Shady Pollinator Garden & Pine/Spruce Understory Garden Kit

Part Sun to Shade (4 hrs. morning or afternoon sun) – Average to Dry Soil 

Create a lush sanctuary for pollinators, even in the shady parts of your garden, with our Shady Pollinator Garden Native Plant Kit. This collection of native plants is designed to thrive in low-light conditions while attracting and supporting a variety of pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Now you can also select our Dry Pine/Spruce Understory option—perfect for shady planting sites beneath mature pine or spruce trees where soils tend to be dry and root competition is high. We will carefully select native species from the list below that are well-suited to grow and thrive in pine and spruce understory conditions, providing dependable pollinator habitat even in challenging dry shade environments. Species with an asterisk are suitable for this site.

From the list below our specialists will select up to 7 vibrant wildflowers and 2 hardy grasses that will flourish in your yard! Mini Garden Kits have 5 flowers and 1 grass species.

*suitable for dry pine/spruce understory

SHORT FLOWERS

Prairie Alumroot*

Purple Avens

Pussytoes*

MEDIUM FLOWERS

Columbine*

Golden Alexander

Hairy Wood Mint

Large-Leaved Aster*

Mountain Mint

Pearly Everlasting

Short’s Aster*

Thimbleweed*

Zig Zag* or Hairy Goldenrod*

TALL FLOWERS

Blue Giant Hyssop or Purple Giant Hyssop

False Sunflower

Flat Top Aster

Lindley’s or Calico Aster

SHORT GRASSES

Plains Oval Sedge*

MEDIUM GRASSES

Caterpillar Sedge

TALL GRASSES

Bottlebrush Grass*

Canada Wild Rye*

Fringed Brome