ONPM Tall Pollinator Garden Seed Mix

This native seed mix contains lots of brightly colored flowers for pollinators, a few native grasses for structure and habitat and is designed to bloom spring through fall once established. The ONPM Tall Pollinator Garden Seed Mix is the taller sibling to our ONPM Short Pollinator Garden Seed Mix and contains species like Sweet Joe Pye, Compass Plant and White Wild Indigo that add height and interest to pollinator gardens. Plant this one if you're not afraid to let these plants get a little wild!

We sing praises about native grasses and wildflowers everyday and now we're shouting from the heart of the prairie because Ohio is one of the first states in the country to have an entire month dedicated to native plants. We thank our friends Nancy Linz and Hope Taft for working so hard to get this passed into law and trusting us to create a mix that supports birds, insects and wildlife, creates forarging for pollinators and has an overall positive impact on the environment.

Please note: this mix formerly known as the Ohio Native Plant Month Seed Mix

You can learn more about Ohio Native Plant Month here and share your Ohio Native Plant Month activity with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #ONPM. Prairie On all April long! For every Ohio Native Plant Month mix or packet sold, OPN Seed will donate a portion back to the ONPM initiative.

Contains the following species:

Grasses:

Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem

Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-oats Grama

Wildflowers:

Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower

Senna hebecarpa - Wild Senna

Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox Eye Sunflower

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket

Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan

Ratibida pinnata - Yellow/Grey-headed Coneflower

Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed

Aster pilosus - Frost Aster

Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains Coreopsis

Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye

Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster

Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed

Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue

Baptisia alba (leucantha) - White Wild Indigo

Liatris spicata - Dense Blazingstar

Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot

Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort

Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders

Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod

Eupatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye

Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant

Silphium trifoliatum - Whorled Rosinweed

Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Narrow Leaved Mountain Mint

Aster laevis - Smooth Aster

Seed Info

Seed Packet covers 250 square feet (a 10 x 25 area) and will take up to three growing seasons to fully establish.

PLS Lbs. Per Acre Broadcast = 10

PLS = Pure Live Seed

Pure Live Seed is a measure of viable seed stated as a percentage. It is the product of total germination times purity.

Example: 96% Germination x 93% Purity = 89% PLS

All of our native warm season grasses and seed mixes are sold PLS.

Broadcast seeding is the process of sowing seed by hand. The seeds are sprinkled into the soil and can be lightly raked to ensure germination.

This mix of native grasses and wildflowers typically grows to a height of 3 to 5 feet. Please note that each site is unique and that several factors can affect overall height. These factors include sunlight, hydrology and overall soil health.