Our wet soil mix provides color from early May into October and attracts many kinds of wildlife. 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.
Contents of the mix vary due to availability.
Look for the Wet Soil Companion Mix for additional sedges and rushes for your project!
Seed: Many of the species need a cold, moist period of stratification. Sow seed between November and February. The following seeding rates will deposit roughly 30 seeds per square foot.
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A packet covers about 25 square feet.
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1 ounce per 1,030square feet
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1 pound per 16,500 square feet
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2.7 pounds per acre
1/13/25 Contents: Indigo Bush, Shining Blue Star, Swamp Milkweed , Bur Marigold, White Doll's Daisy, Partridge Pea, Rose Turtlehead, Tall Coreopsis, Ill. Bundleflower, Carolina Elephant's Foot, Rattlesnake Master, Hollow Stem Joe Pye Weed, Helen's Flower, Ox-eye Sunflower, Rose Mallow, Great St. John's Wort, Prairie Blazing Star, Cardinal Flower, Blue Lobelia, Seedbox, Winged loosestrife, Sharpwing Monkeyflower, Wild Bergamot, Common evening primrose, Foxglove Beardtongue, Virginia Mountain Mint, Grayhead Coneflower, Orange Coneflower, Sweet Coneflower, Maryland Senna, Cup Plant, New England Aster, Frost Aster, Willowleaf Aster, Purple meadow rue, Ohio Spiderwort, White Vervain, Yellow Ironweed, White crownbeard, Curlytop Ironweed
We include an extra ounce of seed with each bulk pound.
