Order now and save 10% and also receive a free copy of Blue Stem Natives "A Mini-Guide to Gardening for Monarchs"
 
Monarch populations are down 80% since the 1990s. This kit builds a fuel stop and nursery for them, spring through fall. Late summer/fall is our favorite time to plant natives in Massachusetts, roots establish in cooling soil before winter, so plants return stronger next spring than a spring planting would.
 
Site Needs:
Full sun-part sun | Average-moist soils | 15-30 sq. ft.
 
Base kit, 15 quart/pint-sized plants total*:
Host plants - the only plants monarch caterpillars eat
4 Rose milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
1 Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Spring nectar - fuels monarchs as they arrive and start depositing eggs
2 Golden Alexanders, Zizia aurea
Summer nectar - fuels Monarchs through summer breeding
1 Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis
1 Coastal joe pye weed, Eutrochium dubium
1 Virginia mountain mint, Pycnanthemum virginianum
1 Monkeyflower, Mimulus ringens
Autumn nectar - critical fuel for the fall migration
1 Heath aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides
1 willow aster, Symphyotrichum praealtum
1 Fall sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale
1 New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
 
Want to go further?
Add more milkweed to reach 10+ host plants and you can register your garden as an official Monarch Watch Waystation. Ask us in the shop, we're happy to help you get there.
 
*We don't expect species to change but sometimes plants have other ideas. Species subject to change. We will always work with you though if we choose something that doesn't work for you.