Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Full Garden – Full Sun

MNL has partnered with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources and the Lawns to Legumes program to design pollinator gardens to help create habitat for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee.  Our Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Gardens are available in Full Sun, Part Shade, and Rain Garden options.   Larger than our regular kits, all Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Full Gardens come with six plants of 12 different species for a total of 72 native perennials!  We suggest planting these kits in a 100 square foot area.  

This garden is for full sun areas within a yard and is a perfect fit for the Native Pocket Plantings in the Lawns to Legumes program. We designed this collection to have multiple flowering species in all of the bloom seasons and to contain flowers that are of high priority and super foods for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee.

Species information:

Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun  Bloom: orange, Summer

Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun  Bloom: purple, Summer

Narrow Leaved Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)  –  Height: 12-24″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun  Bloom: purple, Summer

Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum)  –  Height: 6-12″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun Bloom: pink, Spring

Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris ligulistylis)  –  Height: 36-48″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: purple, Summer

Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis)  –  Height: 12-24″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: purple, Spring

Slender Penstemon (Penstemon gracilis)  –  Height: 12-24″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun  Bloom: purple, Spring

Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom: brown, Summer to Fall

Upland Goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides)  –  Height: 12-24″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun  Bloom: white, Fall

Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)  –  Height: 36-48″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun  Bloom:  yellow, Fall

Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry  Light: full sun  Bloom: tan, Summer to Fall

Sky Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)  –  Height: 24-36″  Moisture: dry to moist  Light: full sun, part shade  Bloom:  lavender, Fall