Orange Butterfly Milkweed
A must-have for any butterfly enthusiast looking to support monarchs and other critical wildlife species. This stunning native plant features clusters of vibrant yellow to bright orange flowers, providing a splash of color that attracts monarchs, queen butterflies, and a host of other pollinators.
Grayleaf Goldenrod
Known for its gray-downy stems and bright yellow flowers, grayleaf goldenrod extends the blooming season for your pollinator garden, providing critical late-season nectar for monarchs and other pollinators. These plants thrive in full sun and well-drained soil, making them ideal for a variety of garden settings.
Smooth Blue Aster
Boasting a profusion of lavender-blue flowers that bloom late into the fall, this aster's smooth leaves distinguish it from others. Its beautiful late-blooming flowers are a magnet for pollinators, attracting a variety of bees and butterflies. It serves as a host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies.
The monarch butterfly pollinator kits support the full lifecycle of monarch butterflies. Each kit contains one milkweed species, a host plant for monarch caterpillars, and two nectar plant species for adult butterflies. Kits include keystone species, such as goldenrod and aster, to provide vital resources. Plant in a sunny location for blooms from late spring through fall.
Learn more about each regional monarch collection:
Monarch Munchables
This collection, designed for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S., provides food for monarch caterpillars and nectar for adult monarch butterflies. The kit contains, orange butterfly milkweed, grayleaf goldenrod, and smooth blue aster with blooms from late spring through fall to support monarchs across multiple seasons.
Monarch Munchies
This collection, designed for the Southeastern U.S., supports monarch butterflies with essential plants like snowy milkweed, sweet goldenrod, and calico aster. These native perennials provide crucial food and nectar for monarchs and other pollinators, enhancing garden biodiversity from summer to fall.
Western Monarch Revival
Support Western Monarch butterflies with this collection featuring three native, drought-tolerant perennials that provide essential caterpillar host plants and nectar-rich blooms for monarchs and other pollinators from spring through fall. Includes showy milkweed, blanketflower, and prairie goldenrod.
Orange Butterfly Milkweed
A must-have for any butterfly enthusiast looking to support monarchs and other critical wildlife species. This stunning native plant features clusters of vibrant yellow to bright orange flowers, providing a splash of color that attracts monarchs, queen butterflies, and a host of other pollinators.
Great Blue Lobelia
Features vibrant blue tubular flowers that bloom from late summer to early fall, offering a late-season nectar source when many other plants have stopped blooming. This native perennial is highly adaptable to various garden environments, thriving in full sun, part shade, or full shade light conditions, and challenging soil conditions.
Eastern Columbine
Known for its showy pink and yellow flowers, eastern columbine is striking addition to shady or full shade spaces. It is a good ground cover or climber, ideal on fence, trellis, or arches. An early bloomer, it will provide nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other wildlife through the spring and early summer.
