If you received a seed packet from Wild Ones Greater Cleveland, you can use the table below to find your species’ germination code. Prairie Moon Nursery lists germination codes for species not listed below. Return to our seed guide for further instructions.
| Common name | Botanical name | Height | Color | Bloom time | Germination code | Light | Soil |
| Eastern blue star | Amsonia tabernaemontana | 3′ | Blue | Apr to Jun | C(60) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium |
| Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 4′ | Pink | Jun to Aug | C(30) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium |
| Prairie milkweed | Asclepias sullivantii | 3′ | Pink | Jun to Aug | C(30) | Full sun | Medium-wet to medium |
| Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 4′ | Pink | Jun to Aug | C (30) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to dry |
| Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | 1-2′ | Orange | Jun to Jul | C (30) | Full sun | Dry, well-drained |
| White false indigo | Baptisia alba | 4′ | White | Jun to Jul | C (10), H, I | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium |
| Blue false indigo | Baptisia australis | 4′ | Blue | May to Jul | C(10), H, I | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium |
| Hairy wood mint | Blephilia hirsuta | 3′ | White | Jun to Sep | C(60) | Part sun to full shade | Medium-wet to medium |
| Lanceleaf coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | 2′ | Yellow | May to Aug | C(3)0 | Full | Medium-dry to dry |
| Purple coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 4′ | Golden red-purple | Jul to Sep | A | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium-dry |
| Rattlesnake master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 4′ | White | Jul to Sep | C (60) | Full sun | Dry to medium-dry |
| Joe Pye weed | Eutrochium maculatum | 5′ | Pink | Jul to Sep | C(30), D | Full to partial sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Queen of the prairie | Filipendula rubra | 5′ | Pink | Jul to Aug | C(90) | Full sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Blanket flower | Gailardia aristata | 2′ | Red and yellow | Jun to Sep | A | Full sun | Medium to medium-dry |
| Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | 4′ | Yellow | Aug to Oct | A, D | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Ashy sunflower | Helianthus mollis | 5′ | Yellow | Aug to Sep | C(30) | Full to part sun | Medium, medium-dry |
| False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | 5′ | Yellow | Jun to Sep | C(30) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium-dry |
| Swamp rose mallow/marsh mallow | Hibiscus moscheutos | 5′ | White, pink | Jul to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Blue flag iris | Iris versicolor | 3′ | Blue, purple | May to Jul | C(120), M | Full to part sun | Wet to medium |
| Dense blazing star | Liatris spicata | 5′ | Purple | Jul to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium |
| Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | 4′ | Red | Jul to Sep | C(60), D | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Allegheny monkeyflower | Mimulus ringens | 3′ | Purple | Jun to Sep | C(90) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to wet |
| Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 4′ | Purple | Jun to Sep | A | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to dry |
| Stiff goldenrod | Oligoneuron rigidum | 4′ | Yellow | Aug to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Floxglove beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 4′ | White | Jun to Jul | C(30) | Full to part sun | Medium to medium-dry |
| Obedient plant | Physostegia virginiana | 4′ | Pink | Aug to Sep | C(60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium |
| Clustered mountain mint | Pycnanthemum muticum | 3′ | Pinkish white | Jul to Aug | A | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium-dry |
| Yellow coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 5′ | Yellow | Jul to Sep | C (30) | Full to part sun | Medium to medium-dry |
| Wild petunia | Ruellia caroliniensis | 1′ | Purple | Jun to Sep | C (30) | Part to full shade | Medium-wet to medium-dry |
| Royal catchfly | Silene regia | 4′ | Red | Jul to Aug | C (60) | Full to part sun | Medium to medium-dry |
| Compass plant | Silphium laciniatum | 8′ | Yellow | Jul to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to dry |
| New England aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 5′ | Purple | Aug to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-dry |
| Wingstem | Verbesina alternifolia | 8′ | Yellow | Jul to Oct | C (30) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium |
| Ironweed | Vernonia fasciculata | 6′ | Purple | Jul to Sep | C (60) | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to wet |
| Culver’s root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 5′ | White | Jun to Aug | A, D | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to medium-dry |
| Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 7′ | Blue-green grass in summer, gold and pink in winter | Blue-green grass in summer, gold and pink in winter | A | Full to part sun | Medium-wet to dry |
| Hop sedge | Carex lupulina | 3′ | Green grass blades | June to Aug | C (60) | Full to part sun | Wet to medium-wet |
| Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 3′ | Blue-green grass in summer, golden in winter | Jul to Oct | A | Full to part sun | Medium to dry |
| Indian grass | Sorgastrum nutans | 6′ | Green grass blades | Aug to Sep | A | Full to part sun | Medium to dry |