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2026 NATIVE PLANT SALE ORDERING DEADLINE:

May 1, 2026

2026 NATIVE PLANT SALE PICKUP DATE:

May 28, 2026

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2026 NATIVE PLANT SEED AND PLUG SALE BROCHURE

We have new plant kits and seeds to suit your needs! Native plants brighten your property, conserve soil, reduce runoff, improve water retention, and bring wildlife to your window.

Back again this year are blueberry shrubs and our Forager’s Kit of edible plants! Kits come in custom seed packs and immediately plantable plug starters. Each kit comes with a variety of flower, forb, and grass species specially selected for site conditions and your project goals. Whether hoping to attract butterflies, or looking for an aesthetically nice seed mix for your septic field, the Koochiching SWCD Native Plant sale has a kit for you.

TO ORDER: Download and print this form. Fill out and mail (or stop in and say hi!) with payment.
NOTE: Both order forms are in the same PDF below.new

NATIVE PLANT BROCHURE/ORDER FORM
  • Species substitutions may be necessary due to site characteristics, soil moisture, plant availability, or other considerations.
  • Due to circumstances beyond our control, Koochiching SWCD is not able to guarantee the survival of plant material we sell.

SEED MIX SPECIES LIST

WOODLAND EDGE AND OPENING

GRASSES & SEDGES

Big Bluestem • Fringed Brome • Foxe Sedge • Canada Wild Rye • Little Bluestem • Bottlebrush Grass • Virginia Wild Rye • Fowl Bluegrass • Indiangrass • False Melic

FORBS

Common Yarrow • Fragrant Giant Hyssop • Common Milkweed • Large-leaved Aster • Fireweed • Northern Bedstraw • Common Ox-eye • Bush Clover • False Solomon’s Seal • Wild Bergamot • Smooth Wild Rose • Black-eyed Susan • Calico Aster • Gray Goldenrod • Upland White Goldenrod • Stiff Goldenrod • Heath Aster • Smooth Blue Aster • Sky Blue Aster • Blue Vervain • Heart-leaved Alexanders • Golden Alexanders

SHORELINE & WETLAND

GRASSES AND SEDGES

Big Bluestem • Fringed Brome • River Bulrush • Bottlebrush Sedge • Hop Sedge • Retrorse Sedge • Pointed-broom Sedge • Northwest Territory Sedge • Fox Sedge •  Rattlesnake Manna Grass • Dark Green Bulrush • Woolgrass • Softstem Bulrush

FORBS

Sweet Flag • Fragrant Giant Hyssop • Water Plantain •  Canada Anemone • Swamp Milkweed • Flat-topped Aster • Grass-leaved Goldenrod • Joe Pye Weed • Boneset • Sneezeweed • Blue Flag Iris • Tall Blazing Star • Great Blue Lobella• Monkey Flower • Mountain Mint • Cutleaf Coneflower • Common Arrowhead •  Panicled Aster • Bog Goldenrod • Giant Bur Reed • Red-Stalked Aster • Purple Meadow Rue • Ironweed • Blue Vervain

NATIVE BEE LAWN

GRASSES

Blue Grama • Plains Oval Sedge • Houghton’s Sedge • Path Rush • June Grass • Prairie Dropseed

FORBS

Common Yarrow • Prairie Onion • Field Pussytoes • Purple Prairie Clover • White Prairie Clover • Gray Goldenrod • Heart-Leaved Alexanders

PRETTY DARN QUICK

GRASSES

Side Oats Grama  • Plains Oval Sedge • Brown Fox Sedge • Canada Wild Rye • Dudley’s Rush • Little Bluestem

FORBS

Anise Hyssop • Prairie Onion • Rose Milkweed • Common Milkweed • Canada Milk Vetch • Blue Wild Indigo • Bearded Beggarticks • Partridge Pea • Lance-leaf Coreopsis • White Prairie Clover • Purple Prairie Clover • Prairie Cinquefoil • Pale Purple Coneflower • Purple Coneflower • Rattlesnake Master • Sneezeweed • Early Sunflower • Button Blazing Star • Meadow Blazing Star • Great Blue Lobelia • Stiff Goldenrod • Foxglove Beardtongue • Mountain Mint • Yellow Coneflower • Black-eyed Susan • Brown-eyed Susan • Smooth Blue Aster • Blue Vervain • Hoary Vervain • Golden Alexanders

CONQUER THE CLAY

GRASSES & SEDGES

Side-Oats Grama • Canada Wild Rye • Big Bluestem • Virginia Wild Rye • Common Rush • Switch Grass • Indian Grass

FORBS

Anise Hyssop • Pale Indian Plantain • Common Milkweed • Canada Milk Vetch • White Wild Indigo • Partridge Pea • White Prairie Clover • Purple Prairie Clover • Pale Purple Coneflower • Purple Coneflower • Biennial Gaura • Early Sunflower • Round-headed Bush Clover • Wild Bergamot • Glade Mallow • Stiff Goldenrod • Foxglove Beardtongue • Mountain Mint • Yellow Coneflower • Black-eyed Susan • Sweet Black-eyed Susan • Brown-eyed Susan • Wild Senna • Compass Plant • Prairie Dock • Smooth Blue Aster • New England Aster • Blue Vervain • Hoary Vervain • New Jersey Tea

POLLINATOR

GRASSES & SEDGES

Big Bluestem • Little Bluestem • Tall Composite Dropseed • Blue Grama • Sideoats Grama • Indian Grass

FORBS

Golden Alexander • Smooth Blue Aster • Foxglove Beardtongue • Wild Bergamot • Partridge Pea • Prairie Blazingstar • Grayheaded Coneflower • Prairie Coneflower • Culver’s Root • Showy Goldenrod • Stiff Goldenrod • Fragrant Giant Hyssop • Leadplant • Great Blue Lobelia • Canada Milkvetch • Common Milkweed • Mountain Mint • Partridge Pea • Purple Prairie Clover • White Prairie Clover • Common Primrose • Ohio Spiderwort • Maximillian Sunflower • False Sunflower • Black-eyed Susan • Hoary Vervain • Blue Vervain

PLUG KIT SPECIES LIST

WOODLAND EDGE PLUG KIT

GRASSES AND SEDGES

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FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Fragrant Giant Hyssop • Canada Milk Vetch • Self-heal • Early Figwort • Culver’s Root • Tall Thimbleweed • Large-leaved Aster • Mountain Mint • Zig zag Goldenrod • Columbine • Sweet Joe-pye Weed • Sweet Black-eyed Susan • Calico Aster • Poke Milkweed • Pale-leaved Sunflower • Brown-eyed Susan • Purple Meadow Rue

SHORELINE PLUG KIT

GRASSES & SEDGES

Often appearing in this kit:

Sweet Flag • Fox Sedge • Sneezeweed • Woolgrass •Bottlebrush Sedge • River Bulrush • Green Bulrush • Common Rush

FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Swamp Milkweed • Flat-topped Aster • Northern Blueflag Iris •  Steeplebush • Boneset • New England Aster • Ironweed

RAIN GARDEN PLUG KIT

GRASSES AND SEDGES

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FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Swamp Milkweed • Joe-pye Weed • Winged Loosestrife • Blue Vervain • Marsh Marigold • Northern Blue Flag Iris • Monkey Flower • Culver’s Root • Rattlesnake Master • Prairie Blazing Star • Obedient Plant • Boneset • Cardinal Flower • Meadowsweet

SHADE GARDEN PLUG KIT

GRASSES AND SEDGES

Often appearing in this kit:

Graceful Sedge • Long-beaked Sedge

FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Fragrant Giant Hyssop • Poke Milkweed • Large-leaved Aster • Zig Zag Goldenrod • Tall Thimbleweed • Harebell • Jacob’s Ladder • Lindley’s Aster • Field Pussytoes • Self-heal • Purple Meadow Rue • Columbine • Mountain Mint

MONARCH PLUG KIT

GRASSES AND SEDGES

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FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Swamp Milkweed • Whorled Milkweed • Meadow Blazing Star • Smooth Blue Aster • Ironweed • Showy Milkweed • Wild Bergamot • New England Aster • Common Milkweed • Sweet Joe-pye Weed • Stiff Goldenrod • Aromatic Aster • Butterfly Milkweed • Rough Blazing Star • Showy Goldenrod • Sky-blue Aster

BUMBLE BEE PLUG KIT

GRASSES AND SEDGES

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FORBS

Often appearing in this kit:

Yarrow • Purple Prairie Clover • Prairie Smoke • Showy Goldenrod • Prairie Onion • Prairie Cinquefoil • Common Ox-eye • Golden Alexanders • Showy Milkweed • Pale Purple Coneflower • Meadow Blazing Star • Lance-leaf Coreopsis • Blanketflower

POTTED PLANTS LIST

FORAGER'S DELIGHT

WILD STRAWBERRY

Fragaria virginiana

4″ pot

3 INCLUDED

Wild Strawberry is a low-growing perennial groundcover reaching 4 to 8 inches in height. It spreads by runners, forming dense mats of foliage with trifoliate leaves and producing small, fragrant white flowers in spring, followed by sweet, red edible berries in early summer. This species thrives in open fields, woodland edges, and along roadsides and railroads, preferring well-drained soils.  It is excellent for erosion control, wildlife gardens, and as a native alternative to turfgrass in sunny to partially shaded areas.

MOUNTAIN MINT

Pyenanthemum Virginianum

4″ pot

3 INCLUDED

Virginia Mountain Mint is a highly aromatic, clump-forming perennial that grows 2 to 3 feet tall. It produces clusters of small, white to pale lavender flowers with purple spotting, blooming from mid to late summer. The plant attracts a variety of pollinators. It is commonly found in moist prairies, meadows, and along streambanks. Due to its strong fragrance, it is resistant to deer and rabbits. Virginia Mountain Mint is an excellent choice for rain gardens, pollinator gardens, and naturalized prairie plantings.

WILD GINGER

Asarum canadense

4″ pot

3 INCLUDED

Asarum canadense, known as Wild Ginger, is a low-growing perennial that reaches about 4 to 12 inches in height. It has heart-shaped, deciduous leaves and produces small, bell-shaped, maroon flowers near the ground in spring. Wild Ginger thrives in moist, rich woodlands and shaded areas with loamy soils and provides soil stabilization. Historically, its rhizomes were used as a ginger substitute and for medicinal purposes, though caution is advised due to potential toxicity.

OSTRICH FERN

Matteuccia struthiopteris

1 gallon pot

1INCLUDED

Ostrich Fern is a striking deciduous fern that can reach 2 to 6 feet in height. It prefers moist, shaded areas such as swampy woods, woodland edges, and streambanks. Its large, feathery fronds create a lush, tropical effect in shade gardens. This fern spreads by rhizomes, making it useful for erosion control and as a natural ground cover. The young fiddleheads are edible and were traditionally consumed by Indigenous peoples.

LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY

STARTER BLUEBERRY SHRUB

Vaccinium angustifolium

2 gallon pot

Lowbush Blueberry is a low-growing, deciduous shrub that typically reaches 12 to 20 inches tall. Common in dry woods, rocky outcrops, and pine barrens of northeastern and central Minnesota, it forms spreading colonies through underground rhizomes. In spring, it bears small, white to pinkish bell-shaped flowers followed by edible blue berries in summer. The foliage turns brilliant red in fall. It is ideal for naturalized landscapes, edible gardens, and restoration projects on acidic, sandy soils.