This kit is suited to locations with frequent moist soil, and may require watering in dryer locations. It is filled with Michigan native wildflowers and grasses including:
- Switch Grass or Fox Sedge, feathery foliage plants whose tough roots control erosion at the garden inlet,
- Joe Pye Weed, tall, dramatic, favorite of pollinators,
- Swamp Milkweed, Monarch host plant,
- Turtlehead, white flowers add texture and bumblebees bees crawl right inside,
- Marsh Blazingstar, dramatic stalks of flowers for color, texture, and winter interest,
- Aster (New England, Shining, or Flat-Topped), keystone plant for late-season or migrating pollinators with exuberant flowers,
- Bog Goldenrod, keystone host plant with artful golden flowers, insect-pollinated
- Great Blue Lobelia, tall stalks of artful flowers,
- Wild Blue Iris, large, dramatic, early bloomers,
- Blue Vervain, tall graceful flowers enjoyed by butterflies
- Monkey Flower, loose foliage with a tropical feel and orchid-like purple flowers
Kit will contain 2 to 5 of each plant for groups of color and texture.
This kit includes 38 plugs that fill 50 square feet at 1 foot spacing with an 8" border- a 5'x10' bed; or up to 86 square feet at 1.5 sq. ft. spacing - a 6'x14' bed.
Comes with a planting guide. Each plant is individually tagged for identification and all tags include height so you can alter the layout to suit your space.