Native Pollinator Garden Kits
🪴What are Pollinator Garden Kits?
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What are Pollinator Garden Kits?
With help from an experienced local grower, we’ve designed a Native Pollinator Garden Kit especially for our neighborhood. These easy-to-grow native plants are selected for Central Texas soil and climate and will attract butterflies, hummingbirds, native bees, and other pollinators while adding beauty and wildlife habitat to your yard. Plant this fall to help your garden establish through cooler months and enjoy blooms next spring, summer, and fall. Sun and shade kits are available.
What Comes in a Kit?
Each kit includes 24 plants in 1.5-inch pots, representing at least 6 native species, plus planting and growing guides and garden design ideas. Your kit may include plants such as:
- A. viridis (Green milkweed) -or- A. asperula (Antelope Horns milkweed) -or- Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed)
- Essential host for Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars. The flowers also provide nectar for a wide range of insects.
- Passiflora suberosa (Corky stem passion vine)
- Essential caterpillar food for the Gulf Fritillary, Julia, and Zebra Longwing butterflies.
- Penstemon baccharifolius (Rock penstemon)
- Red, tubular blooms are magnets for hummingbirds and large butterflies.
- Conoclinium greggii (Gregg's mist flower)
- Male Queen and Monarch butterflies actively seek this out; the nectar contains alkaloids they need to produce mating pheromones.
- Rivina humilis (Pigeonberry)
- Larval host for the Goodson's Greenstreak butterfly; provides nectar for small insects, and berries for birds.
- Chasmanthium latifolium (Inland sea oats)
- The grassy blades host caterpillars of the Northern Pearly Eye butterfly and several Skipper species.
- Salvia coccinea (Scarlet sage)
- The bright red tubular flowers are perfectly shaped for hummingbirds and long-tongued butterflies.
- Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
- Large landing pads are perfect for butterflies and bees; goldfinches eat the dried seeds in the winter.
- Tetraneuris scapose (Four-nerve daisy)
- Blooms nearly year-round, providing a critical early food source when very little else is flowering.
- Liatris punctata (Dotted blazing star)
- A critical, high-energy fueling station for migrating Monarchs passing through in the autumn.
- Monarda citriodora (Lemon beebalm) -or- M. fistulosa (Wild bergamot) -or- M. punctata (Spotted beebam)
- Deep tubular flowers are favorites for native bumblebees, carpenter bees, and large butterflies.
- Phyla nodiflora (Texas Frogfruit)
- A powerful larval host plant for the Phaon Crescent, Common Buckeye, and White Peacock butterflies.
FREE Texas Mountain Laurel!
The first 24 garden kit orders will receive a FREE Texas Mountain Laurel seedling—a beautiful native tree perfect for Central Texas landscapes.
How Do I Order My Kit?
Step 1: Use the order form below.
Step 2: Ensure you pay $39 to the GNOME Society, also known as the Anderson Mill Neighborhood Association. You can do so through Venmo here, or at the Fall Festival on October 24th.
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How Do I Pick Up My Kit?
We will have kits available for pickup at our GNOME Fall Festival, October 24th, 10am - 2pm in Harper Park, 11040 Lake Creek Pkwy Austin, 78750. Please visit us there to pick up your kit, or contact communications@andersonmillna.org so we can make alternate arrangements if necessary.