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 |