Seed balls are a great way to do a bit of guerilla gardening or just easily add some flowers to your own garden. To ensure success, it's best to use seeds for varieties that do well in the region you're planting in without additional water or fertilizer.
The seeds below will grow very well on the East Coast. They'd be great as a mix to sprinkle into your garden, or to add to your own homemade seed balls.
- Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnaris)
- Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophilia menziesii)
- None-So-Pretty (Silene armeria)
- Blue Flax (Linum perenne)
- Scarlet Flax Linum rubrum)
- Wild Annual Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- Perennial Gaillardia (Gaillardia grandiflora)
- Rose Mallow (Lavatera trimestris)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
- Sulfur Cosmos (Orange Cosmos) (Cosmos sulfureus)
- Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Siberian Wallflower (Cheiranthus allionii)
- Perennial Lupine (Lupinus perennis)
- Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia gloriosa)
- Wild Larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum)
