Beautiful, Reliable, Short ... and for the Bees!
Contains essentials native bees (and honeybees) love, usually 2'-3'
 
Seed for 500 sq ft
Suitable for full-sun to part-shade
Suitable for moderate to well-drained soils and slopes
Grasses for foraging and safe refuge
Flower heavy for energy and nutrition
Includes immune system boosting species!
 
Includes food sources and refuge plants
 
Bloom/Pollinator Support Period:
Early - Late
 
Species included:
Allium cernuum Nodding wild onion
Baptisia alba White wild indigo
Carex brevior Fescue sedge
Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge pea
Coreopsis lanceolata Lance-leaved coreopsis
Dalea purpurea Purple prairie clover
Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower
Elymus virginicus Virginia wild rye
Liatris pycnostachya Prairie blazing star
Lupinus perennis Wild lupine
Monarda punctata Horse mint
Oligoneuron album Stiff aster
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove beard tongue
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia mountain mint
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet black-eyed susan
Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem
Solidago speciosa Ohio goldenstar
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth blue aster
Verbena hastata Blue vervain
Avena sativa Seed oats (cover crop)
 
Minor substitutions of similar species may be made based on availability