Pollinator mix for the Canadian Mixed Grass Prairies.
Developed through a collaboration with the Xerces Society, the mix contains a wealth of native forbs that will provide bloom all across the seasons.
The mix consists of approximately 40 varieties of local native wildflowers, either grown locally or hand-collected locally, that attract and support pollinators. It will provide bloom from early spring to late fall, from prairie crocus to many-flowered aster. It includes 5 species of local native bunch grass for a variety of habitat for bumble bees and other beneficial insects. This mix is appropriate for habitat restoration throughout the mixed grass prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as northern North Dakota and Montana. 40% of the mix comes from List A below, 40% from List B, 17% from List C and 3% from List D.
- List A
- Bouteloua gracilis
- Koeleria macrantha
- Bromus anomalus
- Schyzachyrium scoparium
- Nassella viridula
- Andropogon gerardii
- List B.
- Dalea purpurea
- Dalea candida
- List C
- Gaillardia aristata
- Rudbeckia hirta
- Rosa arkansana
- Asclepias ovalifolia
- Liatris punctata
- Ratibida columnifera
- Monarda fistulosa
- Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus
- Solidago canadensis
- Solidago rigida
- Solidago nemoralis
- Zizia aptera
List D
- Anemone canadensis
- Anemone multifida
- Anemone cylindrica
- Allium stellatum
- Liatris ligulistylis
- Symphyotrichum laeve
- Symphyotrichum ericoides
- Campanula rotundifolia
- Helianthus maximilia
- Oxytropis splendens
- Oxytropis monticola
- Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum
- Linum lewisii
- Astragalus crassicarpus
- Astragalus adsurgens
- Pulsatilla patens