If you are interested in species that are adapted to sunny, dry conditions, the ones listed below will provide you with gorgeous color, stabilize the soil with deep roots and attract pollinators to your area.

Seeding Rate - 5 oz./1000 s.f. or 10 lbs./acre 

Dryland Species - Forbs

Scientific NameCommon Name$/oz.ColorHeightBloomMoistureSunPurchase
Achillea millefoliumYarrow$15.00White2'July-AugustM-DPS-SOrder
Allium cernuumNodding Wild Onion$20.00Lavender1'July-AugustM-DMPS-SOrder
Amorpha canescensLead Plant$25.00Violet3'June-AugustM-DPS-SOrder
Anemone cylindricaThimbleweed$60.00White2'-3'May-JuneM-DPS-SOrder
Anemone virginianaTall Thimbleweed$50.00White4'June-AugustDMPS-SOrder
Aquilegia canadensisWild Columbine$35.00Red/Yellow3'May-JuneM-DPS-SOrder
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed$12.00Pink4'July-AugustWM-DMPS-SOrder
Asclepias tuberosaButterfly Weed$25.00Orange2'July-AugustM-DPS-SOrder
PLEASE NOTE:NAMES IN THEGENERAASTERHAVECHANGED,PLEASESEESYMPHYOTRICHUM
Baptisia lacteaWhite False Indigo$20.00White3'-4'May-JuneM-DM-DPS=SOrder
Campanula americanaTall Bellflower$40.00Blue3'-4'July-Sept.M-DMPSOrder
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea$40.00White2'-3'June-AugustM-DPS-SOrder
Coreopsis lanceolataSand Tickseed$12.00Yellow2'June-JulyDM-DSOrder
Coreopsis tripterisTall Coreopsis$30.00Yellow5'-7'July-AugustWM-DMPS-SOrder
Desmodium canadenseShowy Tick-Trefoil15.00Purple3'-5'July-AugustWM-DMPS-SOrder
Echinacea purpurea
Non-Native
Purple Coneflower$ 5.00Purple3'-4'July-Sept.M-DPS-SOrder
Eryngium yuccifoliumRattlesnake-Master$12.00White4'-5'July-AugustWM-DMSOrder
Eupatorium rugosumSnakeroot$32.00White2'-4'Aug.-Sept.WM-DMPS-SOrder
Euphorbia corollataFlowering Spurge$70.00White2'-4'July-AugustM-DPS-SOrder
Geranium maculatumWild Geranium$85.00Lavender1'April-MayM-DMPS-SOrder
Helianthus occidentalisWestern Sunflower$45.00Yellow2'-3'Aug.-Sept.M-DPS-SOrder
Heliopsis helianthoidesFalse Sunflower$10.00Yellow4'-6'July-Sept.M-DMPS-SOrder
Kuhnia eupatorioidesFalse Boneset$25.00Cream2'-4'Aug.-Sept.DM-DPS-SOrder
Lespedeza capitataRound headed Bush-Clover$20.00Green3'-4'Aug.-Sept.M-DPS-SOrder
Liatris asperaRough Blazing Star$60.00Purple2'-3'Aug.-Sept.DM-DPS-SOrder
Lupinus perennisWild Lupine$48.00Lavender1'-2'May-JuneWM-DPS-SOrder
Monarda fistulosaWild Bergamot$25.00Lavender2'-4'July-AugustWM-DPS-SOrder
Monarda punctataHorsemint$37.00Pink1'-3'July-AugustDPS-SOrder
Oenothera biennisCommon Evening Primrose$10.00Yellow2'-5'July-Sept.WM-DPS-SOrder
Penstemon digitalisFoxglove Beard-tongue$12.00White3'-5'June-JulyM-DMPS-SOrder
Penstemon hirsutusHairy Beard-tongue$45.00Lavender2'May-JuneDM-DPS-SOrder
Pycnanthemum virginianumCommon Mountain Mint$50.00White2'-3'July-AugustW-DMPS-SOrder
Ratibida pinnataYellow Coneflower$13.00Yellow3'-6'July-Sept.WM-DPS-SOrder
Rudbeckia hirtaBlack-eyed Susan$ 7.50Yellow1'-2'June-Sept.M-DPS-SOrder
Rudbeckia trilobaThree-lobed Coneflower$16.00Yellow4'Aug-Sept.WM-DMPS-SOrder
Silphium integrifoliumRosin Weed$20.00Yellow4'-6'July-Sept.WM-DPS-SOrder
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant$30.00Yellow6'-10'July-Sept.WM-DPS-SOrder
Silphium perfoliatumCupplant$15.00Yellow5'-8'July-Sept.WM-DMPS-SOrder
Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dock$28.00Yellow5'-10'July-Sept.WM-DMPS-SOrder
Solidago caesiaBlue-stemmed Goldenrod$60.00Yellow1'-3'Aug.-Oct.DPS-SOrder
Solidago graminifoliaGrassleaved Goldenrod$52.00Yellow2'-4'July-Sept.W-DPS-SOrder
Solidago junceaEarly Goldenrod$65.00Yellow3'Aug.-Oct.DM-DPS-SOrder
Solidago nemoralisOld-Field Goldenrod$40.00Yellow2'Aug.-Oct.DM-DPS-SOrder
Solidago rigidaStiff Goldenrod$18.00Yellow3'-5'Aug.-Oct.WM-DPS-SOrder
Solidago speciosaShowy Goldenrod$18.00Yellow2'-7'Aug.-Oct.M-DPS-SOrder
Symphyotrichum laeveSmooth Aster$35.00Blue3'Sept.-Oct.M-DPS-SOrder
Symphyotrichum novae-angliaeNew England Aster$40.00Purple3'-5'Aug.-Oct.W-DMPS-SOrder
Symphyotrichum oolentangiensePrairie Heart-leaved Aster$45.00Blue-Yellow1'-4'July-Nov.DPS-SOrder
Symphyotrichum pilosumHairy Aster$30.00White3'Aug.-Oct.M-DPS-SOrder
Tradescantia ohiensisCommon Spiderwort$30.00Blue2'-4'May-JulyWM-DPS-SOrder
Verbena strictaHoary Vervain$15.00Purple2'-3'Aug.-Sept.DM-DPS-SOrder
Veronicastrum virginicumCulver's Root$65.00White4'-6'July-Aug.WM-DMPS-SOrder
Zizia aureaGolden Alexander$14.00Yellow2'-3'May-JuneM-DMPS-SOrder

Dryland Species - Grasses

Scientific NameCommon Name$/oz.$/lb.HeightBloom TimeMoistureSunPurchase by ozPurchase by lb
 Andropogon gerardii
PLS
Big Bluestem$ 3.00$18.005'-8'Warm SeasonWM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
 Bouteloua curtipendula
PLS *Non-Native
Side-oats Grama$ 3.00$30.001'-2'Warm SeasonDM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
Carex bicknellii
Bicknell's Sedge$20.003'Cool SeasonWM-DMPS-SOrder/oz
Carex brevior
Oval Sedge$15.001'Cool SeasonWM-DPS-SOrder/oz
Elymus canadensis
PLS
Canada Wild-rye$ 4.00$19.003'-5'Cool SeasonM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
 Elymus hystrix
PLS
Bottlebrush Grass$16.004'Warm SeasonM-DPS-SOrder/oz
 Eragrostis spectabilisPurple Lovegrass$50.001'-2'Warm SeasonDPS-SOrder/oz
Koeleria macrantha
PLS
June Grass$24.002'Cool Season DM-DPS-SOrder/oz
Panicum virgatum
PLS
Switch Grass$3.00$17.003'-5'Warm SeasonWM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
Schizachyrium scoparius
PLS
Little Bluestem$3.00$31.002'-3'Warm SeasonM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
Sorghastrum nutans
PLS
Indian Grass$3.00$25.005'-8'Warm SeasonM-DPS-SOrder/ozOrder/lb
Sporobolus heterolepisPrairie Dropseed$20.001'-3'Warm SeasonM-DMSOrder/oz

Codes and definitions:

PLS - Pure Live Seed


Bloom time:
For wildflowers:  the months in which the plant is typically flowering.

For grasses:  warm season denotes actively growing when soil is warm; cool season denotes actively growing when soil is cool.

Moisture:
W = wet - wet soggy
WM = wet mesic - heavy with moisture for long periods, but can dry up in summer
M = mesic - medium moisture
DM = dry mesic - moisture drains readily
D = extremely dry

Sun:
PS - partial sun, woodland edge
S - full sun opening

A note about cover crop...

If you are seeding on bare soil or slope, we recommend including a temporary cover crop at a rate of 15 lbs. per acre, $2 per lb.

If you have large acreage, we suggest finding cover crop locally as they are commonly available and are heavy, adding substantially to your shipping cost with us.