SUGGESTED NATIVE GRASS AND WILDFLOWER MIX FOR TRANSITIONAL AREAS BETWEEN PRAIRIE PLANTINGS AND TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE FEATURES SUCH AS CURBS, MOWED TURF, PARKING LOT ISLANDS ETC.
MIX T - Transition Mix (less than 18 inches)
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Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) |
..................82.0% |
Suggested rate/acre.......................................................12
lbs. PLS*
Suggested rate/1,000 square feet.................................4½
oz. PLS*
MIX (G1) - Short Xeric Prairie Grass (2 to 3 feet)
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Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) |
..................15.0% ..................30.0% ....................7.0% ..................47.0% ....................1.0% |
Suggested rate/acre.........................................................7
lbs. PLS*
Suggested rate/1,000 square feet....................................3
oz. PLS*
Note: This grass mix is similar to MnDOT’s 30A-Urban prairie, 33A & 38A 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 (F1) - Short Xeric Wildflower
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Fragrant giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculumn) |
..........4.0% ..........1.0% ..........2.0% ..........7.0% ..........4.0% .........½.0% ........12.0% ..........1.0% ..........4.0% ..........2.0% ..........4.0% ..........5.0% ..........6.0% ........15.0% ..........7.0% ..........9.0% ..........1.0% ..........3.0% ..........1.0% ..........5.0% .......6½.0% |
Suggested rate/acre..................................................3
to 4 lbs. PLS*
Suggested rate/1,000 square feet..........................1 to 1½
oz. PLS*
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
Azure aster (Aster oolentangiensis)
Silky aster (Aster sericeus)
Buffalo bean (Astragalus crassicarpus)
Prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)
Stiff sunflower (Helianthus rigidus)
Round headed bush clover (Lespedeza capitata)
Rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
Dotted blazing star (Liatris punctata)
Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata)
Slender penstemon (Penstemon gracilis)
Silky prairie clover (Petalostemum villosum)
Prairie cinquefoil (Potentilla arguta)
Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)
Upland white aster (Soligago ptarmicoides)
Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
* PLS = Pure Live Seed