Our ‘ Maximize Butterflies ‘ native seed mix is designed with host plants and nectar plants for supporting and attracting Native Butterfly and Moth Species. The native species chosen and their proportions will bring the maximum amount of Butterfly/Moth activity your local environment can support. Other species such as Native Bees and Native Birds will also prosper in this seed mix.

This mix is primarily 1 to 4 feet tall, with small amounts of other species getting taller than 4 feet. It is adapted to drier soil, intermediate moisture, and higher moisture soggy soils within the Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions. It is adapted to as little as 4 hours of sun per day up to a full day’s worth of sun. This species diversity allows it to be adapted to sand, silt, loamy, and clay soils. The species proportions guarantees higher than normal Native Butterfly and Moth utilization of your landscape.

Native Applicability

This Native Seed Mix is designed to be widely applicable throughout the Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern U.S. as described in the states listed below. Purple Coneflower is the exception, not being native to some of the states on this list. Applicable States/regions: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Southern 3/4th’s of Michigan, Southern half of Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Non-Costal North Carolina, Non-Costal South Carolina, Northern half of Georgia, Northern half of Alabama, Tennessee, Eastern Iowa, and the entire northeast excluding Maine.

Spring to Early Summer Blooming Species

Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea, Downy Wood Mint Blephilia cillata, Lanceleaf Coreposis Coreopsis lanceolota, Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis, Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta, Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Common Milkweed Asclepias Syriaca, Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa

Mid Summer Blooming Species

Canada Milk Vetch Astragalus canadensis, Panicled Tick Trefoil Desmodium paniculatum, Purple Coneflower Echinecea Purpurea, Early Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides, Wild BergamotMonarda Fistulosa, Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata, Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Late Summer Blooming Species

Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata, Hollow-stem Joe pye Eupatorium fistulosum, Grass leaf goldenrod Euthamia gramnifolia, Rounded Headed Bush Clover Lespedeza capitata, Slender Bush Clover Lespedeza virginica, Marsh Blazing StarLiatris spictata, Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana, Early Goldenrod Solidago Juncea, Tall Ironweed Vernonia gigantea

Early Fall Blooming Species + Grasses and Sedges

Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis, New England Aster Aster novae-angliae, Frost Aster Aster pilosus, Dwarf aka GrayGoldenrod Solidago nemoralis, Stiff Goldenrod Solidago Ridgida, Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa, Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus, Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium, Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea

Cost Effectiveness

Native Prairie/Meadow Seedings cost about 1 to 11 cents per square foot where as using potted native plants to cover the same area costs $2.00 to $10.00 per square foot depending on how densely the potted plants are installed and mulch use. For example; a 1,000 Square foot pollinator garden would require at least 750 potted native wildflowers/grasses to cover the plot effectively. Potted Plants can cost $2 to $10 per plant, and at a cost of $5.00 per plant, 750 wildflowers/grasses would cost $3,750 + installation costs and mulching costs. If that 1,000 square feet were instead seeded with one of our mixes it would cost $107, and you could do the installation yourself simply: using our instruction manual. The cost effectiveness ratio increases even higher the larger of plot you are seeding vs. planting with plugs or potted plants - for 1/8th acre or larger the cost per square foot is only 2 cents where as the smaller 1,000 and 2,000 square foot portions are around 11 cents per square foot compared to the $3.75 per square foot cost of potted plants. Maintenance is easier and weed invasion resistance is much better with seeding projects vs. potted plant landscapes due to the density of native seedings repelling and blocking out weed competition as the plot matures.

Current Sale Prices are 10% to 23% off of our 2025 Prices

1,000 square feet - $118

2,000 square feet - $145

1/8th acre (5,445 square feet) - $175

1/4th acre (10,890 square feet) - $250

1/2th acre (21,780 square feet) - $380

1 acre ( 43,560 square feet) - $650

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If you’re buying this seed mix for fall of 2026 application; store it in the fridge until you’re ready to seed it.