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Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) is a spring-blooming native perennial that delivers significant ecological and faunal benefits. Its bright yellow umbels provide an early, reliable source of nectar and pollen for a broad suite of pollinators such as bees, hoverflies, and native wasps helping to sustain pollinator populations as they emerge from winter.
The plant’s foliage and form of Golden Alexanders add habitat complexity, support beneficial insects, and help stabilize soil in moist meadows and open woodlands. Critically, Zizia aurea is a larval host for the Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) as females lay eggs on the foliage, and caterpillars feed on the leaves, directly supporting local butterfly reproduction and boosting seasonal butterfly numbers. Incorporating Golden Alexanders into restorations, garden edges, and pollinator plots creates essential early-season forage and breeding habitat that bolster native insect communities and strengthen the wider food web.
Plant Details
USDA Zones: 3-8
Germination Needs: 60 Days Cold Stratification, germinates best in cool soil
Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial
Soil Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry
Plant Spacing: 1-2 feet
Height: 3 feet
Bloom time: April, May, June
Bloom Color: Yellow
Advantages
Pollinator Favorite: butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, beetles
Bird Favorite: seeds, insects, fruit, nectar, nesting, perches.
Deer Resistant: Yes
Excellent in the home landscape!
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Packet quantities:
We pride ourselves on ethical, hands on, ecological management, using no mechanical or chemical methods whatsoever.
All of our native seed is hand reared, hand picked, and hand packed from native prairies under our exclusive management, never breaking chain of custody from the field until it is sent to you. Each packet is hand prepared for shipment by us, directly.
Small seed species will contain greater than 20-25 seed
Large seed species will contain greater than 10-15 seed
It is our mission to spread the wealth of native plant and pollinator ecological sustainability, and educate back yard gardeners as well as corporate and government entities in how to germinate, grow, and benefit from native synergies.
Thank you for your support, it is because of you, that we can grow together to do, what we do. 🐛🦋🐝🐞🌾🌱🌼🧡
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) is a spring-blooming native perennial that delivers significant ecological and faunal benefits. Its bright yellow umbels provide an early, reliable source of nectar and pollen for a broad suite of pollinators such as bees, hoverflies, and native wasps helping to sustain pollinator populations as they emerge from winter.
The plant’s foliage and form of Golden Alexanders add habitat complexity, support beneficial insects, and help stabilize soil in moist meadows and open woodlands. Critically, Zizia aurea is a larval host for the Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) as females lay eggs on the foliage, and caterpillars feed on the leaves, directly supporting local butterfly reproduction and boosting seasonal butterfly numbers. Incorporating Golden Alexanders into restorations, garden edges, and pollinator plots creates essential early-season forage and breeding habitat that bolster native insect communities and strengthen the wider food web.
Plant Details
USDA Zones: 3-8
Germination Needs: 60 Days Cold Stratification, germinates best in cool soil
Life Cycle: Perennial
Sun Exposure: Full to Partial
Soil Moisture: Medium, Medium-Dry
Plant Spacing: 1-2 feet
Height: 3 feet
Bloom time: April, May, June
Bloom Color: Yellow
Advantages
Pollinator Favorite: butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, beetles
Bird Favorite: seeds, insects, fruit, nectar, nesting, perches.
Deer Resistant: Yes
Excellent in the home landscape!
.
.
Packet quantities:
We pride ourselves on ethical, hands on, ecological management, using no mechanical or chemical methods whatsoever.
All of our native seed is hand reared, hand picked, and hand packed from native prairies under our exclusive management, never breaking chain of custody from the field until it is sent to you. Each packet is hand prepared for shipment by us, directly.
Small seed species will contain greater than 20-25 seed
Large seed species will contain greater than 10-15 seed
It is our mission to spread the wealth of native plant and pollinator ecological sustainability, and educate back yard gardeners as well as corporate and government entities in how to germinate, grow, and benefit from native synergies.
Thank you for your support, it is because of you, that we can grow together to do, what we do. 🐛🦋🐝🐞🌾🌱🌼🧡
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