for Full to Partial Sun and Medium to Medium-Dry Soils

Bring ALL the birds to your yard by growing a bird-friendly prairie - a living birdfeeder!

Songbirds and granivores such as finches, doves, many types of buntings, and even quail and wild turkey, will gravitate to the Coneflowers, Sunflowers, native Thistles, and legume family plants like White Wild Indigo, Partridge Pea, and Wild Senna. Hummingbirds will flit to the trumpeting flowers of Columbine, Wild Bergamot, Early Figwort, and Foxglove Beardtongue. Keep your camera ready: birds will drink in the water held near the stem of Cup Plant and perch away from harm in the height of Compass Plants - the perfect photo op! Shrubs, like Elderberry, provide nutritious fall berries birds love. Swallows, swifts, flycatchers, warblers, and martins are insectivorous birds that will feast on the multitude of insects attracted to native plants.

Most important, and often overlooked, is the fact that insects feed on native plants! These insects are vital to sustain the next generation of birds; adults will find the insects needed to feed their young in your native prairie. Several species of prairie grasses and sedges in this seed mix provide seed and building materials; larks, thrushes, and grouse will appreciate the cover for their ground-nesting sites.

For optimal bird support, do not mow or cut native plants back in the fall. This allows overwintering birds a chance to forage and seek shelter from the cold.

Although some of the native plants in this seed mix have ranges that extend beyond zones 3-7, the majority will do best in this zone range. For more detailed information please see the RANGE MAP for each species. View the complete species list, including % by weight, under COMPONENTS.

For seed mixes of 1/8 acre or less, we include a temporary cover crop at no additional charge. ReGreen is a sterile, short-lived perennial wheat hybrid that can be planted spring or fall.

Add a Seed Mix Enhancement for that extra splash of color!

Establishing a native plant community from seed can take 3 years or more - learn more.

All mixes are subject to change without notice depending on availability of species.

Bird Bonanza© Seed Mix by Prairie Moon® Nursery 13.17 lbs per acre \| 94 Seeds per sq/ft (FILTER PLANTS IN THIS SEED MIX)
WILDFLOWERS
Botanical Name (Common Name)	% by wt.
Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)	1.54
Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)	1.07
Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine)	0.95
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian Plantain)	0.36
Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)	1.90
Baptisia alba (White Wild Indigo)	0.95
Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)	7.59
Cirsium altissimum (Tall Thistle)	0.71
Cirsium discolor (Pasture Thistle)	1.42
Coreopsis tripteris (Tall Coreopsis)	0.47
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Bundle Flower)	2.37
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)	1.90
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)	3.80
Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)	0.95
Helianthus grosseserratus (Saw-tooth Sunflower)	0.71
Helianthus pauciflorus (Showy Sunflower)	1.42
Heliopsis helianthoides (Early Sunflower)	1.90
Liatris ligulistylis (Meadow Blazing Star)	1.42
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)	0.95
Oligoneuron rigidum (Stiff Goldenrod)	0.47
Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue)	0.95
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)	1.19
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan)	4.27
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Black-eyed Susan)	0.47
Scrophularia lanceolata (Early Figwort)	0.71
Senna hebecarpa (Wild Senna)	0.47
Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant)	0.71
Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)	0.47
Silphium terebinthinaceum (Prairie Dock)	0.47
Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)	1.19
Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)	1.42
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)	0.71
Total of WILDFLOWERS:	45.91 %

TREES, SHRUBS & VINES
Botanical Name (Common Name)	% by wt.
Physocarpus opulifolius (Prairie Ninebark)	0.24
Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)	0.24
Totals of TREES, SHRUBS & VINES:	0.48 %

GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES
Botanical Name (Common Name)	% by wt.
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-oats Grama)	18.98
Carex brevior (Plains Oval Sedge)	1.90
Carex molesta (Field Oval Sedge)	2.37
Elymus canadensis (Canada Wild Rye)	7.59
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)	18.98
Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)	3.80
Totals of GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES:	53.62 %

(FILTER PLANTS IN THIS SEED MIX)
Last updated 10/12/21

2 Questions asked on Bird Bonanza Seed Mix

Lorraine January 4

How tall is the majority of plants in the Bird Bonanza mix. Trying to decide where my best location for it would be.

Prairie Moon January 5

The majority of the species will be in the 3-5 ft range, but there are a few species that reach over 6ft tall. See the list of species here and play with the Height filter tool to see the species composition: Bird Bonanza Species

Lindsay January 4

How long do these need to be cold stratified? For ex, since I've missed the fall planting window at this point, if I plant these seeds in late January, will they have had enough time in the cold to do well in the spring?

Prairie Moon January 4

Hi Lindsay. The majority of the species in this mix require 30 or 60 days of stratification in order to germinate. Our records list you in Zone 6a, so as long as your site has been prepared and has had much of the weed seed bank exhausted, the native species in the Bird Bonanza Seed Mix should have plenty of time to stratify over the remaining winter months.

Native plant communities provide the inspiration for our seed-mix designs. All our mixes feature high seeding rates and a diverse balance of native species, which, when mature, will provide blossoms throughout the year. No matter what you want from a seed mix, you will need to make sure it fits the soil-moisture holding capacity and sun conditions of your site.

E stablishment of the diverse native-plant communities represented in our seed mixes can take three to five years. The most critical process before planting is preparing the site by removing unwanted species and working to deplete the soil’s weed seed bank. Find detailed site prep, planting and care instructions for our seed mixes through the following links:

ESTABLISHING A NATIVE SEED MIX - 3 YEAR PLAN

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR HAND SOWING A NATIVE SEED MIX

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