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Woodland Edge - Savanna for Medium Soils

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50015

Quantity Price Ea.

1/4 Lb $95.00

1/2 Lb $190.00

1-2 Lb $265.00

3-4 Lb $208.33

5-9 Lb $187.00

10+ Lb $169.50

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Cultural Details
Soil Type	Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Moisture	Medium
Sun Exposure	Partial
Height	1' - 8'
Seeding Rate	10 Lbs per Acre or 1/4 Lb per 1000 Sq Ft.

Description

Perfect for forest edges, oak savannas and open woodlands that receive a few hours of direct light every day. The wildflowers and grasses in this mix were chosen for their ability to grow in semi-shade, and tolerate some direct sunlight for a few hours each day. The wide variety of flowers provides blooms from spring into fall. This mix is designed for rich, medium soils, including loam, sandy loam and clay soils. Not recommended for planting on dry, sandy soils. Contains at least 12 wildflowers and 2 or more grasses.

Agastache foeniculum - Lavender Hyssop
Allium cernuum - Nodding Pink Onion
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack in the Pulpit
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium - Pale Indian Plantain
Baptisia alba - White False Indigo
Baptisia australis - Blue False Indigo
Dodecatheon meadia - Shootingstar
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Eupatorium purpureum - Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Maianthemum racemosum - Solomon's Plume
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot
Napaea dioica - Glade Mallow
Penstemon digitalis - Smooth Penstemon
Polygonatum canaliculatum - Great Solomon's Seal
Rudbeckia hirta - Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown Eyed Susan
Veronicastrum virginicum - Culver's Root
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders

Carex brevior - Plains Oval Sedge
Carex molesta - Field Oval Sedge
Elymus virginicus - Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus villosa - Silky Wild Rye
Elymus hystrix - Bottlebrush Grass

Establishment Notes

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.

Pure Live Seed Notes

All seed is Pure Live Seed (PLS). One PLS pound is defined as 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. We track the ecotype origin of our seed inventory and provide this information at customer request.

Shipping

SEED SHIPPING

Shipping rates for seeds
Seed orders are shipped year-round, and are shipped within a week of your order.

GENERAL SHIPPING INFORMATION

We are not able to combine a new order with a previous order, for shipping.
Plants and Seeds are shipped separately and have different shipping rates.
We are not able to arrange orders for pick-up at the Nursery. All orders are shipped.

RESTRICTIONS

Plants and Seeds are shipped within the contiguous United States, only.
Due to agricultural restrictions we no longer ship to the following states: Idaho, Utah.

Components

Wildflowers

Sweet Black Eyed Susan

Grasses Sedges

Questions (4)

Product Questions

Does this seed mix require stratification?

If you are seeding a prairie seed mix in the fall, pre-treatment (stratification)is not needed, as the seeds will be exposed to cold, damp conditions in the soil over winter. 1. The Prairie GRASS seeds do not require moist stratification (cool moist pre-treatment). Only dry stratification (cool dry pre-treatment) is needed to improve the germination of prairie grasses. The grass seeds that you receive from us have been dry statified (stored in cool dry storage). 2. Most prairie forb seeds (WILDFLOWERS) will benefit from moist stratification. Some species will exhibit little-to-no germination without mosit stratification, while others will germinate at lower percentages. Some wildflower species germinate well with only dry stratification (Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Purple Prairie Clover, Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Bergamot, Black Eyed Susan, and Brown Eyed Susan). However, moist stratification can be applied to all wildflower seeds, whether or not they require it. 3. As a rule of thumb, if you are seeding a prairie in the spring, it is best to moist stratify the forbs (wildflowers) for at least 30 days, for the best germination.

Do the seeds that need stratification come already having gone through this process? If not, how are the different seed varieties separated so this can be done?

Our native seeds are Dry Stratified, which means that they are stored in cold temperatures over winter, without the presence of moisture. This process helps increase germination rates in most prairie grasses, and for some of the wildflowers. None of our seed is Moist Stratified prior to being shipped – a process in which the seed is mixed with a larger volume of dampened inert material such as fresh clean sawdust, builder’s sand, or similar substance, and placed in a refrigerator inside a Ziploc bag. Most prairie flowers and native sedges and rushes will show significant increases in germination after 30 days of moist, cold treatment. Some genera, such as Baptisia, Iris, and the grass genus Spartina, require 90 days or longer to show improvements in germination. Seed mixes that are sold in quantities of ten pounds or more are packaged individually by each species. If the quantity sold is less than ten pounds, we pack the seed in three separate bags: wildflowers, “fluffy” grasses, and hard round grasses such as Prairie Dropseed and Switchgrass. If you plan to broadcast your seed mix in the fall, all seed species will acheive moist stratification naturally, over the winter. You will not need to pretreat the seed for a fall seeding. If you plan to broadcast a seed mix in the spring, the seed (germination rates) will benefit from being moist stratified prior to seeding. If combined...

Will this seed mix work over a septic system? The septic area is surrounded by an oak, hickory and pine forest and receives only part sun, so I am looking for a forest edge type of plant community rather than a prairie plant community.

Yes, the Woodland Edge Seed Mix will work fine over a septic field in part shade. Good choice.

How would this mix do under pine trees?

We do not recommended this seed mix for under pine trees.

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