Rain Garden Seed Mix

A blend of grasses, sedges and wildflowers designed to collect and filter rainwater from roof, driveway and street runoff. A beautiful and functional addition to landscaping with colorful perennial wildflowers and grasses.

27 Forbs Species/ 47 ssf & 7 Grass Species/ 18 ssf

PLS Lbs per Acre: 6.25

Height: 3′-5′ Tall

Sun Exposure : Full Sun, Part Shade

Soil Moisture : Dry-Mesic, Mesic, Wet-Mesic

Attracts : Pollinator, Wildlife

Mix Type : Contractor Mixes

Additional Information

Lifecycle: Perennial

Planting Dates: Dormant Season Planting is Recommended. In the mid-west region those dates are Nov 15-March 15.

Planting Depth: 1/4″-3/8″

Also Used For: Contractor, Pollinator, Wildlife,

Seeds in this Mix:

  1. Brown Fox Sedge (Carex vulpinoidea)
  2. Cluster Fescue (Festuca paradoxa)
  3. Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)
  4. Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  5. Plains Oval Sedge (Carex brevior)
  6. Small Yellow Fox Sedge (Carex annectens)
  7. Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus)
  8. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
  9. Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
  10. Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
  11. Common Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
  12. Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
  13. Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
  14. Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
  15. Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
  16. Monkey Flower (Mimulus rigens)
  17. New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
  18. Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
  19. Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
  20. Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
  21. Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
  22. Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia)
  23. Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
  24. Stiff Goldenrod (Oligoneuron rigida)
  25. Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
  26. Upright Prairie Clover (Ratibida columnifera)
  27. Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
  28. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
  29. Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)