Beekeepers and Gardeners, you can make a difference in your environment. How? Turn your property from a food desert into a food oasis for pollinators. You will also attract a wide variety of birds and butterflies into your garden. Ohio State Beekeepers Association is partnering with Ohio Prairie Nursery to help you make an easy choice. This blend is appropriate for urban/suburban gardens by providing colorful native perennial blooms for pollinator nourishment from Spring through Fall.
Contains the following species:
Wildflowers:
Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Gaillardia pulchella - Indian Blanket
Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox Eye Sunflower
Desmanthus illnoensis - Illinois Bundleflower
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Ratibida pinnata - Yellow/Grey-headed Coneflower
Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Gaillardia aristata - Blanket Flower
Monarda citriodora - Lemon Mint
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed
Astragalus canadensis - Canadian Milk Vetch
Vernonia altissima - Tall Ironweed
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
Dalea candida - White Prairie Clover
Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod
Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazingstar
Aster laevis - Smooth Aster
Solidago nemoralis - Dwarf Goldenrod
Aster azureus - Sky Blue Aster
Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod
Solidago graminifolia (Euthamia graminifolia) - Grass Leaved Goldenrod
Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Pink, Green, Orange, White
Height: 3 to 5 Feet
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Soil Hydrology: Dry to Mesic Soils
Bloom Time: Spring through Fall
Plant Type: Annuals/Perennials
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, Pollinators
