From:Silver Spring, MD Region: Mid-Atlantic Topic: Wildflowers
Title: Native, non-invasive plant seeds for each region in U.S.
Answered by: Dean Garrett I need to identify a wildflower from
each region that we can package in custom packaging to use as
giveaways at our member zoos and aquariums. Our project this
year is called Conservation Made Simple and it focuses on
backyard habitats. We would love to have flowering seeds that
are critter friendly, non-invasive, etc. I understand that one
size does not fit all, but am not expert enough to identify one
per region. Can you help me? We can direct you to sources of
information that can help you decide which species to choose and
we can provide some tentative suggestions. If the member zoos
and aquariums are spread throughout the country, this should be
quite an undertaking. I can understand why you might want to
reduce the number of species you have to deal with. Ideally, the
regions in which you offer the wildflowers would be ecoregions,
but these do not corre