Border Patrol® Wildflower Mix
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Mother Nature's Perfect Natural Pesticide!
This country flower mix (see contents below) is formulated to give you more than a beautiful color display. It contains specially chosen flower varieties known to attract beneficial insects, which will help rid your garden of destructive insect pests — the organic way. Finally, here's a truly natural, organic solution for garden pest control!
| Flowers vs. Bad Bugs | ||
|---|---|---|
| These Flowers | Attracts These Bugs | Which Eat These Nasty Garden Pests |
| Evening Primrose | Ground Beetle | Cankerworms, snails, slugs, moths, maggots, houseflies, gnats, aphids, ants, termites. |
| Wild Buckwheat | Tachinid Fly | Caterpillars, adults beetles, gypsy moths, grasshoppers. |
| Baby Blue Eyes, Candy Tuft | Syrphid Fly | Aphids, thrips, leafhoppers, mealy bugs. |
| Bishops Flower, Black-Eyed Susan, Strawflowers, Nasturtiums | Parasite Insects | Cutworms, mealy bugs, aphids, scale insets, beetle larva, gypsy moths, caterpillars. |
| Angelica | Green lace wings | Aphids, caterpillars eggs, mites, mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies. |
| Yarrow | Ladybugs | Aphids, mealybugs, cinch bugs, spider mites, thrips, whiteflies. |
What Is In Border Patrol?
An organic solution to insect control. The flowers that this 6oz. canister produce will attract beneficial insects into the area where it is planted. These beneficials, in turn, will devour any pesky insects before they destroy your plants. Covers 300 square feet.
This mixture contains 49% actual seed and 51% inert matter to assist with the even dispersal of seed at time of planting.
| Contents of Border Patrol | ||
|---|---|---|
| Evening Primrose | Oenotheria argillicola | Biannual |
| Buckwheat | Fagopyrum esculentum | Biannual |
| Baby Blue Eyes | Nemophilia menziesii | Annual |
| Candy Tuft | Iberis sempervirens | Annual |
| Bishops Flower | Ammi majus | Annual |
| Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | Perennial |
| Strawflower | Helichrysum ssp. | Annual |
| Nasturtium | Tropaeolum majus | Annual |
| Angelica | Angelica atropurpurea | Annual |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | Perennial |
Border Patrol is sold in many independent garden centers and on the web at Border Patrol on Web