Detention Basin - Bioswale
The plants in this mix grow naturally in medium-moist prairies, making them perfect for temporarily flooded areas that also dry out in summer. Designed for basin or swales that are flooded for 24-48 hours, this seed mix is particularly well suited …
Soil Type | Clay, Loam |
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Soil Moisture | Medium, Moist |
Sun Exposure | Full Sun |
Height | 1' - 8' |
Seeding Rate | 10 lbs. per acre; 1/4 lb. per 1000 sq. ft. |
The plants in this mix grow naturally in medium-moist prairies, making them perfect for temporarily flooded areas that also dry out in summer. Designed for basin or swales that are flooded for 24 – 48 hours, this seed mix is particularly well suited for loam and clay soils. For detention basins in sandy soils, we recommend our Tall Prairie for Dry Soils Seed Mix. The Detention Basin-Bioswale Mix for medium to moist, loamy clay soils with seasonal inundation contains at least 20 wildflowers, and eight or more grasses, sedges and bulrushes, plus annual rye.
COMPONENTS
Forbs (Wildflowers)
Allium cernuum - Nodding Pink Onion
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium - Pale Indian Plantain
Asclepias incarnata - Red Milkweed
Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster
Baptisia alba - White False Indigo
Eupatorium maculatum - Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum - Boneset
Helenium autumnale - Dogtooth Daisy
Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox Eye Sunflower
Iris shrevei - Wild Iris
Iris versicolor - Blue Flag Iris
Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris spicata - Dense Blazing Star
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot
Ratibida pinnata - Yellow Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta - Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown Eyed Susan
Senna hebecarpa - Wild Senna
Silphium integrifolium - Rosinweed
Silphium perfoliatum - Cupplant
Silphium terebinthinaceum - Prairie Dock
Solidago ohioensis - Ohio Goldenrod
Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod
Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain
Vernonia fasciculata - Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders
Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem
Carex comosa - Bottlebrush Sedge
Carex hystericina - Porcupine Sedge
Carex stipata - Awl Fruited Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea - Fox Sedge
Elymus canadensis - Canada Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus - Virginia Wild Rye
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass
Scirpus atrovirens - Dark Green Bulrush
Sorghastrum nutans - Indiangrass
Spartina pectinata - Prairie Cordgrass
Lolium multiflorum - Annual Rye Nurse Crop Seed
Important. Native seed mixes take three years to fully mature. In the first year, seedlings will expend their energy developing roots, and the plants may grow only an inch or two. During the first two years your site will require mowing to control weed growth. After two or three season the natives will begin to reign. The process requires patience, but even more important is to discourage the growth of weeds during the establishment – the first three to four years. Read our Seed Mix Establishment Guide to learn more about growing a prairie from seed.
All of our seed is sold on a Pure Live Seed (PLS) basis. A PLS pound is the weight of seed required to equal one pound of 100% pure, germinable seed. This is calculated based upon each seed lot's purity and germination tests. Our seed is tested by an independent seed lab for purity and germination, using industry standard testing procedures. We track the ecotype origin of our seed inventory and provide this information at customer request.