SEED MIX: Shady Characters, a Woodland Mix
Part shade to shade + average soils
fall sowing required
created by Blue Stem Natives
 
We nerd out on this project every year to pick a variety of species that fill many niches. From above ground heights, to root structures, seasonal growth and flowering, to quick growing plants to slow to mature plants, and everything in-between. 
 
Ordering:
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Details:
Covers 100 square feet. Select multiple packets to cover more square footage. A 15% discount automatically applies at checkout if you order 10 or more seed mix packages.
Included are roughly 70-120+ seeds per square foot.
 
Sowing Instructions:
- Includes instructions on sowing
- Please note that most native seeds need to be sown in the fall. They need winter to unlock their ability to germinate in warmer weather. These seeds should be sown prior to winter or be put in the fridge to be sown next fall.
 
Included in this mix*:
3.00%
Lobelia siphilitica (Great blue lobelia)
2.00%
Anemone virginiana (Tall Thimbleweed)
5.00%
Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine)
2.50%
Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy Wood Mint)
 
25.00%
Carex brevior (shortbeak sedge)
0.10%
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
 
25.00%
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
 
4.00%
Eurybia macrophylla (Big-leaved Aster)
 
5.00%
Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe Pye Weed)
 
1.50%
Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)
 
0.10%
Impatiens pallida (Yellow Jewelweed)
6.00%
Penstemon hirsutus (Hairy Beardtongue)
0.10%
Polygonatum biflorum (King Solomon's-seal)
 
2.00%
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
6.00%
Solidago caesia (wreath goldenrod)
 
5.00%
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Calico Aster)
0.50%
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)
 
8.20%
Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)
 
100.00%
 
 
*species or percentages are subject to change based on availability