SEEDS EcoSchool students decorated seed packets and gently included a mix of Michigan pollinator-friendly wildflowers and grasses, provided by Native Connections.
The selected wildflowers will bloom throughout the growing season and provide diverse food and habitat resources for pollinator insects and other wildlife.
Planting Instructions:
– Plant in dry and sunny areas by raking the ground, spreading by hand, and gently raking over, or gently pressing seeds into the dirt.
Wildflower seeds in pollinator-mix include:
– Yarrow
– New England Aster
– Partridge Pea
– Lance-leaf Coreopsis
– Purple Coneflower
– False sunflower
– Wild Bergamot
– Common Evening Primrose
– Purple Prairie Clover
– Prairie Cinquefoil
– Yellow Coneflower
– Black-eyed Susan
– Stiff Goldenrod
Grass seeds in pollinator-mix include:
– Big Bluestem
– Canada Wild Rye
– Switchgrass
– Little Bluestem
