2023 Native Plant Sale Bloom Boxes

Bloom Boxes – $60 for 15 plants – Three of each selection

Our Native Plant Sale will be on Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., or until the plants are gone. This event, and the Garden Art Sale and Garden Tour ticket sales, will be held in the Pavilion on the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper, in Lawrence, Kansas. Below are the different varieties of plants that will be included in each themed bloom box. If you want to purchase individual plants the day of the sale, please review the individual plant list.

Native species have evolved over millennia according to natural processes. These plants would have existed in our Kansas landscape prior to the widespread European settlement of the 1800s. Because these plants developed naturally under local conditions, they are well-adapted to the region’s climate and soils. They also support the pollinators and wildlife that have evolved in the same area. They contribute much more than exotic species to habitat richness.

Order your Bloom Boxes online.

Our bloom boxes have been extremely popular, and most are sold out. We are investigating the availability of additional plants to create more Bloom Boxes. We will update this page, and our Facebook page, if more Bloom Boxes become available.

A Plant for All Seasons Bloom Box – SOLD OUT

If you want blooms from spring to fall, this is the box for you! Plant in a sunny spot in medium to dry soil for blooms from April to October. Enjoy!

Arkansas bluestar – Amsonia hubrichtii.
Rough blazing star – Liatris aspera
Sand prairie phlox – Phlox pilosa
Showy black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia fulgida
Sky-blue aster – Symphyotrichum oolentangiense

Beginner’s Luck Bloom Box – SOLD OUT

No luck is needed for these colorful plants! They are easy to grow and have long bloom times. Plant them in a sunny spot with medium to dry soil.

Butterfly milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa
Cream wild indigo – Baptisia bracteata
Purple poppy mallow – Callirhoe involucrata
Rose verbena – Glandularia canadensis
Sand coreopsis – Coreopsis lanceolata

The Bee’s Knees Bloom Box – SOLD OUT

The buzz will be all about your garden with these bee-friendly plants! They like sun to part shade and medium to dry soil. Your honey bees will have nectar to sip from May to October!

Eastern beebalm – Monarda bradburiana
Ohio horsemint – Blephilia ciliata
Prairie cinquefoil – Potentilla arguta
Showy goldenrod – Solidago speciosa
Silky aster – Symphyotrichum sericeum

Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar Bloom Box – SOLD OUT

Caterpillars are picky eaters! For a variety of butterflies, you need a smorgasbord of plants. Plant in sun to part shade in medium soil moisture.

Golden alexander – Zizia aurea
- Attracts: Black Swallowtail butterfly
Missouri evening primrose – Oenothera macrocarpa
- Attracts: White-lined moth
Prairie violet – Viola pedatifida
- Attracts: Fritillary butterfly
Pussytoes – Antennaria plantaginifolia
- Attracts: American Lady butterfly
Wild petunia – Ruellia humilis
- Attracts: Buckeye butterfly

Muckrakers’ Clay Soil Bloom Box

These plants tolerate and can thrive in our wonderous Kansas clay soil. Plant them in sun in a variety of soil conditions and they’ll give you blooms throughout the season.