SUGGESTED NATIVE GRASS & WILDFLOWER MIXES FOR SANDY OR GRAVELLY OAK SAVANNA SITES

MIX (G6) - Savanna/Woodland Edge Grass Mix (3 to 5 feet)

Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) Side oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) Hairy wood chess (Bromus purgans) Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis) Bottle brush grass (Elymus hystrix) Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

..................6.0% ................37.0% ................12.5% ................12.5% ..................7.0% ................25.0%

Note: This grass mix is similar to MnDOT’s 5A mixes. MnDOT seed mixtures, although very good, tend to be less site specific than most designed landscapes deserve. Because MnDOT mixtures are typically being designed for roadside applications where seeding conditions tend to be unusually harsh, a number of the components in the mixes are not always necessary or desirable on site specific private property applications. The mixtures Minnesota Native Landscapes, Inc. have developed should provide landscape architects and planners with more design oriented results.

MIX (F6) - Oak Savanna Wildflower Mix

Fragrant giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculumn) Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Sky blue aster (Aster laevis) Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpureum) * White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) Wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis) Purple prairie clover (Petalostemum purpureum) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Brown-eyed susan (Rudbeckia triloba) Stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) Hoary vervain (Verbena stricta) Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea)

............3.0% ............6.0% ............3.0% ..........20.0% ............4.0% ..........10.0% ............4.0% ............2.0% ..........20.0% ............6.0% ............6.0% ............2.0% ............2.0% ............6.0% ............6.0%

Based on the percentages listed
Seed as your budget will allow at a rate of 3 to 4 lbs./acre

Note: The baseline flower mix above is a relatively inexpensive mix that is made up of mostly early successional species that will produce a profusion of flowering plants quickly, usually by the second full growing season. Additional species listed below will enhance the look of your project long term and make your design resemble more closely a true native plant community. Please consider adding some of these beauties if your budget will allow. For every ounce of seed added to the baseline mix, reduce the baseline mix rate by a like amount.

SPECIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE THAT CAN BE ADDED TO INCREASE DIVERSITY OF THE BASELINE MIX

Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Blue wood aster (Aster cordifolius)
Sweet joe-pye (Eupatorium purpureum)
Rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
Northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)
Creamy white gentian (Gentiana alba)

* Not a true native of Minnesota, but is found in neighboring States

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