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!
*suitable for dry pine/spruce understory
SHORT FLOWERS
Pussytoes*
Purple Avens
Prairie Alumroot*
MEDIUM FLOWERS
Pearly Everlasting
Thimbleweed*
Columbine*
Hairy Wood Mint
Large-Leaved Aster*
Mountain Mint
Zig Zag* or Hairy Goldenrod*
Short’s Aster*
Golden Alexander
TALL FLOWERS
Blue Giant Hyssop or Purple Giant Hyssop
Flat Top Aster
False Sunflower
Lindley’s or Calico*
SHORT GRASSES
Plains Oval Sedge*
MEDIUM GRASSES
Caterpillar Sedge
TALL GRASSES
Fringed Brome
Bottlebrush Grass*
Canada Wild Rye*
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!
*suitable for dry pine/spruce understory
SHORT FLOWERS
Pussytoes*
Purple Avens
Prairie Alumroot*
MEDIUM FLOWERS
Pearly Everlasting
Thimbleweed*
Columbine*
Hairy Wood Mint
Large-Leaved Aster*
Mountain Mint
Zig Zag* or Hairy Goldenrod*
Short’s Aster*
Golden Alexander
TALL FLOWERS
Blue Giant Hyssop or Purple Giant Hyssop
Flat Top Aster
False Sunflower
Lindley’s or Calico*
SHORT GRASSES
Plains Oval Sedge*
MEDIUM GRASSES
Caterpillar Sedge
TALL GRASSES
Fringed Brome
Bottlebrush Grass*
Canada Wild Rye*
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