HIGH DESERT SEED MIXES
for Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico at elevation range 3,000' - 5,500'
8-12 inches precipitation and summer rain
11 % Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mt Bee Plant) |
11 % Engelmannia peristenia (Engelmann Daisy) |
11 % Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy) |
11 % Gaillarida pulchella (Indian Blanket) |
11 % Linum perenne lewisii (Blue Flax) |
11 % Ratibida columnifera pulchra (Mexican Hat) |
10 % Penstemon palmeri (Palmer Penstemon) |
8 % Thelesperma filifolium (Greenthread) |
5 % Machaeranthera tanacetifolia (Tansy Aster) |
4 % Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover) |
3 % Penstemon parryi (Parry's Beardtingue) |
2 % Penstemon eatonii (Firecracker Penstemon) |
1 % Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains Coreopsis) |
1 % Penstemon speciosus (Showy Beardtongue) |
37.5 % Achnatherum hymenoides (Indian Ricegrass) |
25 % Bouteloua gracilis (Blue Grama) |
15 % Poa secunda (Sandberg Bluegrass) |
10 % Bouteloua curtipendula (Side Oats Grama) |
5 % Sporobolus cryptandrus (Sand Dropseed) |
2.5 % Elymus elymoides (Bottlebrush Squirreltail) |
2.5 % Pleuraphis jamesii (Galleta) |
2.5 % Sporobolus airoides (Alkali Sacaton) |