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Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Yes Weed - 3" Pot
Common Milkweed
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) - 3" Pot
Showy Goldenrod, Photo Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center
Joe Pye Weed
Purple Dome New England Aster
Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Yes Weed - 3" Pot
Common Milkweed
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) - 3" Pot
Showy Goldenrod, Photo Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center
Joe Pye Weed
Purple Dome New England Aster
Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection
Swamp Milkweed
Butterfly Yes Weed - 3" Pot
Common Milkweed
Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm) - 3" Pot
Showy Goldenrod, Photo Courtesy of Mt. Cuba Center
Joe Pye Weed
Purple Dome New England Aster

Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection

SKU: AM019332
$58.65
per Collection of 7
Shipping:
Now shipping to zones 2-6.
Other zones shipping soon.
Overview
Our Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection makes it easy to plant beautiful Monarch Butterfly habitat in your garden. Milkweed is the essential host plant for Monarch caterpillars. Joe Pye Weed, Black Eyed Susan, Aster, and Bee Balm offer nectar to adult Monarchs and other pollinators from spring through fall. Resilient native perennials will naturalize, spreading each season to expand the benefit and beauty of your habitat garden.
key features
Advantages
Native, Bee Friendly, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Naturalizes
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Soil Moisture
Average
Mature Height
Heights range from 24" to 8 ft tall
Mature Spread
Covers roughly 22-60 sq ft
Bloom Time
Early summer to fall
SKU
AM019332

Description

Monarch Butterflies need our help! Plant our Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection in your garden to support endangered Monarch butterflies. As development across the country has reduced their natural habitat, gardeners can play an important role in helping their population rebound. How? By planting native plants like Milkweed (Asclepias), their host plant, which are essential for their survival. Milkweed leaves provide the food that Monarch caterpillars need to grow. In addition to Milkweed, planting native nectar plants that bloom all season helps to feed adult Monarch butterflies, fueling their long migrations each spring and fall.

Milkweed, Joe Pye, Aster, and Bee Balm all have extended bloom times to offer reliable nectar sources. This garden is best for states east of the Rocky Mountains. 

The Eastern Monarch Refuge Plant Collection covers approximately 23-60 sq ft and includes 7 plants:

Shipped as Potted Plants:
1 x Butterfly Weed
1 x Common Milkweed
1 x Joe Pye Weed
1 x 'Purple Dome' New England Aster
1 x Swamp Milkweed
1 x Wild Bergamot (Bee Balm)
1 x Showy Goldenrod

*Plants are subject to change due to availability. If we make substitutions, we feature plants with similar attributes suitable to the collection design.