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 550 square feet
  • One pound per 8,835 square feet
  • 4.9 pounds per acre

9/29/25 Contents:

LATIN NAME COMMON NAME
Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Allium canadense Meadow Garlic
Amorpha canescens  Lead Plant
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
Brickellia eupatorioides  False Boneset
Callirhoe bushii-involucrata Bush's Poppy Mallow
Castilleja coccinea Indian Paintbrush
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria (A) Plains Coreopsis
Dalea candida White Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover
Desmanthus illinoensis Ill. Bundleflower
Echinacea mix Yellow, Pale, & Glade Coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master
Frasera Caroliniensis American columbo
Glandularia canadensis Rose Verbena
Grindelia lanceolata (B) Narrowleaf gumweed
Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower
Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St. John's Wort
Liatris aspera Rough Blazing Star
Liatris mucronata Bottlebrush Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris squarrosa Scaly Blazing Star
Lobelia spicata Palespike lobelia
Marshallia caespitosa Barbara's Buttons
Mimosa quadrivalvis Sensitive Briar
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot (short)
Oenothera macrocarpa  Missouri Primrose
Oligoneuron album White Upland Aster
Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine
Pedicularis canadensis Wood Betony
Pediomelum tenuiflorum Slimflower scurfpea
Penstemon cobaea Purple Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus Pale Beardtongue
Phemeranthus calycinus Fame Flower
Polanisia dodecandra Redwhisker Clammyweed
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Sweet everlasting
Pycnanthemum verticillatum Hairy Mountain mint
Ratibida columnifera Long-headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata Grayhead Coneflower
Rudbeckia missouriensis Missouri Coneflower
Scutellaria parvula Small skullcap
Silene antirrhina Sleepy Catchfly
Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant
Solidago petiolaris Downy Goldenrod
Stennaria nigricans Diamondflowers
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum Frost Aster
Tephrosia virginica Goat's rue
Tradescantia ohioensis Ohio Spiderwort
Verbesina helianthoides Yellow Crownbeard
Vernonia baldwinii Western Ironweed

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