Since our 150th anniversary in 2016 , MSHS has been promote Pollinator Packs for gardener concerned in attracting bees , butterflies , hummingbirds and other pollinators . The melodic theme for the Pollinator Packs came from Tennessean Mary Maguire Lerman , who call up they would be a great way to celebrate the anniversary and encourage more gardeners to wish about pollinator .
The plants for the packs are grow byGlacial Ridge Growersof Glenwood and will be for sale for a limited sentence in a nurseries and at a few flora sales . Each pack includes six repeated plants stark for attracting pollinators to your garden .
Here ’s what ’s in each pack :
Anise hyssop, shown here at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, is a magnet for pollinators.
bee : Anise Hyssop , Blue Wild Indigo , Vanilla - sweet Clematis , Prairie Smoke , Foxglove Beardtongue and Wild Petunia
Butterflies : Pale Purple Coneflower , Wild Lupine , Button Blazingstar , Meadow Blazingstar , Prairie Blazingstar and Orange Coneflower
Monarchs : Showy Milkweed , Butterfly Milkweed , Whorled Milkweed , Sullivant ’s Milkweed , Common Milkweed , Swamp Milkweed
If you want monarchs, you need to have milkweed.
Hummingbird : Beebalm ‘ Panorama Red ’ , Cardinal Flower , Blue Lobelia , Heuchera ‘ Firefly ’ , Giant Purple Hyssop , Wild Columbine
Once demonstrate , these plants will give year of beauty to your garden and necessary pollen , ambrosia and larval solid food to the pollinators we all depend on .
Where to Buy the Pollinator pack
These retailers and garden sum will be carry the Pollinator pack in 2019 :
Axdahl ’s
Bachman ’s Garden Centers
By the Woods , Chanhassen
Ballantine Greenhouse
Eco Gardens , Northfield
Forest and Floral , Park Rapids
Hampden Park Co - op , St. Paul
Mississippi Market , St. Paul
Mother Earth Gardens , both locations
The Open Door
These plant sales will be featuring pollinator inner circle in 2019 :
Alexandria Garden Club , May 18
Belle Plaine FFA
Bryn Mawr School ( Completed )
Eagan Garden Club , May 11
E.C.F.E. Westside Humboldt ISD 625
Eisenhower Elementary School
Friends School Plant Sale , May 10 - 12
Garlough Environmental Magnet School
Hennepin Technical College Plant Sale , May 7 - 9
Honey Bee Club of Stillwater
Lake Country School
Park Christian School
St. Anthony Park Garden Club
St. Anthony Park School
Seward Montessori School
Twin Cities Rose Club
Whittier International Elementary School
