ONPM Pocket Pollinator Garden Seed Packet

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April is Ohio Native Plant Month and we're introducing a new mix for 2021! The Pocket Pollinator Garden Mix was designed to turn small areas of your lawn into pollinator habitat with shorter growing grasses and wildflowers. Plant this mix in areas that receive at least 6 hours of sunlight a day and watch it come alive over time with bees, butterflies, birds and more! Contains a mix of annual and perennial wildflowers and shorter growing native grasses.

This year Ohio Native Plant Month like to see how much lawn area in Ohio we can convert to healthy native plant habitats. If you replace some lawn in 2021, please write to send us a picture (no people please) and tell us the number of square feet you converted. Pictures can be emailed to OhioNativePlantMonth@gmail.com

Creating a bed for these seeds is easy! Here's how to Prep a Bed for Seeding or watch our tutorial on YouTube.

Some things to remember:

• Native plant communities can take up to 3 growing seasons to fully establish. There are some annuals in this mix including Partridge Pea, Indian Blanket, Plains Coreopsis and Lemon Mint. For an added boost of first year color, we've created an ONPM Fast Flowering Seed Packet. This packet does contain some introduced non-native species, but they will not compete with the perennial wildflowers and grasses.
• Plant this in well-drained soils and in areas that receive at least 6 hours of sunlight a day.
• Each packet will cover approximately 250 square feet.
• Plant height not an issue? Check out the OG Ohio Native Plant Month Seed Packet!
• 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

Agrostis perennans - Autumn Bentgrass

Wildflowers:

Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower

Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket

Astragalus canadensis - Canadian Milk Vetch

Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan

Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains Coreopsis

Liatris spicata - Dense Blazingstar

Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover

Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias speciosa - Showy Milkweed

Eryngium yuccifolium -Rattlesnake Master

Zizia aurea- Golden Alexanders

Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed

Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot

Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort

Gaillardia aristata - Blanket Flower

Achillea millefolium L. var. occident - Western Yarrow

Monarda citrodora - Lemon Mint

Aster laevis - Smooth Aster

Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon tubaeflorus - White Wand Beardtongue

Pycnanthemum virginianum - Virginia Mountain Mint

Lobelia siphilitica - Great Lobelia

Solidago nemoralis - Dwarf Goldenrod

Seed Packet contains 1 PLS (Pure Live Seed) oz. of seed which is enough to cover 250 square feet.

Detailed instructions on planting your seed packet are provided with your purchase. For additional information on planting please visit the Pocket Pollinator Garden Page on Ohio Native Plant Month's website.

This mix of native grasses and wildflowers typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 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.

Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Purple, Red, Pink, White, Orange, Blue

Height: 1 to 3 Feet

Light Requirements: At Least 6 Hours of Sunlight A Day

Soil Hydrology: Well-Drained Soils

Bloom Time: Late Spring through Early Fall

Plant Type: Annual / Perennial

Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, Birds, and Humans