Dry & Sunny Native Garden Kit - Tall

Transform your open, sun-drenched spaces into a flowering meadow with our Tall Dry and Sunny Garden Kit. By utilizing deep-rooted native species, this 38 plant kit creates a high-impact, vertical landscape that stands up to the toughest summer heat and poor soils.

This "Tall" edition focuses on plants that range from 3 to 6 feet in height.

Plants for this kit were selected to attract a variety of pollinators, butterflies including monarchs, and are less likely for deer to browse.

• Sun Exposure: full sun

• Water Needs: low to medium; very drought tolerant

• Soil Type: dry sand, sandy loam, to well-drained clay

• Mature Height: 3 to 6 feet

• Bloom Time: late spring through late fall

• Plant Spacing: layout plans included or most plants are spaced one plug every square foot

Plants in this kit may include the following:

Grasses

• Little Bluestem

• Big Bluestem

• Indian Grass

• Sand Reed Grass

Wildflowers

• Bergamot

• Butterfly Weed

• Foxglove Beardtongue

• Gray-Headed (Yellow) Coneflower

• Hairy Goldenrod

• New England Aster

• Prairie Coreopsis

• Purple Coneflower

• Showy Goldenrod

• Spiderwort

• Western Sunflower

• Tall Sunflower

• Tall Coreopsis

*Substitutions possible depending on plant availability

Seasonal Bloom Schedule: Tall Prairie Collection

• Spring: Foxglove Beardtongue (white) and Spiderwort (blue/violet) provide the first tall vertical accents of the season.

• Early Summer: Prairie Coreopsis (yellow), Purple Coneflower (pink), and Bergamot (lavender) create a lush, shaggy mid-layer of color.

• Mid-Summer: Butterfly Weed (neon orange), Yellow Coneflower (drooping yellow petals), and Western Sunflower (bright yellow) hit their peak heights.

• Late Summer/Fall: Hairy Goldenrod (yellow), Showy Goldenrod (gold plumes), and New England Aster (deep purple), all while the Little Bluestem turns shades of brown, copper, and deep crimson