The Grand Meadow | Mesic Site Seed mix is filled with a grand diversity of wildflowers and native grasses that will bloom from spring into the fall. Pictured above are Prairie Blazingstar, Yellow Coneflower, Wild Bergamot , Big Bluestem and Indiangrass. This mix typifies the Tall Grass Prairie that once was found from Canada to Texas.
Mixture: | 50% Wildflowers | 50% Grasses, by weight. |
Seeding Rate: | 10-15 lbs. per Acre |
Soil Preference: | Mesic, Wet Mesic |
Bloom Time: | Spring, Summer, Fall |
June, July, August, September, October | |
Colors: | Blue, Cream, Orange, Purple, Yellow, White, Green, Brown |
Wildflowers: | |||
Anise Hyssop | Canada Anemone | Butterfly Milkweed | Smooth Blue Aster |
New England Aster | Upland White Aster | Canada Milkvetch | False Aster |
Partridge Pea | Wild Senna | Tall Coreopsis | Golden Alexanders |
Showy Tick Trefoil | Pale Purple Coneflower | Purple Coneflower | Rattlesnake Master |
Cream Gentian | Oxeye Sunflower | Prairie Alum Root | Great St John's Wort |
Dense Blazingstar | Wild Lupine | Wild Bergamot | Dotted Mint |
Foxglove Beardtongue | White Prairie Clover | Purple Prairie Clover | Prairie Cinequefoil |
Yellow Coneflower | Blackeyed Susan | Sweet Blackeyed Susan | Browneyed Susan |
Compass Plant | Ohio Goldenrod | Stiff Goldenrod | Showy Goldenrod |
Hoary Vervain | Ironweed |
Grasses: | |||
Big Bluestem | Little Bluestem | Rough Dropseed | Virginia Wild Rye |
Indiangrass |
Posted by Karen on 4th Aug 2011
In the spring of 2009 I asked you to help me in creating a 'grand meadow' for an acre and a half of land. I am attaching a few pictures. It is becoming more and more like the grand meadow I had envisioned!! Thank you.
~Karolyn Sorge
Hi Howard! Thank you. I absolutely LOVE my meadow!! I have lots of pictures on facebook and have friends who are quite interested in it. You can use whatever pictures or statements you would like to use.
We just purchased a 100 year old 45 ft tall windmill that we will be putting up in the center of the prairie in the next couple weeks. I will be sure to send you a picture when that is up. Just wanted you to know how much I have enjoyed my "Grand Meadow" and am grateful for all the advice you gave me when I was planning and planting it.
Thanks!
Karolyn Sorge