non-native species
27.20 Why native plant hybrids aren’t a good idea