planting bird seed Song Bird Native Seed Mix

Enjoy bird watching in your yard all year long! Our Song Bird mix was created for birders and non-birders alike. The native grass and wildflower species in this mix were selected to provide seed sources for songbirds during the fall migration and into early winter. Birds not only eat the seeds, but they redistribute them later as they fly along helping to introduce these native species back into the landscape. Some of the species in this mix get pretty tall ( 5 to 7 feet), but you'll often find birds perched on the tops of the plants. This mix will need at least 6 hours of sunlight a day.

Some things to remember:

This mix of native grasses and wildflowers will take up to three growing seasons to fully establish. We've added Partridge Pea and Plains Coreopsis to this mix to provide some first year color.

Leave this mix standing all fall and winter long. Birds will continue to snack on the seeds left on the seed heads and it provides habitat for other wildlife.

This a great pollinator mix, too! Contains Common Milkweed and Butterfly Milkweed to attract Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators.

Contains the following species:

Grasses:

Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem

Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-oats Grama

Elymus canadensis - Nodding Wild Rye

Sporobolus cryptandrus - Sand Dropseed

Wildflowers:

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower 

Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox Eye Sunflower 

Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea 

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan 

Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant

Ratibida columnifera - Upright Coneflower 

Zizia aurea - Golden Alexanders 

Silphium trifoliatum - Whorled Rosinweed 

Silphium terebinthinaceum - Prairie Dock 

Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed 

Ratibida pinnata - Yellow/Grey-headed Coneflower 

Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master 

Coreopsis tinctoria - Plains Coreopsis

Rudbeckia triloba - Brown-eyed Susan 

Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Milkweed 

Vernonia altissima - Tall Ironweed 

Rudbeckia laciniata - Green-headed Coneflower 

Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye 

Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod 

Tradescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort 

Verbena stricta - Hoary Vervain 

Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster

Aster pilosus - Frost Aster 

Seed Info

Seed Packet covers 250 square feet (a 10 x 25 area) and will take up to three growing seasons to fully establish.

PLS Lbs. Per Acre Broadcast = 15

PLS=Pure Live Seed

Pure Live Seed is a measure of viable seed stated as a percentage. It is the product of total germination times purity.

Example: 96% Germination x 93% Purity = 89% PLS

All of our native warm season grasses and seed mixes are sold PLS.

Broadcast seeding is the process of sowing seed by hand. The seeds are sprinkled into the soil and can be lightly raked in to ensure germination.

This mix of native grasses and wildflowers typically grows to a height of 3 to 7 feet. Please note that several factors can affect overall height. These factors include sunlight, hydrology and overall soil health.