Submitted by City of Olympia
You may have noticed the ‘carpet’ of beautiful blue flowers alongside 18th Avenue and Henderson Boulevard in southeast Olympia. The reason for this springtime explosion is a simple change in the way we “seeded” the planter strip last year when finishing these road improvement projects. Before, we used a standard seed mix. This time, we tested an environmental, low maintenance alternative mixture of dwarf grass and wildflowers. Not only is the new mixture much nicer to look at, it also requires significantly less water and maintenance. Once the mix is well established it only needs mowing about once a month and requires minimal irrigation.
“Oly Blue” – Our Not-So-Secret Formula
80% Perennial Rye
20% Wildflower and Flower Seed Mix consisting of
- English Daisy
- Baby Blue Eyes
- Strawberry Clover
