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 960 square feet
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1 pound per 15,390 square feet
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2.8 pounds per acre
We include an extra ounce of seed with each bulk pound.
10/14/2025 Contents:
| Botanical name | COMMON NAME |
| Alisma spp. | Water Plantain |
| Amsonia illustris | Shining Blue Star |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed |
| Bidens aristosa (A/B) | Bur Marigold |
| Bidens frondosa (A) | Rayless Marigold |
| Boltonia asteroides | White Doll's Daisy |
| Campanulastrum americanum | American Bellflower |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Ill. Bundleflower |
| Elephantopus carolinianus | Carolina Elephant's Foot |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Hollow Stem Joe Pye Weed |
| Helenium flexuosum | Purple-headed Sneezeweed |
| Heterotheca camporum | Golden Aster |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf Rose Mallow |
| Hypericum pyramidatum | Great St. John's Wort |
| Iris virginica | Southern Blue Flag |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
| Lobelia inflata | Indian Tobacco |
| Lobelia siphlitica | Blue Lobelia |
| Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox |
| Lythrum alatum | Winged loosestrife |
| Melanthium virginicum | Bunchflower Lily |
| Mimulus alatus | Sharpwing Monkeyflower |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot (Tall) |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue |
| Persicaria virginiana | Jumpseed |
| Physostegia angustifolia | Obedient Plant |
| Potentilla norvegica (A/B) | Rough cinquefoil |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint |
| Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia triloba (B) | Brown-eyed Susan |
| Scutellaria incana | Downy skullcap |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant |
| Symphyotrichum pilosum | Frost Aster |
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willowleaf Aster |
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple meadow rue |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort |
| Verbena urticifolia | White Vervain |
| Verbesina alternifolia | Yellow Ironweed |
| Vernonia arkansana | Curlytop ironweed |
