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yard to prairie grasses and wildflowers #906286

Asked June 18, 2025, 2:48 PM EDT

some years back large patches of grass began dying due to beetle larvae? eating the roots. I tried to overseed with dutch red and white clover (which I think the birds enjoyed) but what grew was definitely not clover. I want to overseed about 1000sq ft with Heart-leaved Alexanders, White and purple Prairie Clover, Smooth Blue Aster, American Pasqueflower, and Prairie Dropseed. These are all MN natives that hope will take root in the full sun portion of my front yard. Can I just cast the seeds this fall and hope? Do you think this is feasible and also an OK thing to do. I have plenty of bee balm, common milkweed, sedum, bleeding hearts and hostas already. I put a few big bluestems on the boulevard and would like to add some perennial wildflowers, hence the Aster and Pasqueflower. Please advise to reduce the chance I just waste money in a vain effort to not mow. Thank you for the consideration. I would be happy to have a conversation. cheers,

Hennepin County Minnesota

Expert Response

Thank you for writing. 
There are several good options for you. 
This is the best:
https://extension.umn.edu/landscape-design/planting-and-maintaining-bee-lawn

https://northerngardener.org/bee-lawn/

Metroblooms has workshops, on-line, and consulting landscaping for this. https://metroblooms.org/  Highly recommend them.

https://beelab.umn.edu/bee-lawn

Start with 1,3 and come back to me if you have more or specific questions

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