Dry Shallow Soil seed mix

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A mix of native wildflowers that often grow on glades or dry prairies.

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Binomial Dry shallow soil seed mix

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Our dry, shallow soil mix provides color from early May into October and attracts many kinds of wildlife. Sow in areas with thin soil and plenty of sunshine. It consists nearly entirely of perennials with a few annuals or biennials that will provide some color while the perennials get established. This mix should be sown in late fall or winter--early February at the latest. Seed sown after February may not get the cold moist treatment (stratification) that it needs in order to germinate.

Seeding Rates will yield ~30 seeds per square foot:

A seed packet covers about 25 square feet.
One ounce per 700 square feet
One pound per 11,200 square feet
3.9 pounds per acre

December 22, 2020 Contents:

Yarrow, Slender False Foxglove, Fall Glade Onion, Lead plant, White Sage, Tall Green Milkweed, Whorled Milkweed, Spider milkweed, White Wild Indigo, Blue Wild Indigo, False Boneset, Purple Poppy Mallow, Wild hyacinth, Indian Paintbrush, New Jersey Tea, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Plains Coreopsis, White prairie clover, Purple Prairie Clover, Ill. Bundleflower, Pale-purple Coneflower, Yellow coneflower, Rattlesnake master, Grass leaf goldenrod, Closed Bottle Gentian, Gumweed, Western Sunflower, Ox-eye Sunflower, Roundhead Bush Clover, Rough Blazing Star, Bottlebrush Blazing Star, Prairie Blazing Star, Palespike Lobelia, Agave/False Aloe, Barbara's Buttons, Sensitive brier, Wild Bergamot, Common Evening Primrose, Longflower Beeblossom, Missouri primrose, White Upland Aster, Rigid Goldenrod, Small Palafox, Wild Quinine, Purple Beardtongue, Foxglove Beardtongue, Rock Pink, Redwhisker Clammyweed, Rough white lettuce, Sweet everlasting, Slender Mountain Mint, Hairy Mountain Mint, Longhead Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan, Missouri Coneflower, Rose Gentian, Blue Sage, Wild Senna, Royal Catchfly, Compass plant, Prairie Dock, Gray Goldenrod, Aromatic Aster, Sky Blue Aster, Late purple aster, Goats Rue, Ohio Spiderwort, Narrowleaf vervain, Yellow Crownbeard, Western Ironweed

We include an extra ounce of seed for each bulk pound.

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Q: How area does one pound of wildflower seed cover when establishing a new area?

Asked by: Pam Sparks - 10/20/2015

A: A pound should cover roughly 6,000 square feet (at 7 pounds per acre).

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Q: what are the plants in this mix?

Asked by: Paul - 1/8/2017

A: Mix contents vary from year to year (and batch to batch). As of 1-24-17, it contains aromatic aster, milkweeds, blue wild indigo, poppy mallow, coreopsis, prairie clover, pale-purple coneflower, yellow coneflower, gumweed, western sunflower, bottlebrush blazing star, MO primrose, purple beardtongue, black-eyed susan, blue sage, goldenrod, and several other species.

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Answer provided by: Administrator (1/24/2017)

Q: Can the Dry Shallow Soil seed mix be scattered on overgrown pasture that has not been mowed for several years?

Asked by: terry - 1/13/2017

A: No, the seed needs good seed-to-soil contact and plenty of light in order to germinate. It cannot be sown into thick, pre-existing vegetation.

You should expect to spend a year on site preparation for the best results. Work on ridding the site of fescue, weeds, and unwanted vegetation.

Find more details here: http://mowildflowers.net/Seeding-Wildflowers-and-Native-Grasses_b_2.html

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Q: when do you plant the shallow and deep wildflower seeds? do they come with instructions

Asked by: amby - 9/15/2015

A: Many native perennial seeds need to go through a moist, cold period in order to germinate. The time required varies by species but we recommend you sow the seed any time between late November and late January. Copy and paste this link into your address bar for more information: http://mowildflowers.net/Seeding-Wildflowers-and-Native-Grasses_b_2.html

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Q: What would be cost for seed to litely seed acre and 1 /2 just seed mix have lot being tax commarshal want to use for agriculture for taxes. Sow in wild flower to show farming for seed. ??

Asked by: Larry Bormeyer - 12/1/2015

A: I'm not sure if I understand your question, but: At 6 pounds per acre (a light seeding rate) you would need 9 pounds of our seed mix. We could sell this at $80/lb. The subtotal would be $720. If you want to grow wildflowers to harvest and sell the seed, you might consider choosing a few species that are easy to harvest and are marketable.

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Q: How area does one pound of wildflower seed cover when establishing a new area?

Q: what are the plants in this mix?

Q: Can the Dry Shallow Soil seed mix be scattered on overgrown pasture that has not been mowed for several years?

Q: when do you plant the shallow and deep wildflower seeds? do they come with instructions

Q: What would be cost for seed to litely seed acre and 1 /2 just seed mix have lot being tax commarshal want to use for agriculture for taxes. Sow in wild flower to show farming for seed. ??

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