Deluxe Pollinator Seed Mix

Wildflower field with purple flowers and green leaves under a blue sky.

Deluxe Pollinator Seed Mix

5000 sq ft

$482.00

Coverage Area (weight) 5000 sq ft 0.25 acre 0.5 acre 0.75 acre 1 acre

Endorsed by The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, this prairie mix provides attractive blooms of pollinator preferred nectar sources throughout the entire 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 mesic soils and mixed light conditions.

Mix Characteristics

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

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Specs

Total Seeding Rate: 33.10 lbs per acre
3.44 lbs grasses • 4.60 lbs forbs • .06 lbs woodies • 25 lbs nurse crop
71.59 native seeds per sq ft


Grasses & Sedges		PLS Oz/acre	Seeds/sq ft
Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem	6.00	0.46
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	8.26
Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass	6.00	0.55
	Total Grasses	55.00	14.59

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
Anemone canadensis	Canada Thimbleweed	0.50	0.09
Anemone virginiana	Tall Thimbleweed	0.50	0.32
Aquilegia canadensis	Wild Columbine	0.50	0.44
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed	1.50	0.17
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
Coreopsis tripteris	Tall Coreopsis	0.50	0.16
Dalea purpurea (Petalostemum p.)	Purple Prairie Clover	5.00	2.07
Echinacea purpurea	Purple Coneflower	5.00	0.76
Eryngium yuccifolium	Rattlesnake Master	1.00	0.17
Euthamia graminifolia	Grass-leaved Goldenrod	0.50	4.02
Eutrochrium purpureum	Sweet Joe Pye Weed	0.50	0.48
Heliopsis helianthoides	False sunflower	4.00	0.58
Lespedeza capitata	Round-headed Bush Clover	0.75	0.14
Lespedeza virginica	Slender Bush Clover	0.75	0.17
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
Monarda punctata	Horsemint	0.50	1.03
Oenothera biennis	Common Evening Primrose	2.25	4.65
Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove Beardtongue	1.00	2.98
Penstemon hirsutus	Hairy Beardtongue	0.50	1.43
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Slender Mountain Mint	0.50	4.34
Pycnanthemum virginianum	Mountain mint	0.50	2.53
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 laciniatum	Compass Plant	0.50	0.01
silphium perfoliatum	Cupplant	0.50	0.02
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie Dock	0.50	0.01
Solidago riddellii	Riddell's Goldenrod	0.50	1.07
Solidago rigida	Stiff Goldenrod	1.00	0.94
Solidago speciosa	Showy Goldenrod	0.50	1.09
Symphyotrichum laeve	Smooth Blue Aster	0.50	0.63
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae	New England Aster	0.40	0.61
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense	Sky Blue Aster	0.50	0.92
Tradescantia ohiensis	Common Spiderwort	0.50	0.09
Verbena stricta	Hoary Vervain	1.50	0.96
Vernonia gigantea (V. altissima)	Tall Ironweed	1.50	0.83
Vernonia missurica	Missouri Ironweed	0.50	0.25
Zizia aurea	Golden Alexander	2.75	0.69
	Total Forbs	73.55	53.20

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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