Native Plants for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies

Native Plants Kits: 50 Midwestern Native Plants of Ten Species, organized by theme. Themes include: rain garden, pollinator, bird/butterfly, prairie, shade, wetland, and prairie grass. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

One of the most commonly planted native wildflowers, purple coneflower provides long-lasting spectacular blooms to your garden. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

Brown Fox Sedge is a power house plant for rain gardens. It survives almost any conditions (light, soil, or sun), and looks great either as a groundcover or as a specimen plant. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

One of the shorter specimens of the dominant grasses of the midwest's original prairie ecosystems, Little Bluestem looks great in gardens. It provides strong fall color, and creates structure in your garden 9 months out of the year. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

Swamp milkweed boasts one of Michigan's most attractive flowers of the milkweed family. The plant performs well on rain garden bottoms. It can be leggy, so be sure to select a facer plant to grow next to it. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

With showy white flowers appearing early in the year (April to June), Foxglove Beard Tongue provides essential early nectar for a variety of bees an pollinators. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

Showy Black-Eyed Susan, AKA Orange Coneflower, is one of the most recognized native plants. The straight species thrives in poor soils, and blooms from mid-summer to the fall. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

Butterfly Milkweed provides a vibrant splash of orange to the mid-summer garden. The most ornamental of milkweeds, this plant performs especially well in hot, dry, sunny locations. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.

A stellar groundcover or specimen grass, Prairie Dropseed is native across a wide range of the United States. In addition to its fine form and yellowy fall color, Prairie dropseed has a pleasant fragrance that some liken to coriander or buttered popcorn. DID YOU KNOW? You can get a coupon code for 15% off by purchasing a membership with Friends of the Rouge! See below for details.