Mix 160 - Northern Showy Rain Garden Mix
Mix 160 (Northern Showy Rain Garden Mix) is designed for the environmental conditions of the Northern Tier States. Flowering period and flower colors are coordinated for full season variety. The amount of seed of each species in the mix has been calculated using the number of seeds per pound of each species factored by establishment parameters. Mix 160 contains the following 8 native grass and sedge species and 11 native wildflower species as shown below. Recommended Rate: 4.30-6.25 PLS pounds/acre.
Mix Table
Specifications
Common Name | Botanical Name | PLS Oz/Lb |
Virginia Wildrye | Elymus virginicus | 2.0600 |
Fowl Manna Grass | Glyceria striata | 0.6200 |
Fowl Bluegrass | Poa palustris | 0.5200 |
Prairie Cordgrass | Spartina pectinata | 0.8300 |
Fox Sedge | Carex vulpinoidea | 0.7200 |
Cosmos Sedge | Carex cosmosa | 0.8300 |
Soft Rush | Juncus effusus ssp. solutus | 0.2100 |
Wool Grass | Scirpus cyperinus | 0.2100 |
Maryland Meadowbeauty | Rhexia mariana | 0.2900 |
American Senna | Senna hebecarpa | 1.9600 |
Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | 0.5900 |
Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | 0.4900 |
Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | 1.4700 |
Swamp Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 1.4700 |
Flat-Topped Aster | Aster umbellatus | 0.6900 |
Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | 0.0500 |
Yellow Wingstem | Verbesina alternifolia | 1.4700 |
New York Ironweed | Vernonia noveboracensis | 0.8800 |
New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 0.5900 |
Graet Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | 0.0500 |