Dry Shallow Soil Seed Mix

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SKU:
DRYMIXPKT
BLOOM PERIOD:
3 Spring, summer, fall
SUNLIGHT PREFERENCE:
Full sun
MOISTURE:
Dry
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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 680 square feet
  • One pound per 10,890 square feet
  • 4 pounds per acre

1/9/2026 Contents:

Botanical name COMMON NAME
Allium canadense Meadow Garlic
Amorpha canescens  Lead Plant
Asclepias hirtella Tall Green Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa IOWA Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias viridis Spider milkweed
Baptisia alba White Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis var. minor Blue Wild Indigo 
Baptisia bracteata Cream Wild Indigo
Brickellia eupatorioides False Boneset
Castilleja coccinea (A) Indian Paintbrush
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria (A) Plains Coreopsis
Dalea candida White Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea IOWA Purple Prairie Clover
Desmanthus illinoensis Ill. Bundleflower
Echinacea paradoxa Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea simulata Glade Coneflower 
Eryngium yuccifolium  Rattlesnake Master
Glandularia canadensis Rose Verbena
Grindelia lanceolata (B) Narrowleaf gumweed
Heliopsis helianthoides Ox-eye Sunflower
Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St. John's Wort
Koeleria macrantha June Grass
Lespedeza capitata Roundheaded Bushclover
Liatris aspera Rough Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa Scaly Blazing Star
Marshallia caespitosa Barbara's Buttons
Mimosa quadrivalvis Sensitive Briar
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot (short)
Oenothera macrocarpa Missouri Primrose
Oligoneuron rigidum Rigid Goldenrod
Opuntia humifusa Prickly Pear Cactus
Pedicularis canadensis Wood Betony
Penstemon cobaea Purple Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue
Phemeranthus calycinus Fame Flower
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Sweet everlasting
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint
Ratibida pinnata Grayhead Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii Showy Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta (A) Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia missouriensis Missouri Coneflower
Ruellia humilis Hairy Wild Petunia
Sabatia angularis Rose Gentian
Salvia azurea Blue Sage
Silene antirrhina Sleepy Catchfly
Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant
Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod
Solidago ulmifolia Elmleaf goldenrod
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost Aster
Symphyotrichum turbinellum Lavender Aster
Verbesina helianthoides Yellow Crownbeard

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