Hummingbird Gardens
Calling all bird lovers! Consider planting multiple small gardens because of the territorial nature of male hummingbirds. This way, you can enjoy the fun of watching the male hummingbird guard his territory.
Each Hummingbird Garden comes with a variety of native wildflowers. Choose your garden based on soil type. Enhancement packages available for custom orders of already established gardens!
For average garden soil:
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
3 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
3 Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
3 Coneflower, Narrow-leaf Echinacea angustifolia
3 Coneflower, Pale Purple Echinacea pallida
3 Coneflower, Purple Echinacea purpurea
3 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
1 New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
2 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
5 Royal Catchfly Silene regia
3 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
3 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
3 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
Total plants 38
For wet site:
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
5 Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
3 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
3 Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
3 Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
3 Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
3 Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
3 Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
3 Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa
3 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
3 Turtlehead Chelone glabra
3 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Total plants 38
*All plants and seed sales are based on availability. Please check with our nursery for specific species availability.
Butterfly Gardens
These gardens are designed to attract butterflies and other insects! Wonder where all those beautiful little butterflies went? Try planting butterfly host species, specific flowers that certain butterflies need in order to feed, and watch the magic of metamorphosis happen! These gardens attract pollinators with their diverse color schemes. Choose your garden based on height as well as desire to attracts specific butterflies!
Package 1 (Monarchs and Swallowtails) Medium range of height from 1'-4' Choose this garden for smaller spaces and/or if a not so "weedy" looking garden design is desired.
3 Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
3 Blazingstar, Meadow Liatris ligulistylis
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
3 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
3 Coneflower, Pale Purple Echinacea pallida
3 Coneflower, Purple Echinacea purpurea
3 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
3 Goldenrod, Showy Solidago Speciosa
3 Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
3 Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata
3 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
3 Lead Plant Amorpha canescens
1 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
1 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Total plants 38
Package 2 (Attracts a diverse species of butterflies including Swallowtails) Slightly taller groups of prairie natives including two grass species. 2'-6' height potential
2 Aster, New Endland Aster novae-angliae
3 Blazingstar, Button Liatris aspera
3 Blazingstar, Meadow Liatris ligulistylis
3 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
3 Coneflower, Narrow-leaf Echinacea angustifolia
3 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
3 Goldenrod, Stiff Solidago rigida
2 Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
3 Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
3 Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa
3 Sweet Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
3 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
2 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
2 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
Total plants 38
Package 3 (Monarch and Swallowtail) Taller grasses included in this package for a more dramatic back drop than Package 1. This is a really great choice along fences and borders! 2'-6' height potential1
Aster, New Endland Aster novae-angliae
3 Aster, Smooth Blue Aster laevis
2 Blazingstar, Button Liatris aspera
3 Blazingstar, Meadow Liatris ligulistylis
3 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
2 Coneflower, Purple Echinacea purpurea
3 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
3 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
2 Goldenrod, Showy Solidago Speciosa
1 Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
3 Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa
3 Spiderwort, Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis
3 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
2 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
1 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
1 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
2 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Total plants 38
*All plants and seed sales are based on availability. Please check with our nursery for specific species availability.
Rain Gardens
Have a wet area that never seems to drain well? These gardens are designed with the intention of letting the natives be your run-off water catchers from sidewalks, driveways or house gutters preventing soil erosion. They also work very well in landscaping lower lying, wet areas of a yard and on the lower sides of hillscapes where soil tends to wash away.
Package 1 (Good color variety throughout the year)
3 Alumroot Heuchera richardsonii
3 Aster, Smooth Blue Aster laevis
3 Blazingstar, Meadow Liatris ligulistylis
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
3 Coneflower, Pale Purple Echinacea pallida
3 Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum
1 Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
3 Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum
1 Rosin Weed Silphium integrifolium
3 Spiderwort, Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis
3 Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
1 Sweet Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
1 Wild Indigo, White Baptisia leucantha
3 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
1 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
3 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Total plants 38
Package 2 (Reds, blues, purples, and white. A very fragrant package.)
1 Aster, New Endland Aster novae-angliae
3 Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
3 Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
2 Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata
3 Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
3 Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
3 Prairie Phlox Phlox pilosa
3 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
2 Rosin Weed Silphium integrifolium
4 Spiderwort, Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis
2 Sweet Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
3 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
3 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium
2 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
1 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
Total plants 38
Package 3 (Color concentration of yellow, blue, purple and white)
2 Aster, New Endland Aster novae-angliae
4 Blazingstar, Meadow Liatris ligulistylis
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
3 Blue Flag Iris Iris virginica shrevei
3 Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis
3 Coneflower, Purple Echinacea purpurea
3 Coneflower, Yellow Ratibida pinnata
3 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
3 Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
3 Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata
3 Turtlehead Chelone glabra
2 Wild Indigo, White Baptisia leucantha
1 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
2 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
Total plants 38
*All plants and seed sales are based on availability. Please check with our nursery for specific species availability.
Prairie Garden
Prairie Gardens for a full season of blooms! Each of these flats contain species that will provide a garden with flowers throughout the entire year. Prairie Gardens enhance soils, provide beautiful color while attracting butterflies and hummingbirds and are very low maintenance!
Package 1 (Garden that will surely attract butterflies and hummingbirds, smell lovely and not look unkempt or weedy. Height range of 1'-5')
3 Aster, Smooth Blue Aster laevis
3 Blazingstar, ButtonLiatris aspera
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
3 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
3 Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum
3 Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata
3 Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum
3 Purple Prairie Clover Petalostemum purpureum
3 Spiderwort, Prairie Tradescantia bracteata
3 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
3 Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
3 Wild Indigo, Cream Baptisia leucophaea
1 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
1 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Total plants 38
Package 2 (Good backyard option along fences and other dividing lines. Height potential of 2'-7'
2 Aster, New Endland Aster novae-angliae
3 Coneflower, Pale Purple Echinacea pallida
3 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
3 Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
2 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium
3 Spiderwort, Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis
2 Sweet Blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa
2 Wild Indigo, Blue Baptisia australis
2 Wild Indigo, White Baptisia leucantha
3 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium
4 Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius
2 Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii
3 Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans
4 Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Total plants 38
Package 3 (No grass option that will tolerate partial shade. Height potential from 1'-5')
3 Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
2 Blazingstar, Button Liatris aspera
3 Blazingstar, Prairie Liatris pycnostachya
2 Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
3 Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis
3 Coneflower, Narrow-leaf Echinacea angustifolia
3 Coneflower, Purple Echinacea purpurea
3 Coneflower, Yellow Ratibida pinnata
3 Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum
3 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea
5 Jacob's Ladder Polemonium reptans
5 Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis
Total plants 38
*All plants and seed sales are based on availability. Please check with our nursery for specific species availability.
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