Seed Mixes

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The following seed mixes are Genesis Nursery's current offerings. Our mixes are modeled on northern Illinois plant communities, native and anthropogenic. Our mixes are not copyrighted and are available for your projects as is or modified. We also offer advice on modifying our mixes for your project, and welcome yours. Below you will find links to our current mixes downloadable by habitat. Below the links are the mixes contained within each habitat. If you click on the mix name you will be able to download a PDF of the mix with its species acronyms, c-values, bloom-times, flower colors, and seed counts. Excel versions of these mixes are available to qualified persons upon request.

Full Sun Upland Prairie

Native Green Roof Seed Mix	Lake Michigan Bluff Seed Mix	Lo Pro Dry Prairie Grasses
Lo Pro Dry Prairie with Flowers	Broad Spectrum Prairie	Lo Pro Dry Mesic Prairie w/Flowers
Lo Pro Dry Mesic Prairie Grasses	Lo Pro EZ Prairie	Forbs with Lo Pro Prairie Grasses
Tall Mesic Prairie Grasses	Tall Mesic Prairie w/Flower	Lo Pro Mesic Prairie Grasses
Lo Pro Mesic Prairie w/Flowers	Lo Pro Dry Mesic Prairie w/TALL Flowers

Full Sun Wet Prairies

Wet Mesic Prairie Grasses	Wet Mesic Prairie w/Flowers	Lo Pro Wet Mesic Prairie Grasses
Lo Pro Wet Mesic Prairie w/Flowers	Wet Meadow w/Flowers

Prairie for Clay Soils
Lo Pro Prairie for Clay Soils	Broad Spectrum Prairie for Clay Soils	Blonde Clay Seed Mix
Tall Mesic Prairie for Clay Soils	Wet Mesic Prairie for Clay Soils

Detention/Urban Disturbed Wetlands

Urban Wetland/Floodplain Seed	Sedge Ghetto TNG	Tough Native Shoreline
Native Grassy Detention Mix	Native Lo Pro Detention/Floodplain Mix	Native Diverse Detention
Salt Tolerant Wetland/Detention	Lo Pro Salt Tolerant Wetland/Detention

Full Sun Wetlands

Emergent Seed Mix (Dry)	Emergent Seed Mix (Wet)	Emergent Shoreline Wet Meadow Grasses
Urban Sedge Meadow	Mesic to Wet Stormwater Swale	Lo Pro Emergent Shoreline w/Flowers
Shoreline Wet Edge	Vegetative Drainage Swale	Streamside Wetland
Lo Pro Emergent Shoreline Wet Meadow Grasses		Lo Pro Vegetative Drainage Swale
Emergent Shoreline Wet Meadow w/Flowers		Ground Water Wetland

Savannas & Tree Planting Areas

Tall Grass Mesic Prairie Savanna	Dry Mesic Savanna Grasses	Dry Mesic Savanna w/Flowers
Wet Savanna Grasses	Lo Pro Dry Mesic Savanna w/Flowers	Lo Pro Dry Mesic Savanna Grasses
Wet Savanna w/ Flowers	Lo Pro Wet Savanna Grasses	Lo Pro Wet Savanna w/Flowers

Erosion Control & Streambanks

Slope/Streambank Grasses	Streambank Stabilization Mix	Shaded Streambank Mix
Dry Slope Mix

Annuals, Conservation & Plateau™

Upland Nurse Crop	CRP Forbs for Dry, Sandy, or Gravelly Soils
Savanna Nurse Crop	CRP Forb Mix for Mesic to Dry Mesic Soils
Wetland Nurse Crop	Plateau™ Post-emergent Prairie w/ "Annuals
Plateau™/Journey™ Pre-emergent Prairie w/ "Annuals" Seed		Kathy's Bloomers (an annuals mix)

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