Pollinator Flowers Enhancement Seed Mix – 26 Native Wildflowers for Bees & Butterflies
Pollinator Flowers Enhancement Seed Mix – 26 Native Wildflowers for Bees & Butterflies
Butterfly milkweed, purple prairie clover, meadow blazing star and wild bergamot are highlights of this flower-focused recipe. Golden Alexanders and sky blue aster are also included, alongside the other wildflowers in the published ingredient list.
Flowering diversity helps provide different flower shapes and a broader span of bloom for visiting insects. Use the existing planting's bloom gaps and site conditions to decide where this enhancement blend can contribute most.
Prepare suitable ground, manage competing vegetation and give the planting time to establish. Match later additions to the site and the gaps that develop.
How many plants do you need?
Calculate plants & flatsEstimate quantities from your planting area and species-appropriate spacing, then round up to whole flats.
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- 1,000 sq ft
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Seed + Warrior Project Planner
Seed + Warrior Project Planner
Seed for broad coverage, plants for selected places
Start with a seed mix matched to the habitat. Its different species contribute ground cover, seasonal growth and food or shelter as the planting establishes. Suitable planted plugs can add structure or species that need more deliberate placement.
Match plant choices to light, soil moisture, flooding and drainage. Use the habitat-specific recommendations below, and apply any plug density only to the selected treatment areas. Seed and plants both need site preparation, competition control and follow-up care; planted additions do not replace the seed foundation.
Choose a seed mix on its product page to use its saved recommendations.
Edit these two numbers, then calculate.
Open a seed mix to start with its product and coverage selection.
Recommendation alignment is an editorial planning guide, not a success probability or a scientific seed-to-plug equivalence.
Plant roles, quantities & planning details
A suitable foundation seed mix provides broad coverage on prepared ground. In an existing planting, additional seed and targeted plugs can enrich suitable gaps. Place Warrior plugs intentionally in suitable microsites; the per-acre density applies only to the targeted treatment area, not an instruction to space plants evenly across the site.
Below 50% seed stays red; 50% to below 100% stays yellow. Extra diversity or plugs never offsets underseeding. For the full-diversity benchmark, a full-rate foundation starts light green, foundation + Expanded reaches its upper end, and a foundation with both add-ons starts the dark-green optimal zone. Maximum can be chosen with or without Expanded. The benchmark does not mean that every component is required for every site, and it does not assess existing vegetation. Verified, appropriate Warrior density raises alignment smoothly within the applicable diversity band. Extra seed above 100% adds no rating credit.
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Seed Mix Specifications*
Seed Mix Specifications*
Seeding Rate: 2.72 lb/acre (42.9 seeds/square foot)
| Common Name | Scientific Name | % of Mix | Seeds/ft2 | Total | |||||||||
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| Anise Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | 3.68% | 3.3 | 0.100 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Nodding Onion | Allium cernuum | 4.03% | 0.3 | 0.109 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias tuberosa | 2.30% | 0.1 | 0.063 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Sky Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | 1.15% | 0.9 | 0.031 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Canada Milkvetch | Astragalus canadensis | 4.60% | 0.8 | 0.125 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | 2.30% | 1.3 | 0.063 PLS lb | |||||||||
| White Wild Indigo | Baptisia alba | 2.30% | 0.0 | 0.063 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | 9.20% | 0.2 | 0.250 PLS lb | |||||||||
| White Prairie Clover | Dalea candida | 3.45% | 0.7 | 0.094 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Purple Prairie Clover | Dalea purpurea | 7.48% | 1.3 | 0.203 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 9.20% | 0.6 | 0.250 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 4.03% | 0.3 | 0.109 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Cream Gentian | Gentiana flavida | 1.73% | 2.4 | 0.047 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Round-headed Bush Clover | Lespedeza capitata | 2.30% | 0.2 | 0.063 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Meadow Blazing Star | Liatris ligulistylis | 1.47% | 0.1 | 0.040 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Prairie Blazing Star | Liatris pycnostachya | 3.45% | 0.4 | 0.094 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 3.45% | 2.4 | 0.094 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Wild Quinine | Parthenium integrifolium | 9.20% | 0.6 | 0.250 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 3.68% | 4.8 | 0.100 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Prairie Cinquefoil | Drymocallis arguta | 1.84% | 4.2 | 0.050 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Virginia Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 0.58% | 1.3 | 0.016 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 9.20% | 8.4 | 0.250 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida | 4.60% | 1.9 | 0.125 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | 1.73% | 0.1 | 0.047 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 0.74% | 5.9 | 0.020 PLS lb | |||||||||
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Golden Alexanders |
Zizia aurea | 2.30% | 0.3 | 0.063 PLS lb | |||||||||
| Substitutions may be made based on availability at the time of order. |
Pure Live Seed
Pure Live Seed
Seed is provided in Pure Live Seed (PLS) unless otherwise stated.
Pure Live Seed (PLS) expresses the viable seed content of a seed lot using its purity and germination or viability test results. It helps you compare seed lots and calculate how much bulk seed is needed to meet a specified PLS planting rate.
PLS weight and bag weight
PLS weight is not the same as the total weight of seed in a bag. For example, a lot with 80% purity and 75% viability contains 60% PLS: 80 × 75 ÷ 100 = 60. Supplying 10 lb PLS from that lot requires about 16.67 lb of bulk seed.
Use the current seed test and the stated basis of the mix specification. Germination calculations may include applicable hard or dormant seed. Seed-count estimates also require the number of seeds per pound; PLS alone does not provide a seed count.
What to check when buying a mix
Check whether each rate is stated in PLS pounds, bulk pounds, or a combination. A mix with both bases should not be described as having an all-PLS total.
PLS does not remove weed seeds or guarantee establishment. Review the seed label and analysis for weed content, and match site preparation, planting conditions and follow-up management to your project.
Sources: USDA NRCS, Understanding Pure Live Seed and The Importance of Seed Quality for Natural Resource Conservation.
Bring more flowering diversity to an open prairie planting with the Pollinator Flowers Enhancement Seed Mix. This wildflower-focused blend is intended for full sun to part sun and normal to dry soils, with a range of flower colors and bloom periods for pollinator habitat.
Use it to add a flowering component where the existing vegetation and site preparation will allow the seedlings to establish. Additional seed or plugs can expand the planting over time. Review the ingredient list below before selecting species for a particular pollinator goal.
Site conditions
Light: Full sun to part sun.
Soil moisture: Normal to dry soils.
Blend ingredients
The following botanical ingredients are listed in the published specification. Contact us to confirm the complete current recipe and rate before ordering.
Planting and establishment
Prepare the site and manage existing weeds before seeding. Germination requirements vary among the ingredients. Some native species benefit from cold, moist conditions; follow the mix-specific sowing guidance rather than treating every ingredient the same. For background, read native seed stratification guidance.
Ordering details
Listed options: 1,000 sq ft; 1/4 Acre; 1/2 Acre; 1 Acre.
1,000 sq ft option: A small-area portion of the same Pollinator Flowers Enhancement formula listed above, for a planting area of 1,000 square feet (approximately 1/43.56 acre). Prepare suitable open soil or gaps so seedlings can establish. Refer to the linked mix specifications for the botanical ingredients.
Please specify any mixing instructions when ordering. Species and proportions may vary with availability; confirm the agreed recipe, quantity and seed-quality basis for your order.
All seed sales are final; mixes are custom-prepared at the time of purchase
Establishing diversity and enriching later
Establishing diversity and enriching later
For a new prairie, plan the flowering component at the outset and coordinate this blend with the base mix and total seeding rate. It can also enrich an established planting when grasses and weeds are managed to create establishment openings. Suitable plugs offer another way to introduce selected flowers over time.
Make your restoration budget go further
Approved Stewardship Circle participants receive 25% off retail native plants and seed. Conservation professionals, volunteers, and members or supporters of qualifying conservation organizations can apply. There is no program membership fee.
Your involvement with a land trust or conservation organization may qualify you. Check eligibility and submit proof with your application. Approval is required; organization membership does not automatically activate the discount.
Shipping & Care
Shipping & Care
Seed ships all year and typically ships within a week of an order being placed.
We have attempted to put together some basic information regarding native seed installation, establishment, and maintenance. We hope you find it helpful. If you need further assistance on native seed establishment, please schedule a free consolation call here.
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