$16.00
This Rain Garden native seed mix is composed of native grasses and wildflowers that can tolerate wet events and dry areas based on season and the amount of rainfall. Also filters stormwater runoff. Beneficial and beautiful, the Rain Garden creates diverse color and is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.
All products must be picked up at the Richland Soil and Water Office during normal business hours.
4 in stock
Description
A Rain Garden is an attractive, landscaped area that doesn’t mind getting “wet feet”. This seed mix is composed of species that are adapted to seasonal moisture changes ranging from “soaked” to “high and dry”. Once established, they will easily tolerate the extreme moisture levels and filter storm water runoff. As a bonus, they are beautiful and attract wildlife such as butterflies and hummingbirds. Read through our Rain Garden Manual for Homeowners to help you get started. Pick up only.
Some Things to Remember
Rain Gardens are a mix of native grasses and wildflowers that can take up to three growing seasons to fully establish. You will see germination the first growing season, but the plants will need some time to fully mature.
Carex species are cool! These shorter growing grass like species are typically found in wetland and add interest to your Rain Garden
Hummingbirds will love the tubular flowers of Cardinal Flower and Great Lobelia.
Contains the following species:
Grass and Grasslike
Elymus virginicus – Virginia Wild Rye
Carex vulpinoidea – Brown Fox Sedge
Carex crinita – Fringed Sedge
Carex lurida – Shallow / Lurid Sedge
Carex comosa – Bristly Sedge
Scirpus acutus – Hard-stemmed Bulrush
Panicum (Dichanthelium) clandestinum – Deer-tongue Grass
Glyceria grandis – Reed Manna / American Manna Grass
Carex grayi – Gray’s Sedge
Scirpus cyperinus – Woolgrass
Wildflowers
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Liatris spicata – Dense Blazingstar
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot
Bidens aristosa – Tickseed Sunflower
Physostegia virginiana – Obedient Plant – Purple
Hibiscus moscheutos – Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Black-eyed Susan
Pycnanthemum tenufolium – Narrow Leaved Mountain Mint
Lobelia siphilitica – Great Lobelia
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Mimulus ringens – Monkey Flower
Aster novae-angliae – New England Aster
Additional information
Rain Garden Seed Info | Seed Packet covers 250 square feet (a 10 x 25 area) and will take up to three growing seasons to fully establish. PLS Lbs. per Acre Broadcast = 8 PLS = Pure Live Seed Pure Live Seed is a measure of viable seed stated as a percentage. It is the product of total germination times purity. Example: 96% Germination x 93% Purity = 89% PLS All of our warm season native grasses and seed mixes are sold PLS. Broadcast seeding is the process of sowing seed by hand. The seeds are sprinkled into the soil and can be lightly raked in to ensure germination. |
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