Dry Wildflower Mix
Item Details
Formulated for Seed Savers Exchange by our neighbors at Shooting Star Native Seeds.
Wildflowers Included:
- Nodding Onion
- Lead Plant
- Butterfly Milkweed
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Upland White Aster
- Canada Milk Vetch
- White Wild Indigo
- Partridge Pea
- Sand Coreopsis
- White Prairie Clover
- Purple Prairie Clover
- Dotted Blazingstar
- Wild Bergamot
- New Jersey Tea
- Foxglove Beardtongue
- Long-headed Coneflower
- Black-eyed Susan
- Stiff Goldenrod
- Hoary Vervain
- Heartleaf Alexanders
Each packet contains enough seed to plant approximately 1,000 sq ft.
Confirm the varieties in this mix are safe for your state/region by visiting the USDA National Invasive Species Information Center
Aquatic Plants or Terrestrial Plants
Varieties are subject to change. SSE reserves the right to substitute a similar variety in case of shortage or crop failure.
- Conventional
Growing Instructions
- These mixes will thrive on slopes and well-drained uplands
- Mature plants will range from 2 to 4 feet tall
- Some will bloom the first year; others will require two or more seasons to become established.
- Suitable for dry Midwestern soils (not for desert climates)
- 20 varieties per packet 0.8 oz (±30,000 seeds)
We recommend seeding the Wildflower mix (#1627) along with the Grass mix (#1628) to better maximize prairie diversity and inhibit weed pressure. Best sown in Spring or late Fall.