101: Pollinator Meadow Mix

A ready-made pollinator meadow in a bag, this all-purpose blend of native wildflowers and warm-season grasses turns any open, sunny site into season-long forage and nesting habitat for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects.

Mix Overview

Built around dependable, widely-adaptable pollinator favorites - purple coneflower, partridge pea, lanceleaf tickseed, showy tick-trefoil, and big bluestem among them - this mix is designed to establish readily across a broad range of upland sites and deliver overlapping bloom from late spring through fall. It pairs regionally common milkweed species for monarch support with a diverse forb palette that keeps a rotating cast of pollinators active throughout the growing season, all held together by a light structural grass component.

Application

• General-purpose pollinator meadow plantings
• Naturalized landscape areas seeking low-maintenance, high-diversity color
• Habitat plantings where a broad, adaptable species mix is preferred over a site-specific blend
• Educational and demonstration pollinator gardens

Growing Conditions / Specification Data

• Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
• Site Conditions: Upland sites; adaptable to average, well-drained soils
• Recommended Seeding Rate: 15 lbs. per acre
• Mix Type: Native wildflower and warm-season grass blend

Planting Guidance

Broadcast or drill seed into a prepared, weed-free seedbed in spring or late fall. Light raking or rolling after seeding improves soil-to-seed contact. Expect a mix of first-year annuals and biennials for early color, with the full perennial palette establishing by year two or three.

Please allow 3 business days for all seed orders.

*Mix design and pricing are subject to change without notice depending on the availability of current and future products. Changes to the mix will not affect its function. Mixes are pre-mixed unless otherwise requested.*