2(ish) years in... May 19th 2024 👆

The beginning... 👇

The Pollinator Kit Purchased 

Finding certified native plants can be difficult. I found this website and bought one of the kits. I received 10 species - 5 plugs each. Here is what I received and where I tried to plant them. They came in October 2022, and I needed to get them in the ground and didn't quite know what to do with them.  So, I planted them close up to the house and will try moving them about as they flourish. 

Little Bluestem - 2022

You can see the kit in the background. Planted these plugs around the mailbox. I am hoping to have the whole front filled with this so I can stop mowing this inclined place. 

Spring 2023 

I think it died. I will have to find some more because I really wanted this to grow on this hill area by the road. 

5.21.23

It lived! I left them alone, and after seeming dead, I checked up on it and Look! ---->


Everything Else - 2022

I did not know where to plant, so I just got these guys into the ground and will come up with a better plan later. 

What came in the 2022 pollinator plant kit (minus 1 description, I lost the card) - Below are pictures I found - I did not take these. We will see what comes back this summer. 

Schizachyrium Scoparium

Little Bluestem

Coreopsis  Lanceolata

Sand Coreopsis

Symphyotrichum Oolentangiense

Sky-blue Aster

Allium Cernuum

Nodding Onion

Rudbeckia Hirta

Black-eyed Susan

Baptisia Australis

Blue Wild Indigo


Penstemon Digitalis

Foxglove Beard Tongue

Solidago Juncea

Early Goldenrod

Dalea Purpurea

Purple Prarie Clover

The garden 6.18.23 - Looking so much more filled in! 

9.22.23

Going into fall. The plants did look much nicer in the height of August but I missed a photo opp. All of the plants are filling in quite nicely and I have hope for next spring. I need to weed and put down some more mulch.