black butterfly on purple blooming flowers

Diverse Pollinator Mix

1000 sq ft
$91.00
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black butterfly on purple blooming flowers

Diverse Pollinator Mix

$91.00
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Endorsed by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, this prairie mix provides attractive blooms of pollinator preferred nectar sources throughout the growing season. the grasses and wildflowers also provide diverse habitat resources for a wide range of other beneficial insects. This mix is well-suited for dry to medium moisture soils and mixed light conditions.

Mix Characteristics

  • Moisture: Dry-Mesic, Mesic, Dry
  • Soil: Sand, Loam, Clay
  • Sun: Full Sun, Part Sun, Partial Shade
  • Height: Over 4'

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Specs

Total Seeding Rate: 32.14 lbs per acre
3.44 lbs grasses • 3.64 lbs forbs •  0.06 lbs woodies • 25 lbs nurse crop
51.82 native seeds per sq ft
Grasses & Sedges   PLS Oz/acre Seeds/sq ft
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem  6.00 1.38
Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Grama 4.00 0.55
Carex molesta Field Oval Sedge 0.25 0.14
Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye 10.00 1.19
Koeleria cristata (K. macrantha, pyramidata) June Grass 0.75 3.44
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 28.00 9.64
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass 6.00 1.65
  Total Grasses 55.00 18.00
Forbs PLS Oz/acre Seeds/sq ft
Achillea millefolium Yarrow 0.55 2.25
Agastache nepetoides Yellow Giant Hyssop 0.40 0.83
Agastache scrophulariaefolia Purple Giant Hyssop 0.50 1.07
Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine 0.50 0.44
Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed 4.45 0.41
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed 1.15 0.11
Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge Pea 12.00 0.74
Coreopsis lanceolata Lance-leaf Coreopsis 5.00 2.30
Dalea purpurea (Petalostemum p.) Purple Prairie Clover 5.00 2.07
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower 5.00 0.76
Heliopsis helianthoides False sunflower 4.00 0.58
Liatris aspera Rough Blazingstar 0.75 0.28
Liatris spicata Marsh Blazingstar 1.25 0.32
Lupinus perennis Lupine 1.75 0.04
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 1.40 2.25
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue 1.00 2.98
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint 0.50 4.34
Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower 2.50 1.72
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange Coneflower 1.50 1.07
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan 2.45 5.17
Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock 0.50 0.01
Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod 1.00 0.94
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster 0.50 0.63
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster 0.40 0.61
Vernonia gigantea (V. altissima) Tall Ironweed 1.50 0.83
Zizia aurea Golden Alexander 2.75 0.69
  Total Forbs 58.30 33.43
Woody Shrubs, Vines   PLS Oz/acre Seeds/sq ft
Amorpha canescens Leadplant 1.00 0.39
Total Woodies 1.00 0.39
Temporary Grass Cover   Oz/acre Seeds/sq ft
Avena sativa Seed Oats 400.00 9.18
  Total Temp Grasses 400.00 9.18

Note: Species subject to availability; substitutions may be necessary.

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