Pollinator Native Seed Mix Packet
One seed packet covers approximately 20 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.
Full sun to part shade, dry to moist soil.
Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, as well as songbirds.
Where possible, these seeds are local ecotypes.
Certain species in this mix can benefit from cowpea-peanut-lespedeza nitrogen fixing bacteria inoculant. They will still grow fine without it, but if you use the inoculant in poor nutrient soil, legumes (patridge pea and lespedeza) will become symbiotic with it to make nitrogen fertilizer and improve your soil quality.
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 (Fort Indiantown Gap PA Ecotype) - Schizachyrium scoparium
Virginia Wildrye (Madison NY Ecotype) - Elymus virginicus
Indiangrass (NY Ecotype) - Sorghastrum nutans
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.
Deertongue (Tioga cultivar - selected for seeding vigor from a population from PA, NY & NH) - Panicum clandestinum
Partridge Pea (PA Ecotype) - Chamaecrista fasciculata
Lanceleaf Coreopsis - Coreopsis lanceolata
Blackeyed Susan (Maryland's state flower) - Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Vervain (PA Ecotype) - Verbena hastata
Golden Alexanders (PA Ecotype) - Zizia aurea
Oxeye Sunflower (PA Ecotype) - Heliopsis helianthoides
Tall White Beardtongue (PA Ecotype) - Penstemon digitalis
Roundhead Lespedeza (RI Ecotype) - Lespedeza capitata
Swamp Milkweed (PA Ecotype) - Asclepias incarnata
Butterfly Milkweed (PA Ecotype) - Asclepias tuberosa
Wild Senna (VA & WV Ecotype) - Senna hebecarpa
Heath Aster (PA Ecotype) - Symphyotrichum pilosum
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca
Blue False Indigo (Southern WV Ecotype) - Baptisia australis
Browneyed Susan (WV Ecotype) - Rudbeckia triloba
Wild Bergamot (Fort Indiantown Gap PA Ecotype) - Monarda fistulosa
Gray Goldenrod (PA Ecotype) - Solidago nemoralis
Zigzag Aster (PA Ecotype) - Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Common Boneset (PA Ecotype) - Eupatorium perfoliatum
White Goldenrod (PA Ecotype) - Solidago bicolor
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.