SUGGESTED NATIVE GRASS & WILDFLOWER MIXES FOR WET WELL DRAINED HEAVY SOIL SITES

MIX (G4) - Tall Wet Prairie Grass Mix (5 to 7 feet)

Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) Virginia wild rye (Elymus virginicus) Switch grass (Panicum virgatum) Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Prairie cord grass (Spartina pectinata)

.......................40.0% .......................15.0% .......................15.0% .......................25.0% .........................5.0%

Suggested rate/acre.........................................................6 lbs. PLS*
Suggested rate/1,000 square feet.................................2½ oz. PLS*

Note: This grass mix is similar to MnDOT’s 28A mixes. MnDOT seed mixtures, although very good, tend to be less site specific than most designed landscapes deserve.

MIX (F4) - Tall Wet Wildflower Mix

Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) New England aster (Aster novae angliea) Canada tick trefoil (Desmodium canadensis) Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum) Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) Common ox-eye (Heliopsis helianthoides) Meadow blazing star (Liatris ligulstylis) Tall blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Yellow coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) Blue vervain (Verbena hastata) Culvers root (Veronicastrum virginicum) Golden alexander (Zizia aurea)

.............10.0% ...............3.0% ...............8.0% ...............3.0% ...............5.0% .............10.0% ...............3.0% .............15.0% ...............4.0% .............10.0% ...............8.0% ...............5.0% .............10.0% ...............1.0% ...............5.0%

Seed as your budget will allow at a rate of.......3 to 4 lbs. bulk/acre
Suggested rate/1,000 square feet.................................1 to 1½ oz.

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

Great St. John's wort (Hypericum pyramidatum)
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Riddell’s goldenrod (Solidago riddellii)
Compass plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

* PLS = Pure Live Seed

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