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 625 square feet
- One pound per 10,000 square feet
- 4.35 pounds per acre
3/10/2026 Contents:
| DRY SHALLOW SOIL MIX 3/10/26 | |
| Botanical name | COMMON NAME |
| Allium stellatum | Fall Glade Onion |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Antennaria neglecta | Prairie Pussytoes |
| Asclepias tuberosa IOWA | Butterfly Milkweed |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed |
| Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia bracteata | Cream Wild Indigo |
| Castilleja coccinea (A) | Indian Paintbrush (B) |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata (A) | Partridge Pea |
| Clinopodium arkansanum | Calamint |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis palmata | Prairie Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tinctoria (A) | Plains Coreopsis (A) |
| Dalea purpurea (IA) | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Ill. Bundleflower |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale-Purple Coneflower |
| Echinacea paradoxa | Yellow Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Grindelia lanceolata (B) | Narrowleaf gumweed (B) |
| Helianthus occidentalis | Western Sunflower |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower |
| Liatris hirsuta | Hairy Blazing Star |
| Manfreda virginica | Agave, False Aloe |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons |
| Mimosa qaudrivalvis | Sensitive Briar |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot (Tall) |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Missouri Primrose |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Rigid Goldenrod |
| Opuntia cespitosa | Common Prickly Pear Cactus |
| Packera plattensis | Prairie Groundsel |
| Penstemon cobaea | Purple Beardtongue |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Penstemon pallidus | Pale Beardtongue |
| Phemeranthus calycinus | Fame Flower |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint |
| Rudbeckia hirta (A), (IA) | Black-eyed Susan (B) |
| Rudbeckia missouriensis | Missouri Coneflower |
| Sabatia angularis | Rose Gentian |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic aster |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost Aster |
| Symphyotrichum sericeum | Silky Aster |
| Verbena simplex | Narrow-leaved vervain |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Crownbeard |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed |
| Zizia aptera | Heart-leaved Alexanders |
| 4.35 pounds per acre | 625 sq feet per ounce |
