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Short Backyard Prairie

from $42.50

This savanna prairie, staying at a convenient 3-foot height, adds a vibrant touch of flower color to your landscape. Ideal for spacious yards where mowing isn't on the agenda, it's a grass-heavy mix featuring 12 native grasses complemented by 20 wildflowers for a harmonious blend of beauty and low maintenance.

  • An order of 1/4 ac or more of this mix will receive free The Prairie Farm merch.

Our seed mixes are formulated with species native to Iowa, and are also ideally suited for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, and South Dakota.

You can purchase up to 5 acres worth of seed here. If you’re looking to cover higher quantities of ground, request a quote.

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This savanna prairie, staying at a convenient 3-foot height, adds a vibrant touch of flower color to your landscape. Ideal for spacious yards where mowing isn't on the agenda, it's a grass-heavy mix featuring 12 native grasses complemented by 20 wildflowers for a harmonious blend of beauty and low maintenance.

  • An order of 1/4 ac or more of this mix will receive free The Prairie Farm merch.

Our seed mixes are formulated with species native to Iowa, and are also ideally suited for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, and South Dakota.

You can purchase up to 5 acres worth of seed here. If you’re looking to cover higher quantities of ground, request a quote.

Royal Purple Wildflower Pollinator
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What’s included in the Short Backyard Prairie Mix?

Grasses

  • Canada Wildrye (elymus canadensis)

  • Blue Grama (bouteloua gracilis)

  • Fox Sedge (carex vulpinoidea)

  • Little Bluestem (schizachyrium scoparium)

  • Junegrass (koeleria macrantha)

  • Rough Dropseed (sporobolus compositus)

  • Sideoats Grama (bouteloua curtipendula)

  • Sand Dropseed (sporobolus cryptandus)

  • Virginia Wildrye (elymus virginicus)

Forbs & Flowers

  • Black-Eyed Susan (rudbeckia hirta)

  • Butterfly Weed (asclepias tuberosa)

  • Canadian Milkvetch (astrogalus canadensis)

  • Common Milkweed (asclepia syriaca)

  • Ohio Spiderwort (tradescantia ohiensis)

  • Culver’s Root (veronicastrum virginicum)

  • Foxglove Beardtongue (penstemon digitalis)

  • Old Field Goldenrod (solidago nemoralis)

  • Golden Alexander’s (zizia aurea)

  • Hoary Vervain (verbena stricta)

  • Wild Bergamot (monardo fistuloa)

  • Partridge Pea (chamaecrista fasciculata)

  • Prairie Cinquefoil (potentilla arguta)

  • Purple Coneflower (echinacea purpurea)

  • Purple Prairie Clover (dalea purpurea)

  • Round-Headed Bush Clover (lespedeza capitata)

  • Slender Mountain Mint (pychantemum tenufolium)

  • Smooth Blue Aster (symphyotrichum laeve)

  • Stiff Goldenrod (oligoneuron rigidum)