🐝 What’s in Your Native Seed Packet?

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A hardy perennial with striking purple petals and a raised cone center. It’s a pollinator favorite, providing nectar for bees and butterflies and seeds for goldfinches in winter.

Bloom Time: Mid-summer to early fall

Light Requirements: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Average, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Seeds benefit from 30 days of cold stratification before spring sowing.

Pollinator Notes: Excellent for butterflies, native bees, and seed-eating birds..

A bright orange wildflower and a vital host for monarch butterflies. Once established, it’s drought-tolerant and thrives in lean soil.

Bloom Time: Early to mid-summer

Light Requirements: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Sandy or well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Requires 30 days of cold moist stratification for best germination.

Pollinator Notes: Attracts monarchs, swallowtails, and native bees.

A hardy, long-lived perennial that adds vivid blue-purple color to late spring gardens. Upright flower spikes rise above attractive blue-green foliage that stays lush through summer. A member of the pea family, it improves soil by fixing nitrogen and thrives in heat and drought once established.

Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer

Soil Preferences: Medium to dry, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Sow in fall or after cold stratification

Pollinator Notes: Attracts bumblebees and other early pollinators

Cheerful golden-yellow flowers that bloom over a long season. This native is easy to grow and reseeds readily for a naturalized look.

Bloom Time: Late spring through mid-summer

Light Requirements: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Tolerates dry or rocky soil

Propagation Tips: Direct sow in fall or early spring; self-seeds easily once established.

Pollinator Notes: Excellent nectar source for bees and small butterflies.

A graceful native grass with blue-green summer foliage that turns coppery red in fall. Provides winter cover and seeds for birds.

Bloom Time: Late summer

Light Requirements: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Dry to medium, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Sow in fall or after cold stratification. Does not tolerate heavy, wet soil.

Pollinator Notes: Supports skipper butterfly larvae and provides nesting material for native bees.

A tall, late-blooming perennial with vibrant purple flowers. Essential for late-season pollinators and a favorite nectar source for migrating monarchs.

Bloom Time: Late summer through frost

Light Requirements: Full sun

Soil Preferences: Moist to medium, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Sow in fall or cold stratify for 60 days before spring planting.

Pollinator Notes: Provides nectar for monarchs, bumblebees, and native bees.

Fragrant lavender-pink blooms attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees in midsummer. Its aromatic leaves resist deer and add herbal fragrance to garden paths. A hardy native that thrives in full sun and dry to medium soil.

Bloom Time: Mid- to late summer

Soil Preferences: Dry to medium, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Divide established clumps every 2–3 years to refresh growth

Pollinator Notes: Attracts hummingbirds, long-tongued bees, and swallowtail butterflies

An elegant native wildflower with tall stems and drooping pink petals surrounding a bronze cone. Its deep roots make it drought-tolerant and perfect for sunny, well-drained sites. Long-lasting blooms draw native bees and butterflies all summer.

Bloom Time: Late spring to midsummer

Soil Preferences: Dry to medium, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Sow seeds outdoors in fall for natural cold stratification

Pollinator Notes: Attracts bees, swallowtails, and skippers; seeds feed finches in fallit.

A vibrant, late-blooming goldenrod that provides crucial nectar when few other flowers remain. Its tall yellow spikes brighten gardens from August through October without spreading aggressively.

Bloom Time: Late summer to fall

Soil Preferences: Dry to medium, well-drained soil

Propagation Tips: Sow seeds in fall or early spring; divide clumps every few years

Pollinator Notes: Vital late-season food source for monarchs, bees, and butterflies