Deer Resistant Meadow Mix Native Seed Packet
One seed packet covers approximately 30 square feet of garden. Some of the flower seeds are tiny, so it spreads farther than it looks like it would. Keep an eye out.
Attracts butterflies, pollinators, songbirds, hummingbirds.
Where possible, seeds are local ecotypes.
Planting Instructions: Scatter seeds and gently press into soil, roll over them, or gently step on them to secure into place, and optionally cover with a light layer of straw. Alternate option cover in 1/4" of soil without pressing seeds into soil. Optional compost. Water when dry. Do not stratify.
Mix Includes:
Little Bluestem ('Prairie View' IN Ecotype) - Schizachyrium scoparium
Virginia Wildrye (Madison NY Ecotype) - Elymus virginicus
Purple Coneflower - Echinacea purpurea* **Native to OH, ON, NC not MD but not invasive, long bloom time, and very beneficial to birds and pollinators, while surviving dry to flooding tough conditions. The native Echinacea laevigata has been wiped out of Maryland due to human activity so long ago it's no longer classified as even being native to MD anymore. If we could get its seeds in bulk we would. This is the next best thing.
Sideoats Grama (Butte cultivar) - Bouteloua curtipendula
Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Coreopsis lanceolata
Blackeyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta
Tall White Beardtongue (PA Ecotype) - Penstemon digitalis
Butterfly Milkweed (PA Ecotype) - Asclepias tuberosa
Oxeye Sunflower (PA Ecotype) - Heliopsis helianthoides
Golden Alexanders (PA Ecotype) - Zizia aurea
Roundhead Lespedeza (RI Ecotype) - Lespedeza capitata
Marsh Blazing Star (PA Ecotype) - Liatris spicata
Wild Senna (VA & WV Ecotype) - Senna hebecarpa
Blue False Indigo (Southern WV Ecotype) - Baptisia australis
Purple Lovegrass (RI Ecotype) - Eragrostis spectabilis
Aromatic Aster (PA Ecotype) - Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Browneyed Susan (WV Ecotype) - Rudbeckia triloba
Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa
Gray Goldenrod (PA Ecotype) - Solidago nemoralis
Heath Aster (PA Ecotype) - Symphyotrichum pilosum
Zigzag Aster (PA Ecotype) - Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Hoary Mountainmint - Pycnanthemum incanum
White Goldenrod (PA Ecotype) - Solidago bicolor
Hairy Beardtongue - Penstemon hirsutus
Early Goldenrod (PA Ecotype) - Solidago juncea
Native Seed Packets are created by children within Howard County Schools in partnership with HCPSS Student Employment Training Programs. Proceeds go to fund their program for ongoing environmental activities.