Rain Garden Grass Mix

Mix formulations are subject to change without notice depending on the availability of existing and new products. While the formula may change, the guiding philosophy and function of the mix will not.

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Mix Composition

• 40.4% Schizachyrium scoparium, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype
  (Little Bluestem, Fort Indiantown Gap-PA Ecotype)
• 20.0% Carex vulpinoidea, PA Ecotype
  (Fox Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 20.0% Elymus virginicus, Madison-NY Ecotype
  (Virginia Wildrye, Madison-NY Ecotype)
• 9.0% Panicum clandestinum, Tioga
  (Deertongue, Tioga)
• 5.5% Panicum rigidulum, PA Ecotype
  (Redtop Panicgrass, PA Ecotype)
• 4.0% Chasmanthium latifolium, WV Ecotype
  (River Oats, WV Ecotype)
• 0.5% Carex scoparia, PA Ecotype
  (Blunt Broom Sedge, PA Ecotype)
• 0.3% Juncus effusus
  (Soft Rush)
• 0.3% Juncus tenuis, PA Ecotype
  (Path Rush, PA Ecotype)

General Product Information

• Product Categories:

  Grasses & Grass-like Species, Stormwater Management

• Life Cycle:

  Perennial

• Typical Height:

  4.5 ft

• pH:

  4.0 – 8.9

Indicator Regions

• Northcentral & Northeast:

• Midwest

• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain

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Tolerances

Seed Information

• Seeding rate per acre in a mix:

  15 lb per acre with a cover crop of grain rye at 30 lb per acre