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Knowing your location helps us recommend plants that will thrive in your climate, based on your Growing Zone.
Knowing your location helps us recommend plants that will thrive in your climate, based on your Growing Zone.
Our Bumblebee Burrow Native Plant Collection features native species and native cultivars for a pollinator-friendly, matrix-style planting. Repeat the collection to fill in larger spaces and grow more pollinator habitat. In the winter, queen bumblebees will burrow into bare soil to hibernate; in spring and summer, she’ll build a nest for the next generation of her bumblebee colony – typically in an undisturbed cavity area such as a stone wall or compost pile. To best support bumblebees and other pollinators, leave the leaves and spent flower stalks in your gardens to provide overwintering habitat, and avoid digging or clearing leaf litter until pollinators wake up, when soil temperature warms to over 55°F in spring.
*Plants are subject to change due to availability. If we make substitutions, we feature plants with similar attributes suitable to the collection design.
Our Bumblebee Burrow Native Plant Collection includes 7 plants, covering roughly 40 sq ft:
| Name | Quantity | Height | Width | Bloom Season | |
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Blunt Mountain Mint | 1 x Plant - 3" Pot | 12-36" tall | 12-26" wide | Mid to late summer |
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Dwarf Baptisia | 1 x Plant - 3" Pot | 18-24" tall | 18-24" wide | Mid to late spring |
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Mariachi™ Siesta Helenium | 1 x Plant - 3" Pot | 18-20" tall | 20-24" wide | Mid summer to early fall |
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Prairie Dropseed Grass | 3 x Plant - 3" Pot | 24-36" tall | 24-36" wide | Foliage plant all season. |
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Wood's Light Blue Aster | 1 x Plant - 3" Pot | 15-20" tall | 12-16" wide | Late summer through fall |
As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat. The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.
Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (802) 227-7200 or contact us by email or chat.