Are you looking for a mix that can fit a particular need, but not sure where to start?

Here are some tried and true mixes to get you started on your native journey. 

Need help choosing what plants are best for you and your operation?

 

Here are some great seed mixes to fit your needs and bring natives to your landscape.

General Warm Season Mix

2:2:1 mix of Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Little Bluestem

This mix is great for the producer looking to convert some of their operation to native grasses. The natives in this seed mix provide summer pasture from May to September when introduced cool season grasses may be dormant or slow growing. These species are tolerant to the herbicide imazapic (Panoramic, Plateau and others). This improves chances of establishment into former tall fescue pasture.

Thin Soil Grass Mix

For areas with thin and rocky soils. These species provide summer pasture and growth in areas where introduced cool season species may not be suitable.

  • Little Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Sideoats grama
  • Purpletop

Deep Soil Grass Mix

For deeper soils and river bottoms consider using this mix to provide a mix of forages. This mix will provide growth from spring to early fall and can be used for deferred grazing after a killing freeze.

  • Eastern Gamagrass
  • Big Bluestem
  • Switchgrass
  • Indiangrass
  • Canada Wildrye
  • Virginia Wildrye

Diverse Grass Mix

This mix of native warm and cool season grasses is adaptable and can provide forage from spring to fall. Cool season species provide early and mid spring growth that seamlessly blends into summer growth of warm season species.

  • Big Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Switchgrass
  • Little Bluestem
  • Purpletop
  • Sideoats grama
  • Virginia Wildrye
  • Canada Wildrye

Low Diversity Imazapic Tolerant Mix

This mix of native grasses and legumes provides a diverse blend of forages to any class of livestock. Included species are tolerant to the herbicide imazapic (Panoramic, Plateau and others). This makes establishment year weed control easier. Always follow herbicide label recommendations and use the most limiting rate for each species.

  • Big Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Little Bluestem
  • Illinois Bundleflower
  • Purple Prairie Clover
  • Purple Coneflower

Medium Diversity Imazapic Tolerant Mix

This blend of forbs, legumes, and grasses provides forage to livestock and blooms to pollinators throughout the spring and summer. This mix of flowers and grasses is tolerant to the herbicide imazapic (Panoramic, Plateau and others). This makes establishment year weed control easier. Always follow herbicide label recommendations and use the most limiting rate for each species.

  • Big Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Little Bluestem
  • Illinois Bundleflower
  • Purple Prairie Clover
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Plains Coreopsis
  • Lanceleaf Coreopsis
  • Partridge Pea
  • Showy Tick Trefoil

High Diversity Imazapic Tolerant Mix

This blend of forbs, legumes, and grasses provides forage to livestock and blooms to pollinators throughout the spring and summer. This mix of flowers and grasses is tolerant to the herbicide imazapic (Panoramic, Plateau and others). This makes establishment year weed control easier. Always follow herbicide label recommendations and use the most limiting rate for each species.

  • Big Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Little Bluestem
  • Sideoats Grama
  • Illinois Bundleflower
  • Purple Prairie Clover
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Plains Coreopsis
  • Lanceleaf Coreopsis
  • Partridge Pea
  • Showy Tick Trefoil
  • Upright Prairie Coneflower
  • Blue Wild Indigo
  • New England Aster
  • Blackeyed Susan

General Pollinator Mix

A mixture of wildflowers, legumes, and warm and cool season grasses. This seed mix provides nectar, host plants, and a mosaic of blooms throughout the season. Species include:

  • Purple Prairie Clover,
  • Pale Purple Coneflower
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Cup Plant
  • Compass P​lant
  • Prairie Blazingstar
  • Greyheaded Coneflower
  • Common Milkweed
  • Butterfly Milkweed
  • Lanceleaf Coreopsis
  • Blue Wild Indigo
  • Maryland Senna
  • Maximillian Sunflower
  • Sawtooth Sunflower
  • Ashy Sunflower
  • Rattlesnake Master
  • New England Aster
  • Illinois Bundleflower
  • Blackeyed Susan
  • Partridge Pea
  • Little Bluestem
  • Indiangrass
  • Big Bluestem
  • Virginia Wildrye

Bird Hunters Blend

A mix of shorter grasses and forbs put together to meet the needs of an avid quail and pheasant hunter. Included species provide suitable nesting and forage for upland gamebirds while creating great hunting opportunities.

  • Little Bluestem
  • Sideoats Grama
  • Virginia Wildrye
  • Switchgrass
  • Indiangrass
  • Purple Prairie Clover
  • Pale Purple Coneflower
  • Illinois Bundleflower
  • Partridge Pea
  • Prairie Blazingstar

Ponds for Pollinators mixture

A proven mix of species that are well suited to exposed and compacted clays common to newly made pond dams. Consider this blend when fencing out ponds in grazing systems or any new construction where exposed clay is present.

  • Little Bluestem
  • Virginia Wildrye
  • Indiangrass
  • Purpletop
  • Switchgrass
  • Prairie Blazingstar
  • Greyheaded Coneflower
  • Purple Coneflower
  • Common Milkweed

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