California Wildflower Seeding Rates

These rates were calculated from wholesale grower recommendations for per acre seeding rates ... which vary widely species to species because some plants have many seeds small and light, while others yield few seeds large and heavy ... but each seed can produce a plant!

Amounts of viable seed --evenly spread -- to cover the area with plants:


Achillea millefolium, yarrow ------------- one ounce per 2500 square feet, or 0.04 oz per 100 square feet

Baileya multiradiata, desert marigold ----- one ounce per 500 square feet, or 0.20 oz per 100 square feet

Castilleja exserta, purple owl's clover --- one ounce per 2500 square feet, or 0.04 oz per 100 square feet

Clarkia amoena, farewell-to-spring ------ one ounce per 1250 square feet, or 0.08 oz per 100 square feet

Clarkia unguiculata, mountain garland --- one ounce per 1250 square feet, or 0.08 oz per 100 square feet

Collinsia heterophylla, Chinese houses -- one ounce per 400 square feet, or 0.25 oz per 100 square feet

Eschscholzia caespitosa, dwarf California poppy, ounce per 500 square feet or 0.20 oz per 100 square feet

Eschscholzia californica, California poppy, an ounce per 300 square feet, or 0.33 oz per 100 square feet

Gilia capitata, globe gilia ----------------- one ounce per 1250 square feet, or 0.08 oz per 100 square feet

Gilia tricolor, bird's-eyes ---------------- one ounce per 1250 square feet , or 0.08 oz per 100 square feet

Lasthenia californica, dwarf goldfields --- one ounce per 625 square feet, or 0.16 oz per 100 square feet

Lasthenia glabrata, California sunshine ---- one ounce per 400 square feet, or 0.25 oz per 100 square feet

Layia platyglossa, tidy-tips ---------------- one ounce per 400 square feet, or 0.25 oz per 100 square feet

Linanthus grandiflorus - California phlox -- one ounce per 1250 square feet, or 0.08 oz per 100 square feet

Linum lewisii, blue flax --------------------- one ounce per 300 square feet, or 0.33 oz per 100 square feet

Lupinus bicolor, miniature lupine ----------- one ounce per 175 square feet, or 0.57 oz per 100 square feet

Lupinus densiflorus 'Ed Gedling', golden lupine, an ounce per 75 square feet, or 1.33 oz per 100 square feet

Lupinus nanus, sky lupine ------------------ one ounce per 125 square feet, or 0.80 oz per 100 square feet

Lupinus succulentus, arroyo lupine -------- one ounce per 125 square feet, or 0.80 oz per 100 square feet

Mentzelia lindleyi, blazing star ------------- one ounce per 625 square feet, or 0.16 oz per 100 square feet

Nemophila maculata, five-spot ------------ one ounce per 250 square feet, or 0.40 oz per 100 square feet

Nemophila menziesii, baby-blue-eyes ------ one ounce per 300 square feet, or 0.33 oz per 100 square feet

Phacelia campanularia, desert bluebells --- one ounce per 825 square feet, or 0.12 oz per 100 square feet

Phacelia tanacetifolia, tansy phacelia ------ one ounce per 825 square feet, or 0.12 oz per 100 square feet

Sisyrinchium bellum, blue-eyed grass ------ one ounce per 300 square feet, or 0.33 oz per 100 square feet