Easy Garden Roll Out Flowers Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden kit - HB1000 10-Foot by 10-Inch - by Garden Innovations

I bought this in June of 2016 and it sat in my basement for three years. I found it down there this year and thought what the heck I will roll it out next to my vegetable garden to hopefully attract more pollinators. It germinated within a few days and now I have beautiful flowers, my favorite being the poppies. I didn't put anything on top of the Roll, it was just garden soil under it and I rolled out the roll and kept it moist for a few days. It is definitely more of a prairie or a wildflower Garden type look. Since it's just random seeds the flowers grow randomly so it doesn't look super neat or organized. I like that looks so it's fine.

Followed directions, including tips from others who have used this product, and did not get one flowering plant from the entire roll. We bought one of these rolls years ago (not sure what brand, could have been the same) from our local Walmart and it yielded a beautiful assortment of flowers which is why we decided to try it again. It’s hard to believe not one plant grew from the 2000+ seeds in that roll — assume the product was old.

I’ve had this mat in for 2wk and have faithfully watered 2X a day without soaking but only have little sprouts around the edges of the mat. If they don’t com up through the mat my plantar is gonna look pretty sad. A month later and I only have very scattered seedlings. Big disappointment. Three months later I finally have flowers, maybe before the snow flies. Not too many blooms, mostly greenery, but the sCattered blossoms are pretty. Next year I will give bagged seed a whirl…

I'm getting quite a lot of germination!! I rolled it down and placed a dusting of garden soil mixed with compost. Then I throughly watered. It has been raining a lot so I haven't had to water daily but on days when it didn't rain I didn't water. They germinated within seven days and every day there are more germinating. I don't know what they'll be yet it has only been 2 weeks. I daresay, don't listen to the naysayers, buy the roll, and keep it moist. Most seeds need water to germinate.

OMG I wasnt sure but this actually works! All you do is rake the soil and roll out the flower carpet and water. The trick is to keep it moist. It took less than a week for the seedlings to start coming up. They are growing fast I cant wait to see the flowers!

I ordered this "blanket" of flower seeds for my planter around our tree in the front yard and thinking it would be easier than planting actual seeds or little plants but I was wrong. I planted it exactly to the directions on the package. I waited through the spring and summer for it to start growing, it never happened. About 1/3 of them sprouted but nothing happened after that, The material is so thin, I thought it was going to blow away. I noticed bird were eating the seeds as well because they were just sitting on top of the material, not inside of it or covered by anything. I do not recommend this product. save your money.

Very pleased the mini sprouts coming up even though we kept it in the house for probably a month still in the box I was so afraid it was going to be dead But no it’s going fine great pick. But it never flowered.

I waited a whole season to write this review. First, I want to say that if you follow ALL the instructions (even the optional ones) you will get a good amount of plants. However, it was a lot of work and the plants that grew looked like weeds. I bought this product to grow in 2 long flower boxes I have on my deck. I normally spend $200 on flowers that last until the Fall and look beautiful but I wanted to save some money and also attract more butterflies and Hummingbirds. I followed all the instructions, including raking the soil, cutting the roll to fit each bed, then placing topsoil on the top. I had to buy 2 bags of potting soil in order to cover all the rolls with a 1/4 of soil. Each bag cost about $6, so add that to the $20 roll. Next, you need to water at least twice a day. That was insane! about 10 days later I began to see some sprouts which was very promising. The plants grow and there were many so I was excited for a massive amount of blooms. About 42 days after planting , I began to see my first blooms. It was basically a ton of tall, white baby's breath. Again, it looked like weeds. A couple of weeks later the bachelor buttons began to bloom...again, very tall and leggy looking. There were some very tall, tiny flowered, yellow poppies. Lots of unsightly foliage topped with teeny tiny flowers, all of which were basically yellow...nothing red to attract hummingbirds. Although, there were flowers blooming until the Fall, they were tall, leggy and only a few blooms at a time. Definitely not ideal for flower boxes and literally did not attract any butterflies except 3 cabbage whites! A couple hummingbirds stopped by and quickly left as there were no flowers that they could drink from. Very disappointing. Everyone asked me why I let weeds grow in my flower boxes. If you want to start with seeds, you better off buying 20 packets of various seeds for $1 each and sprinkling them on your flower boxes/bed. A lot less work and you can pick which flowers you want rather than getting a bunch of ones that don't look good. I would definitely NOT recommend this product.