Native Plant Kit Sale - The sale has closed for 2018

Native plant kits take the guess work out of creating your native plant garden. Get a selection of tried and true native plants to create your own pollinator garden, shade garden, or rain garden.
Kit info:
50 plants per kit - (5 plugs of each species)
$120.00 per kit +  tax

Orders and payment are due by April 16th.
Pick up plant kits in Noblesville on May 11th. 

Scroll down to see the kit offerings and details.

Plugs should be planted at least 1 ft apart (50 sq. ft. garden). 16 -18 inches apart will allow them plenty of room as they mature and your plants to cover a larger area.
How to order:
Orders were due April 16. Visit the Sourcing Native Plants page of our website to learn about other native plant purchasing opportunities!
Please note - species listed are subject to availability.  Some species could be substituted if necessary.
Native Plant Kit Pick Up:
Pre-ordered plant kits will be available for pick up on Friday May 11th from the Llama Barn on the 4-H Fairgrounds in Noblesville. You will recieve a reminder email with additional details the week of the pick up.
 
Native Plant Kit Offerings:
Pollinator Garden Kit:
Butterflyweed*
Golden Alexanders
Blue False Indigo
Common Milkweed*
Purple Coneflower
Blazing Star
Prairie Dropseed
Wild Bergamont/Beebalm
New england aster
Showy Goldenrod
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This kit features plants that are great for pollinators like bees, birds, and butterflies. A variety of heights (1-5 ft), flower shape, and color make this kit practical and beautiful for your landscape!

Providing pollinator habitat will make your yard an oasis for pollinators and for you!

These plants will thrive in full sun.
Rain Garden Kit:
Beardtounge
Fox Sedge
Culver's Root
Blazing Star
Marsh Milkweed*
Purple Coneflower
Cardinal Flower
Turtlehead
Riddell's Goldenrod
Bottle Gentian
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Rain gardens are special native plant gardens that capture rainwater draining from your property (usually from your roof/downspouts). Rain gardens allow the water to soak back into the ground (cleaning it) instead of running off into stormwater drains. Learn more about rain gardens here.

​This kit is great for creating rain gardens and bioswales or for planting in wet areas of your yard in full/part sun.
Shade Garden Kit:
Golden Alexanders
Beardtounge
Culver's Root
Ohio Spiderwort
American Beak Grass
Whorled Milkweed*
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Inland Sea Oats
Blue Stemmed Goldenrod
Bottle Gentian
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Shady areas can be notoriously hard to deal with but there are a variety of native plants that will thrive in shady locations. This kit features some of those plants and is also great for pollinators.

This kit is great for your part sun/shade areas.
* Monarch Habitat– The iconic Monarch butterfly is threatened by extinction! We can help by providing the habitat they require to survive. Did you know that monarchs require milkweed species to feed and reproduce? By providing milkweed in our gardens, we can help sustain Monarch populations as they migrate.

Species below with a * are milkweed species-- critical for Monarchs!
Native Plant Kit Planting Plans

Coming soon!

These plans are just a suggestion. Feel free to make adjustments based on your planting site. Generally, plant taller plants in the back (refer to height column on planting plan) and plant each species as a clump when able.
Not sure which kit is best for your property? 
Contact the SWCD or type the plant name into the LBJ Wildflower Center website to learn all about a particular native.
Learn more about natives from the
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society!