"I Have Clay Soil" Seed Mix
Description
Seed Packet covers 250 square feet
Clay soils are just soils that have a higher percentage of clay particles than silt or sand. Clay particles are smaller than silt and sand and tend to pack together which causes water to pool after rain events or from melted snow and runoff. Compaction from pedestrians or machines can exaggerate this packing of clay particles making the soil almost impenetrable to water. Clay soils can range from marginally clay dominant soils to almost all clay soils. OPN Seed's Clay Soil Mix is good for most areas where clay soils are found. The native species are adapted to grow in these soils and should do so.
Some things to remember:
Please keep in mind that this mix will take 2 to 3 growing seasons to fully establish and may display stunted growth as it works to establish. There are always exceptions and where this mix will grow is no different.
If the soil is very compacted, you may need to break it up before seeding. If your soils are so clay based and compacted that they hold water like a swimming pool for weeks and months at a time and you can play a pickup basketball game on the other parts, you may need to amend the soils before planting.
Contains the following species:
Grass and Grasslike Species:
Elymus virginicus - Virginia Wild Rye
Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-oats Grama
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem
Carex crinita - Fringed Sedge
Panicum (Dichanthelium) clandestinum - Deer-tongue Grass
Carex vulpinoidea - Brown Fox Sedge
Wildflowers:
Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea
Senna hebecarpa - Wild Senna
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Astragalus canadensis - Canadian Milk Vetch
Dalea candida - White Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie Clover
Allium cernuum - Nodding Wild Onion
Baptisia alba (macrophylla) - White Wild Indigo
Parthenium integrifolium - Wild Quinine
Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders
Bidens aristosa - Tickseed Sunflower
Liatris pycnostachya - Prairie Blazingstar
Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort
Verbena stricta - Hoary Vervain
Penstemon tubaeflorus - White Wand Beardtongue
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Black-eyed Susan
Aster laevis - Smooth Aster
Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster
Solidago nemoralis - Dwarf Goldenrod
