Pollinator Garden Starter Pack - 18 pots (3")

$112.00

Can’t be shipped.

This Garden Starter Pack includes 18 plants, a garden design, and instructions for planting and maintenance. The design and instructions are available here.

The Pollinator Starter Pack includes a selection of sun-loving plants that attract bees and butterflies and provide food for pollinator larvae and caterpillars. The plants can be used to create a small pollinator garden or added into existing landscaping. Most of the species form tidy clumps, similar to the perennials commonly used in traditional garden beds.

This collection includes both nectar plants for adult pollinators and host plants for caterpillars. Pussytoes support Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars, Milkweed supports Monarch caterpillars, and the grasses and sedges provide food for skipper butterfly larvae. In late summer, Meadow Blazing Star blooms and attracts monarchs feeding on nectar—often drawing many butterflies at once!

One Starter Pack will fill an area of about 6 × 6 feet. For a larger garden with more blooms throughout the season, you can combine two or three Starter Packs to create a bigger planting.

Great native garden choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Details

Perennials
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Dry
Height: 10 inches - 5 feet
Blooms: May - October
Spacing: Plant each plant about 12″ apart
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds

Size: 18-pot tray, 3” pots

Can’t be shipped.

This Garden Starter Pack includes 18 plants, a garden design, and instructions for planting and maintenance. The design and instructions are available here.

The Pollinator Starter Pack includes a selection of sun-loving plants that attract bees and butterflies and provide food for pollinator larvae and caterpillars. The plants can be used to create a small pollinator garden or added into existing landscaping. Most of the species form tidy clumps, similar to the perennials commonly used in traditional garden beds.

This collection includes both nectar plants for adult pollinators and host plants for caterpillars. Pussytoes support Painted Lady butterfly caterpillars, Milkweed supports Monarch caterpillars, and the grasses and sedges provide food for skipper butterfly larvae. In late summer, Meadow Blazing Star blooms and attracts monarchs feeding on nectar—often drawing many butterflies at once!

One Starter Pack will fill an area of about 6 × 6 feet. For a larger garden with more blooms throughout the season, you can combine two or three Starter Packs to create a bigger planting.

Great native garden choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!

Details

Perennials
Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium, Dry
Height: 10 inches - 5 feet
Blooms: May - October
Spacing: Plant each plant about 12″ apart
Zones: 3-8
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators, Birds

Size: 18-pot tray, 3” pots

Plants included:

Flowers:
1 Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
1 Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
1 Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius)
1 Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
1 Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
2 Blanket Flower (Gaillardia aristata)
1 Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)
2 Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis)
1 Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
1 Prairie Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
1 Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
2 Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

Grasses and Sedges:
1 Rosy Sedge (Carex rosea)
1 Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
1 Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparius)

Design Tips:

  • You can use these plants to plant a new 6ft x 6ft pollinator garden or you can add them to an existing gardens or landscaping.

  • We recommend completely removing any weeds or lawn grass before adding 3” of wood mulch (not included). Wood mulch reduces weeds, reduces watering to just 3-5 times the first year, and nearly doubles plant growth—well worth the extra work and cost.