MAEE's 2025 Native Plant Sale

Bring a touch of wild native Minnesota prairie to your home! Specifically designed to be planted in smaller, contained areas, this kit is perfect for backyards in town or urban settings. Expect blooms throughout the Summer and even into the Fall. Create habitat to attract butterflies and songbirds alike! Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun to part shade.

A special blend just for our fundraiser! Replace your sunny annuals like petunias or geraniums with blooming native plants that pollinators love! This kit is not too tall and will be a beautiful perennial addition to your landscaping. Three different sun-loving species; TWO six packs of each species to create blocks of color. 36 plants total to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun to part shade. Contains: Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), Lance-leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), and Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea).

A special blend just for our fundraiser! Replace your shade-loving annuals, or add blooming native nectar plants around your hostas! This kit is not too tall and will be a beautiful perennial addition to your landscaping. Three different shade-loving species; TWO six packs of each species to create blocks of color. 36 plants total to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full shade to part sun. Contains: Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis), and Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana).

Big, tall, wild, and bold, this kit is not for the timid. Best planted in open spaces, these plants will drop seed and cover more ground over time. Full of lush plants ranging from three feet to over five feet in height, you can create a native environment to literally lose yourself in. The Big Prairie kit will create habitat for all varieties of pollinators as well as many different songbirds. Consider planting in clearings or open spaces with room to grow. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Best in full sun.

MNL worked with the Lawns to Legumes program to design a kit that creates habitat for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. It includes flowering plants that bloom throughout the growing season, and with flowers that are of high priority - “superfoods” for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Consider planting in areas with dry to medium soil. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Best in full sun.

Turn your backyard into a Monarch sanctuary! This kit is designed to create the perfect habitat for our orange and black friends. Includes milkweed species for caterpillars to feast on and blooming species for adults to sip nectar from. Do your part to help save the monarchs while enjoying a variety of colorful blooms in your garden. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Best in full sun.

A hearty assortment of tall native prairie grasses, specifically designed to be used with our taller prairie flower kits to provide ground cover, color, texture, and support. With thick growth and height potential of over seven feet, it will provide lush habitat for insects, pollinators, and songbirds. Great for open spaces to minimize soil erosion or to provide screening along property lines or in front of fences. Suitable for most ranges of moisture. Kit includes: 36 grasses; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun to part shade.

A versatile collection of resilient, short-statured prairie grasses, this is the perfect complement to any of our prairie flower kits. The Short Prairie Grass Kit is designed to provide ground cover, color, texture, and a natural look and feel to help support any of our prairie flowers. Also provides great habitat for many pollinators, insects, and birds. Consider planting under prairie flowers as support, or in open areas to help minimize wind and water erosion. Suitable for most ranges of moisture. Kit includes: 36 grasses; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun to part shade. 

Perfect for small or preexisting ornamental flowerbeds, the Short and Tidy Kit is designed with compact species that don’t mind staying in one spot. This collection will provide Spring and Summer blooms in a wide range of colors while providing habitat for all types of pollinators, insects, and butterflies. With the short stature of these plants, consider using as an accent under a mailbox, near a flagpole, under a post and rail fence, or even in front of your home! Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of 6 different species to fill a 40-60 sq foot area. Full sun to part shade.

Create attractive, native habitat and reduce erosion on and around your septic mound. Designed with the University of Minnesota, this kit includes a collection of beautiful native flowers and grasses that will thrive in drier, poorer quality soils (septic mound fill) while providing important ground cover to reduce erosion and provide insulation. Well drained soils. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun.

With this kit, you can turn what otherwise might be unsightly and unattractive stormwater runoff areas into beautiful, lush, native habitat with many environmental benefits. Designed perfectly for smaller, contained runoff areas. Enjoy bright and vibrant blossoms throughout the growing season. Expect to attract a wide variety of insects and pollinators to your rain garden, including monarch butterflies! Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Sun to shade.

This yard ain't big enough for the both of us! Plants in this kit have been selected to help strategically out-compete future buckthorn seedlings in recently cleared areas. Plant in deep woods to reduce the chance of the infestation returning. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Part sun to full shade.

This kit is designed to provide attractive, natural protection and native habitat on the water’s edge. Safeguard any shoreline from erosion with this collection of deep rooted moisture tolerant plants while creating habitat for a wide range of wildlife and spawning grounds for a variety of fish. Plant along the shoreline of any large body of water. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Sun to shade.

Perfect for the border of any wetland area or stormwater basin. This kit will provide fantastic habitat for a variety of wildlife, including insects, frogs, and birds. Expect a variety of different blooming colors in the Summer into the Fall. Consider planting near any wetland, pond edge, or even a rain garden area. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Full sun to part shade.

This kit is specifically designed to create a natural transition from open areas to wooded areas - a fantastic, natural habitat. Consider planting on the border between wooded and open areas or at the wooded edge of your yard to reduce maintenance around trees that are hard to mow under. Kit includes: 36 plants; six plants of six different species to fill a 40-60 sq ft area. Sun to shade.

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