Our dry, shallow soil mix provides color from early May into October and attracts many kinds of wildlife. Sow in areas with thin soil and plenty of sunshine. 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.
We include an extra ounce of seed for each bulk pound. Seeding Rates will yield ~30 seeds per square foot:
- A seed packet covers about 25 square feet.
- One ounce per 585 square feet
- One pound per 9,470 square feet
- 4.6 pounds per acre
11/7/25 Contents:
| LATIN NAME | COMMON NAME |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow |
| Allium canadense | Meadow Garlic |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Asclepias hirtella | Tall Green Milkweed |
| Asclepias viridis | Spider milkweed |
| Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia bracteata | Cream Wild Indigo |
| Blephilia ciliata | Ohio Horse Mint |
| Buchnera americana (A) | Blue hearts |
| Callirhoe bushii-involucrata | Bush's Poppy Mallow |
| Castilleja coccinea (A) | Indian Paintbrush |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tinctoria (A) | Plains Coreopsis |
| Dalea purpurea | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Delphinium treleasei | Trelease's Larkspur |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Ill. Bundleflower |
| Echinacea mix | Yellow, Pale, & Glade Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Gentian andrewsii | Closed Gentian |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Verbena |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western Sunflower |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower |
| Heuchera richardsonii | Prairie Alum Root |
| Lespedeza capitata | Roundheaded Bushclover |
| Liatris mucronata | Bottlebrush Blazing Star |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star |
| Lobelia spicata | Palespike lobelia |
| Lomatium foeniculaceum | Desert Biscuitroot |
| Manfreda virginica | Agave, False Aloe |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons |
| Mimosa qaudrivalvis | Sensitive Briar |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot |
| Oenothera biennis | Common evening primrose |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Missouri Primrose |
| Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine |
| Pedicularis canadensis | Wood Betony |
| Penstemon cobaea | Purple Beardtongue |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Penstemon pallidus | Pale Beardtongue |
| Phemeranthus calycinus | Fame Flower |
| Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Sweet everlasting |
| Pycnanthemum verticillatum | Hairy Mountain mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var sullivantii | Showy Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia missouriensis | Missouri Coneflower |
| Ruellia humilis | Hairy Wild Petunia |
| Sabatia angularis | Rose Gentian |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Catchfly |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant |
| Solidago ulmifolia | Elmleaf goldenrod |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic aster |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost Aster |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Crownbeard |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed |
