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

Our “Common Milkweed Heavy” ; Native Pollinator Mix emphasizes an abundance of Common Milkweed establishment complemented by 25 other native wildflowers and 4 native grasses/sedges. Common Milkweed is one of the most biologically active plants utilized by beetles, butterflies, moths, various native bees and the predators of those insect groups. You can also eat (via cooking only - not raw) emerging Common Milkweed shoots in the spring, tender tops, unopened flowers, and young milkweed pods foraged from the great abundance of Common Milkweed that will establish in this native meadow design. The butterfly attractiveness for a nectar source is quite high as it is with moths as well. Of course, this meadow design will support large populations of reproducing Monarch Butterflies thanks to the abundance of Common Milkweed.

This mix is primarily 1 to 4 feet tall, with small amounts of other species getting taller than 4 feet being Joe-Pyeweed, Tall Ironweed, and Tall Sunflower which add height diversity. 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 5 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 much higher than normal Common Milkweed establishment in your native meadow + species that grow well with Common Milkweed.

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.

Exceptions: Purple Coneflower is the exception, not being native to some of the states on this list and is optional. Hoary Mountain mint is the second exception; not native to Iowa, Missouri, or Arkansas but is native in neighboring states.

Applicable States/regions: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Southern 3/4th’s of Michigan, Southern half of Wisconsin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Northern half of Georgia, Northern half of Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri (except Hoary Mountain Mint), Iowa (except Hoary Mountain Mint), Arkansas (except Hoary Mountain Mint), and the entire northeast excluding Maine.

Species

Spring to Early Summer Blooming Species

Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea, Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis, Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta, Yarrow Achillea millefolium, Common Milkweed Asclepias Syriaca, Early Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides, Canada Milk Vetch Astragalus canadensis

Mid Summer Blooming Species

Panicled Tick Trefoil Desmodium paniculatum, Purple Coneflower Echinecea Purpurea (Optional) , Wild Bergamot Monarda Fistulosa, Tall Sunflower Helianthus giganteus, Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata, Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnathemum incanum

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, 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, Stiff Goldenrod Solidago Ridgida, Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa, Purple Top Tridens flavus, Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium, Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea, Rough Dropseed Sporobolus asper

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 - $123 or $126 to include Purple Coneflower Option

2,000 square feet - $145 or $151 to include Purple Coneflower Option

1/8th acre (5,445 square feet) - $188 or $198 to include Purple Coneflower Option

1/4th acre (10,890 square feet) - $265 or $275 to include Purple Coneflower Option

1/2th acre (21,780 square feet) - $425 or $445 to include Purple Coneflower Option

1 acre ( 43,560 square feet) - $750 or $775 to include Purple Coneflower Option

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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.