Native Plant Kits

Description

Plant kits are sold in quantities of 50. Kits cannot be combined or broken. Click the drop-down option for a list of species.

Plants are for pickup at the Elkhart County SWCD office (59358 CR7, Elkhart) September 2-4, 2026, during normal business hours (8 AM–4:30 PM). We do not ship.

Order deadline August 21st.

Resources

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Kits Available

Basic Prairie Garden Kit

A prairie garden brings the beauty and diversity of Indiana’s native grasslands into your landscape. This kit contains a mix of native wildflowers and grasses that thrive in full sun and average to dry, well-drained soils. Featuring blooms in shades of purple, pink, yellow, white, orange, and blue from spring through fall, this garden provides season-long color and visual interest.

The deep-rooted plants in this kit help improve soil health, reduce erosion, and tolerate drought once established. Species such as butterfly milkweed, blazing star, prairie goldenrod, and aromatic hyssop provide valuable nectar and pollen for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. This kit is ideal for homeowners looking to create a colorful, low-maintenance planting that captures the look and function of a native Indiana prairie.

This kit includes aromatic hyssop, wild columbine, butterfly milkweed, nodding onion, lanceleaf coreopsis, tall cinquefoil, rattlesnake master, rough blazing star, stiff goldenrod, wild quinine, hairy beardtongue, little bluestem, prairie dock, aromatic aster, and hoary vervain.

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Monarch Garden Kit

Monarch butterflies rely on native milkweeds to complete their life cycle, making them an essential part of any pollinator-friendly landscape. This kit includes several milkweed species, along with a variety of nectar-producing wildflowers that support monarchs and other pollinators throughout the growing season. The plants perform best in full sun and average to moderately moist soils.

Bloom colors include orange, pink, purple, blue, white, and yellow, providing continuous food sources from spring through fall. In addition to attracting monarch butterflies, this garden supports native bees, hummingbirds, and many other beneficial insects. The Monarch Garden Kit is a great choice for anyone looking to create a vibrant habitat garden while helping support one of North America’s most iconic pollinators.

This kit includes swamp milkweed, butterfly milkweed, whorled milkweed, blue mistflower, pale purple coneflower, rattlesnake master, ox-eye sunflower, rough blazing star, stiff goldenrod, foxglove beardtongue, black-eyed Susan, New England aster, blue vervain, and Culver’s root.

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Prairie Grass Kit

Prairie grasses form the foundation of Indiana’s native prairie ecosystems. This kit includes a diverse selection of native grasses that grow best in full sun and adapt well to a range of soil conditions, from dry to moderately moist. The grasses develop extensive root systems that improve soil structure, reduce erosion, increase water infiltration, and help the planting withstand drought.

While grasses may not offer showy flowers, they provide year-round beauty through their varied textures, graceful movement, and seasonal color changes. Green summer foliage transitions to shades of bronze, gold, orange, and tan in the fall and winter. These grasses also provide nesting habitat, cover, and food sources for birds and beneficial insects. This kit is ideal for creating a naturalized landscape, prairie restoration, or wildlife habitat planting.

This kit includes big bluestem, sideoats grama, blue grama, Canada wild rye, Virginia wild rye, purple lovegrass, prairie junegrass, switchgrass, Indian grass, and prairie dropseed.

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Rain Garden Kit

A rain garden is a shallow depression in a landscape where stormwater typically collects or drains. They are often located below a downspout, driveway, or other area that receives runoff. The Rain Garden Kit includes native plants that are adapted to periodic flooding and saturated soils while also tolerating drier conditions between rain events.

This kit features a colorful mix of flowering plants, grasses, and sedges with blooms in shades of red, pink, blue, purple, white, and yellow throughout the growing season. The deep roots of these native plants help capture, filter, and infiltrate stormwater, reducing runoff and improving water quality. In addition to their environmental benefits, these plants provide valuable habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife, creating a beautiful and functional landscape feature.

This kit includes swamp milkweed, blue false indigo, fox sedge, purple coneflower, rose mallow, blue flag iris, dense blazing star, cardinal flower, mountain mint, blue vervain, and golden alexanders.

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Shade Garden Kit

Many native plants thrive beneath the canopy of trees and in areas that receive limited sunlight. The Shade Garden Kit is designed for partial shade to full shade locations and performs best in average to moderately moist soils. It includes a variety of woodland wildflowers and grasses that provide color, texture, and habitat throughout the growing season.

Featuring blooms in shades of red, blue, purple, white, and yellow, this kit brings life and diversity to areas where traditional garden plants often struggle. Native columbine, lobelia, asters, and goldenrods provide nectar for pollinators while the grasses and foliage add structure and interest. This kit is ideal for woodland edges, shaded garden beds, and landscapes beneath mature trees where a natural, low-maintenance planting is desired.

This kit includes wild columbine, blue mistflower, bottlebrush grass, great blue lobelia, smooth beardtongue, rough goldenrod, elm-leaved goldenrod, calico aster, arrowleaf aster, zigzag spiderwort, and additional woodland species selected to provide season-long interest and habitat value.