Native Plants Kits: 38 Michigan Native Plants, 3" Plugs With Garden Design Included. https://therouge.org/store/pick-up-native-plant-kits/
Pick up is at Southfield Beechwood Park, May 22, 1-4 PM.
Plant kits take the difficulty out of using native plants! Each plant kit contains 38 Michigan genotype 3" native plant plugs. Each kit also comes with a recommended design layout. All you need to do is prepare the planting bed, follow the layout, plant, water (got rain barrel?) and enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW? You can get a discount by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details. $65.00 - $131.00
Plant kits take the difficulty out of using native plants! Each plant kit contains 38 Michigan genotype 3" native plant plugs. Each kit also comes with a recommended design layout. All you need to do is prepare the planting bed, follow the layout, plant, water (got rain barrel?) and enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW? You can get a discount by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.
Buy 2 at $106.00 each
Buy 3 or more at $103.00 each
Each kit contains 38 Michigan native plants of various habitats
Each plant species is labeled.
Each kit is suitable for covering about 65 square feet (if planted on 18” centers).
Blooms from spring to fall
KIT CONTENTS
The grower reserves the right to make substitutions from the lists provided below as needed based on available supply. The plant lists below should be considered conceptual.
WILDFLOWER KIT FOR BUTTERFLIES, MONARCHS, BEES, AND OTHER POLLINATORS
Up to 16 different species.
Varying height flowers add both beauty and wildlife benefits
Includes nectar and host plants for native butterflies
Flowers may include: showy goldenrod, grey-headed coneflower, early sunflower, swamp milkweed, smooth blue aster, purple coneflower, bergamot, blue/hoary vervain, sky blue aster, mountain mint, butterfly weed, whorled milkweed, black-eyed-susan, sand tickseed, and wild petunia
URBAN GARDEN KIT
Small plants for small urban spaces. Plants max out at ~3 ft in height
Great for dry, sunny places, though a few plants will do well in part-sun.
Black eyed Susan, Prairie smoke, wild petunia, hairy beardtongue, sand tickseed, butterfly weed, Whorled milkweed, wild strawberry, showy coneflower, hairy goldenrod, and sky blue aster
SHADE KIT
Bottle brush grass, big leaf aster, thimbleweed, joe pye, woodland sunflower, heart-leaf aster, bishops cap, spikenard, culver’s root, ironweed, white snakeroot, hairy beardstongue, poke milkweed and more.
RAIN GARDEN KIT
Plants that can handle being underwater for 24-48 hours, and also drought periods between storms
Switch grass, brown fox sedge, blue lobelia, cardinal, joe pye, boneset, hibiscus, tall coreopsis, ironweed, swamp milkweed, Riddell’s goldenrod, new England aster, sneezeweed, Iris, monkey flower, etc
GRASS KIT
Big bluestem, Indian, Switch, Canada wild rye, brown fox sedge, little bluestem, side-oats grama, prairie dropseed, june grass, Pennsylvania sedge
WETLAND KIT
Switch grass, green rush, fox sedge, swamp milkweed, joe pye weed, boneset, turtlehead, blue lobelia, cardinal flower, ironweed, monkey flower, marsh blazingstar, smooth swamp asterisk.
Each kit contains 38 Michigan native plants of various habitats
Each plant species is labeled.
Each kit is suitable for covering about 65 square feet (if planted on 18” centers).
Blooms from spring to fall
