This 30 species native seed mix of limited to medium height is applicable to the Midwestern and Southeastern states as described below. This mix is for affordably creating front yard worthy pollinator gardens in the Midwestern and Southeast that won’t overwhelm the urban, suburban, or rural residential landscape with height. This mix will attract a wide variety of pollinators and hold great aesthetics from spring through fall.

Native Applicability

This seed mix species combination is native to Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, the Northern half of Georgia, the Northern half of Alabama. Exceptions: Purple Coneflower is not native to Pennsylvania but still has great pollinator value. This mix can also be used in the southern half of Michigan and Wisconsin if you forgive Mistflower’s non-locally native status in those two states.

Spring into Early Summer Blooming Species

Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea, Ohio Spiderwort - Tradescantia ohiensis, Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis), White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba), Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata, Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis, Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta, Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa, Blephilia cillata Downy Wood Mint, Native Yarrow Achillea millefolium

Midsummer Blooming Species

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint, Grey Headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata (limited amount due to height), Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea, Spotted Bee Balm Monarda punctata, Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa (limited amount due to height), Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master, Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum

Late Summer Blooming Species

Mistflower, Marsh Blazing Star Liatris spicata, Early Goldenrod Solidago juncea, Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica, Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum, Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida

Early Fall Blooming Species

Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa, Dwarf Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis, New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Aromatic Aster Aster oblongifolius, Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis

Grasses: Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium, Rough Dropseed Sporabolus asper

The 1361 and 2,722 square foot sizes are great for if you don’t have enough space for the 1/8th acre size seed mix. This can be split into 2 or 3 portions for even smaller installations.

Cost Effectiveness

Native Prairie/Meadow Seedings cost about 2 to 13 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 $125 - $150, 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 to 3 cents where as the smaller 1,000 and 2,000 square foot portions are around 12 to 13 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.

1,000 square feet - $135

2,000 square feet - $154

1/8th acre - $200