Rain Garden / Wet Prairie Native Seed Packet
Rain Garden / Wet Prairie Native Seed Packet
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This unique blend has been created for the rain garden and wet prairie environment, the ecotone between wet and dry lands. Perfect for transitional wet zones with seasonally varying moisture, 40 species have been included to maximize diversity and crowd out invasives while meeting performance standards. Invest in this mix with greater seed counts to reap the rewards of a well-designed, diverse landscape.
This mix boasts a multitude of varieties to bring pollinators like monarch butterflies and hummingbirds, as well as marsh and shorebirds into your landscape - and that's not counting the rest of the wildlife it attracts!
This mix of 67% sedge, grass, and rush species competes aggressively with reed canary and other wet prairie invaders while boasting an incredible diversity of native wildflowers!
*This seed mix includes 39 species including 7 native grasses, 9 sedge and rush species, and 23 native flowers.
Click here for species list and mix specifications.
*Not for sale in New York State or Connecticut
Use this as your base and add diversity by supplementing with plants.
- Seed comes pre-mixed for your convenience
- Requires Cold Moist Stratification
- Full Sun To Part Sun
- Wet to Wet-Mesic Soils
- Don't forget the cover crop.
*Provided as Pure Live Seed
*All mixes may vary in % composition and species composition based upon availability.
All seed sales are final and can not be returned because they are custom mixed at the time of purchase.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Hi, does existing reed canary grass have to be removed and what kind of prep work needs to be done? Can we put seed out in january and than it should eventually choke out some invasives
Hello! Reed Canary does need to be controlled before seeding. We can help you come up with a strategy that best works for you and your project. If you need any additional help, please feel free to sign up for our free phone consultation call here.
Thanks! -
Do you sell individual native seed packets for the public, say schools? Not one large packet but individual sizes. Thanks
Hello Liz!
We sell 1,000 SF mixes, this is not a big area and can be seeded more intensvely than 1,000sf, i.e. 500sf or even 200sf if desired. We do not sell smaller packets unless you have large quantities, i.e. 1,000 + packet order.
I am not certain exactly what you mean by individual sizes, could you elaborate? Please feel free to email us at wholesale@naturalcommunities.net to discuss.
Thanks!
Shipping & Care
Shipping & Care
We want to ensure that our customers get what they want, a native backyard oasis. To do that, we need to follow a few simple guidelines and give you some information and pointers to make sure you get your plants delivered in a healthy state.
As a reminder, you will receive an email to confirm your pickup or shipping window just before the plants are ready. See Order Fulfillment below for seasonal fulfillment windows.
Choices to Receive Your Plants & Accessories
- Retail - We only offer shipping & shipping is calculated at check out*
- We do not offer retail pick up
- Wholesale - Delivery is customized based on order size and location
- Wholesale - Pickup is free
Order Fulfilment - When Your Plants or Other Items Will Be Ready
We take orders all year long and seed is shipped all year, but we only provide the plants to you in certain fulfillment windows to ensure healthy plants.
Wholesale Orders
- Shipped or are Ready For Pick Up As Requested.
Retail & Website Orders
- Seed Typically Ships Out Within One Week Of Order All Year Long
- Typically, single species flats ship when ready, sometimes as soon as early to mid-April (depends on weather) through early-October.
- Mixed species kits are batched and shipped as indicated on the product page.
- If a plant order is placed while outside of the plant fulfillment window your plants will be reserved through your payment, however, the order will not be fulfilled and shipped until the following spring. We don't want to provide you plants when they won't be happy during the cold winter months.
- Early in the spring and later in the fall certain species may be dormant or partially dormant with brown leaves, however they will return to grow healthy next growing season.
- Your order may arrive in several different shipments.
- If certain plants within an order will not be available until a later date, we may choose to hold the full order until all are ready. In certain circumstances, we may choose to send them in two separate shipments
- Fulfillment is always dependent upon plant availability. We try our best but sometimes plants do not overwinter well and perish. If a plant is on back order you will receive an email indicating the estimated shipping date. If we can not provide the plant we will first notify you and give you an option of substitution or a refund of that individual species.
- Plants are typically only packaged and shipped on Mondays to ensure they do not sit in the harsh delivery facility for extended periods of time over the weekend. You will receive a confirmation email once your delivery has been shipped and to estimate your delivery date.
- Apparel & accessories are ready typically within one to two weeks. See product page for holiday shipping.
Where We Ship
What to Expect When Receiving Your Delivery
- Your plants will be packaged with the utmost care
- We will need to cut back certain plants prior to shipping. This seems counter-intuitive, however, the fewer leaves the less water the plants can lose during shipping, resulting in healthier plants for you. This also enables the plants to fit within the protective packaging and shipped safely.
Shipments
- Larger plant shipments will look similar to the picture below with a tray of your plants and a cardboard box to protect them during shipping.
What to Do With Your Plants After Receiving Your Delivery
- Unpack your order IMMEDIATELY
- Inspect for damage and report any issues immediately to Natives@NaturalCommunities.net
- Water your plants
- Install your plants as quickly as possible and water the entire garden area thoroughly
- If you cannot install your plants immediately
- Some plants may not be in a container, put them into some kind of a container such as a paper cup with loose soil until installation
- Make sure each plant is receiving the appropriate amount of light.
- Continue to water daily each morning and possibly again in the afternoon
- No additional fertilizer is needed
