Raingarden Seed Mix
1000 sq ft
$80.00
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Raingarden Seed Mix
$80.00
This mix is designed for small swales and raingardens. It emphasizes the showier, more common wildflowers that can handle some fluctuation in soil moisture, including brief saturation from rain events. For larger areas and more aggressive establishment, see our Stormwater Mix.
Mix Characteristics
- Moisture: Mesic, Wet-Mesic, Dry-Mesic
- Soil: Sand, Loam, Clay
- Sun: Full, Part
- Height: Over 4'
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Specs
| Total Seeding Rate: 30.30 lbs per acre | |||
| 2.68 lbs grasses • 2.63 lbs forbs • 25 lbs nurse crop | |||
| 70.06 native seeds per sq ft | |||
| Grasses, Sedges & Rushes | PLS Oz/acre | Seeds/sq ft | |
| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | 2.00 | 4.59 |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye | 12.00 | 1.43 |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye | 12.00 | 1.16 |
| Glyceria striata | Fowl Manna Grass | 1.20 | 4.41 |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | 12.00 | 4.13 |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Wool Grass | 0.40 | 15.61 |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass | 3.20 | 0.48 |
| Total Grasses | 42.80 | 31.81 | |
| Forbs | PLS Oz/acre | Seeds/sq ft | |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Wild Onion | 2.00 | 0.35 |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | 2.40 | 0.26 |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 2.40 | 0.24 |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | 8.00 | 1.21 |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed | 1.20 | 1.16 |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False sunflower | 4.00 | 0.58 |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | 0.40 | 4.59 |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | 1.60 | 2.57 |
| Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 1.60 | 4.78 |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain mint | 0.40 | 2.02 |
| Ratibida pinnata | Yellow Coneflower | 3.20 | 2.20 |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | 6.00 | 12.67 |
| Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | 4.00 | 0.13 |
| Solidago riddellii | Riddell's Goldenrod | 0.40 | 0.85 |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 0.40 | 0.61 |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | 1.60 | 3.42 |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander | 2.40 | 0.61 |
| Total Forbs | 42.00 | 38.25 | |
| 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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