Our ‘Cream Gentian + Liatris & Friends’ Native Seed mix allows the opportunity to establish a native meadow with an abundance of Cream Gentian - Gentiana flavida, Marsh Blazing Star - Liatris Spicata, and Rough Blazing Star - Liatris aspera. The other 20 species outside of these 3 were chosen because they co-exist well with Cream Gentian & the Liatris species; in addition to balancing out the nectar/pollen production from spring through fall. This mix stays below 3 feet in height except for the liatris spikes and is best planted in areas that receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day or more. This group of species is adapted to moderate moisture soils, and lower moisture soils of silty, loamy, clayey, or sandy soil types. These species mature fairly quick, and will put on a great display of flowers in the second year and beyond. In the first year, you will see some Black Eye Susan blooms as well.

Native Applicability

This mix is designed to be native to the states that Cream Gentian, Marsh Blazing Star, and Rough Blazing star are all simultaneously native to which include: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. Exception: Marsh Blazing Star borders Arkansas but technically is not believed to be native there.

23 species: Yarrow - Cream Gentian - Gentiana flavida, Achillea millefolium, Golden Alexander - Zizia aurea, Butterfly Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa, Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Coreopsis lanceolata, Downy Wood Mint - Blephilia cillata, Foxglove Beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis, Black Eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Purple Coneflower - Echinecea Purpurea, Spotted Bee Balm - Monarda Punctata, Heal All Prunella vulgars var. lanceolata, Slender Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Partridge Pea - Chamaecrista fasciculata, Marsh Blazing Star - Liatris spictata, Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea, Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta,Button Blazing Star Liatris aspera, Smooth Blue Aster - Symphyotrichum laeve, Early Goldenrod - Solidago Juncea, Dwarf Goldenrod - Solidago nemoralis, Aromatic Aster - Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Little bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium, Purple Top - Tridens flava.

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 - $120

2,000 square feet - $135

1/8th acre (5,445 square feet) - $165

1/4th acre (10,890 square feet) - $240

1/2th acre (21,780 square feet) - $370

1 acre ( 43,560 square feet) - $640

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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.