Our deep soil mix provides color from early May into October and attracts many kinds of wildlife. It consists nearly entirely of perennials with a few annuals or biennials that will provide some color while the perennials get established. This mix should be sown in late fall or winter--early February at the latest. Seed sown after February may not get the cold moist treatment (stratification) that it needs in order to germinate.
Seed: Many of the species need a cold, moist period of stratification. Sow seed between November and February.
Seeding rates will yield ~30 seeds per square foot:
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A packet covers about 25 square feet.
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1 ounce per 675 square feet
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1 pound per 10,800 square feet
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4 pounds per acre
These species prefer plenty of sunlight and moderate moisture.
1/21/25 Contents:
| Botanical name | Common name |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Amsonia illustris | Shining Blue Star |
| Asclepias hirtella | Tall Green Milkweed |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed |
| Asclepias viridis | Spider milkweed |
| Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo |
| Bidens aristosa (A/B) | Bur Marigold |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Purple Poppy Mallow |
| Castilleja coccinea | Indian Paintbrush |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tinctoria (A) | Plains Coreopsis |
| Dalea candida (IA) | White Prairie Clover |
| Dalea purpurea (IA) | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Ill. Bundleflower |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale-Purple Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Helianthus salicifolius | Willowleaf Sunflower |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower |
| Heuchera richardsonii | Prairie Alum Root |
| Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's Wort |
| Lespedeza violacea | Wandlike Bushclover |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star |
| Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox |
| Mimosa quadrivalvis | Sensitive Briar |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot (short) |
| Oenothera biennis | Common evening primrose |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Rigid Goldenrod |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Wood Betony |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint |
| Pycnanthemum verticillatum | Hairy Mountain mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii | Showy Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia hirta (A) | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower |
| Salvia azurea | Blue Sage |
| Silene regia | Royal Catchfly |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost Aster |
| Tradescantia ohioensis | Ohio Spiderwort |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Crownbeard |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders |
We include an extra ounce of seed with each bulk pound.
