Perennials Natives--- Grown in 4 ½” deep color-coded pots, 10 count trays. 

More is more when it comes to pollinator habitat, so we buffed our native selection to give you and your insect friends more options.  If the goal is to have a number of different items blooming at any given time, planting multiple species in a genus is a great way to extend the season.  Thus, our 2026 list contains two more Echinaceas, two wild strawberries, a couple of new blazing stars, another mountain mint, several more baptisias, another monarda, another anise hyssop, a tall coreopsis and more. Whenever possible, we tried to add a smaller species in the same genus to better fit a city-sized yard. 

Pollinator habitat advocates recommend the 3x3 guideline to support your local bees and butterflies. That’s three (or more) natives that bloom in each of three seasons. (spring, summer, autumn) You already know there are multitudes of native choices available for summer; be sure to check out our asters, solidagos (goldenrods), the lovely golden daisy-like chrysopsis, and chelone (turtleheads) to provide pollen as the days grow shorter.  Showy early bloomers like Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) are familiar, but more subtle natives like Pasque Flower and Zizia (Golden Alexanders) are also important early-season pollen producers.  Remind folks that larger groupings of fewer varieties will make it easier for the pollinators to find them than the “one of everything” look. We get that establishing a native planting can be an exercise in patience for folks used to the instant gratification of annuals, so our natives are tough, well-rooted, and ready to go, as most of them are already at least one year old.

The larger horticulture marketing world is coming to see the importance of planting natives; thus, a Pycanthemum (Mountain Mint) is the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2025. So we’ve added Clustered Mountain Mint (think broad silvery foliage rather than the needle leaves of much of its genus). To add a little “Yass Queen” sass to your rain garden or that mini wetland where the downspout drains out, check out big bold Filipendula rubra (Queen of the Prairie). And if there was one plant people asked me about this summer, it was Hypericum kalmianum, a showy shrub related to St. Johnswort, so we’re growing a crop. It's hundreds of golden spikey sea urchin blooms that attract humans and bees! Speaking of showy shrubs, don’t forget Button Bush (Cephalanthus)! New last year.  One flowering tree can provide as much forage as a small garden, and a shrub can too.

Declaration of Net Contents 1.01 qt (956 ml)