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 565 square feet
- One pound per 9,075 square feet
- 4.8 pounds per acre
2/9/2026 Contents:
| Botanical name | COMMON NAME |
| Allium stellatum | Fall Glade Onion |
| Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant |
| Antennaria neglecta | Prairie Pussytoes |
| Asclepias hirtella | Tall Green Milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa IOWA | Butterfly Milkweed |
| Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo |
| Baptisia australis var. minor | Blue Wild Indigo |
| Brickellia eupatorioides | False Boneset |
| Buchnera americana (A) | Blue hearts |
| Castilleja coccinea (A) | Indian Paintbrush |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis tinctoria (A) | Plains Coreopsis |
| Dalea purpurea (IA) | Purple Prairie Clover |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Ill. Bundleflower |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale-Purple Coneflower |
| Echinacea paradoxa | Yellow Coneflower |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Verbena |
| Grindelia lanceolata (B) | Narrowleaf gumweed |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower |
| Liatris hirsuta | Hairy Blazing Star |
| Liatris mucronata | Bottlebrush Blazing Star |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star |
| Manfreda virginica | Agave, False Aloe |
| Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's Buttons |
| Mimosa qaudrivalvis | Sensitive Briar |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot (short) |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Missouri Primrose |
| Oligoneuron album | White Upland Aster |
| Oligoneuron rigidum | Rigid Goldenrod |
| Opuntia cespitosa | Common Prickly Pear Cactus |
| Penstemon cobaea | Purple Beardtongue |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Penstemon tubaeflorus | Prairie Beardtongue |
| Phemeranthus calycinus | Fame Flower |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint |
| Rudbeckia hirta (A) | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia missouriensis | Missouri Coneflower |
| Ruellia humilis | Hairy Wild Petunia |
| Sabatia angularis | Rose Gentian |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Catchfly |
| Silphium integrifolium | Rosinweed |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod |
| Strophostyles leiosperma | Slickseed Fuzzybean |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic aster |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost Aster |
| Symphyotrichum turbinellum | Lavender Aster |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort |
| Verbena simplex | Narrow-leaved vervain |
| Verbesina helianthoides | Yellow Crownbeard |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed |
| Viola pedata | Bird's Foot Violet |
